Re: [mssms] RE: Cm12 and VMWare VDI - patch image

2015-04-06 Thread Christopher.Catlett
MDT litetouch + Powershell 😉 Sent from Windows Mail From: Daniel Ratliff Sent: ‎Monday‎, ‎April‎ ‎6‎, ‎2015 ‎2‎:‎02‎ ‎PM To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com Manual process for now. 1. Power on template 2. Configure CM client

Re: [mssms] RE: Install Updates during Build Capture TS

2015-03-17 Thread Christopher.Catlett
I’m actually working on a session covering this for our usergroup meeting in april. I will have my slidedeck and notes / scripts posted and will reply to this thread once they are live. I use mdt since i sometimes need to image computers without the configmgr client on them. It also lets me us

Re: [mssms] Splitting Domain and SCCM

2015-03-16 Thread Christopher.Catlett
configmgr can manage a server in another domain/forest, as long as a trust exists. Sent from Windows Mail From: Marcum, John Sent: ‎Monday‎, ‎March‎ ‎16‎, ‎2015 ‎3‎:‎38‎ ‎PM To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com The thing I do not know is wheth

Re: [mssms] RE: Sporadic issues imaging PCs with more than 16 GB of RAM

2015-03-11 Thread Christopher.Catlett
My current client is imaging with a x86 boot wim, to endpoints with 8gb of ram, no issues as you mention. I have seen some failures on a few vm’s with more. More of a push to move to x64 boot wim’s. Sent from Windows Mail From: Daniel Ratliff Sent: ‎Wednesday‎, ‎Mar

Re: [mssms] Surface 3, Docking Station, and Daisy-Chaining. Oh my!

2015-03-09 Thread Christopher.Catlett
We are using both the dual and triple port StarTech DisplayPort hubs with a variety of monitors and havent seen any flickering issues. I run my sp3 plus dual Dell Touchscreen displays without issues. Maybe once a month i have to press the “scan” button to get it to find one of the monitors, but

Re: [mssms] RE: Surface Pro 3 dock boot from flash fails

2015-03-09 Thread Christopher.Catlett
THIS!!! You need to have both injected. Once the machine has at least the November firmware, PXE is very reliable. Sent from Windows Mail From: Sean Pomeroy Sent: ‎Monday‎, ‎March‎ ‎9‎, ‎2015 ‎1‎:‎53‎ ‎PM To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com

[mssms] RE: Sccm 2007 Sp2 R2 - Can i use MDT 2012?

2015-03-05 Thread Christopher.Catlett
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee376932.aspx MDT 2012 Update 1 supports Configuration Manager 2007 and Configuration Manager 2012 releases. Fully automated zero touch installation deployments by utilizing System Center Configuration Manager and Windows deployment tools. For those

RE: [mssms] Wow ? Look how involved reading the Windows 10 Win dows Update log may become

2015-03-05 Thread Christopher.Catlett
Note These steps are relevant only for the January Tech Preview of Windows 10. The process will be significantly improved in the release version of Windows 10. Its due to debug code in the update process, they are testing the “build” tracks ;) From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:lists

RE: [mssms] RE: UEFI/GPT on Windows 7

2015-03-05 Thread Christopher.Catlett
In the next year or so, you will have to move to UEFI. If you plan on any Surface Pro style devices or tablets you will have to support UEFI to be able to deploy them. The boot times are much faster, which is nice on enterprise hardware (the same as consumer gear). Secure boot is nice from a s

RE: [mssms] Get product name is blank

2015-03-05 Thread Christopher.Catlett
For grant money, it often times has stipulations on how the funds can be spent. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of ccollins9 Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2015 19:41 To: mssms Subject: RE: [mssms] Get product name is blank In higher ed/research

Re: [mssms] Software updates scanning question

2015-02-27 Thread Christopher.Catlett
Do you have the Enterprise Hotfix Rollup for Win7 on your machines? What version of windows mgmt. framework is installed? Sent from Windows Mail From: Kent, Mark Sent: ‎Friday‎, ‎February‎ ‎27‎, ‎2015 ‎15‎:‎34 To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com

Re: [mssms] KB3001652 - Visual Studio 2010 Tools for Office Runtime

2015-02-10 Thread Christopher.Catlett
That update was applicable to 15,000 machines at my current client. They have the runtime installed for an outlook add-in they run. Was pulled before release, these guys have a great patch validation/testing procedure. Sent from Windows Mail From: Heaton, Joseph@Wildlife

Re: [mssms] Microsoft Office Activation status through SCCM 2012

2015-02-10 Thread Christopher.Catlett
http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/topic/14-someone-with-a-script-to-check-if-win-office-are-activated/ Check out that script, it is available in wmi. Sent from Windows Mail From: Jason Wallace Sent: ‎Tuesday‎, ‎February‎ ‎10‎, ‎2015 ‎3‎:‎54‎ ‎PM To: mssms@lists.m

Re: [mssms] RE: Right-Click Client Install

2015-01-27 Thread Christopher.Catlett
Client push does not handle CU’s, sadly. Only service packs. Sent from Windows Mail From: Daniel Ratliff Sent: ‎Tuesday‎, ‎January‎ ‎27‎, ‎2015 ‎10‎:‎53‎ ‎AM To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com Are you sure this is possible? I think Clien

[mssms] RE: Question about PowerShell App Deployment Toolkit

2015-01-07 Thread Christopher.Catlett
Yes they will run separately. The App Deploy Toolkit is a powershell wrapper around your installer. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Murray, Mike Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2015 14:48 To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com Subject: [mssms] Questi

RE: [mssms] SCCM Console getteing Creashed while deleting the SCCM 2007 R3 collections

2014-12-30 Thread Christopher.Catlett
You might need to use wmi to remove that collection http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc143328.aspx From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Eswar Koneti Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2014 22:07 To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com Subject: RE: [mss

RE: [mssms] RE: [ConfigMgrMVPs] Blogpost: Is Intune going to re place Configuration Manager?

2014-12-30 Thread Christopher.Catlett
I wish my clients had ☹ From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Michael Niehaus Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2014 16:50 To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com Subject: RE: [mssms] RE: [ConfigMgrMVPs] Blogpost: Is Intune going to re place Configuration Mana

RE: [mssms] RE: [ConfigMgrMVPs] Blogpost: Is Intune going to re place Configuration Manager?

2014-12-30 Thread Christopher.Catlett
You can’t “in-place” an OS architecture switch. Since most Win7 installs are x86, that means many orgs will have to bare-metal just to switch to x64 Win10. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of rodtr...@myitforum.com Sent: Monday, December 29,

RE: [mssms] Re: [ms sms] Move ConfigMgr 2012 physical to cloud

2014-12-22 Thread Christopher.Catlett
Possible yes, recommended no. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of rajkumar.bhoopa...@hotmail.com Sent: Friday, December 19, 2014 20:33 To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com Subject: [mssms] Re: [ms sms] Move ConfigMgr 2012 physical to cloud Thanks mu

Re: [mssms] HELP!

2014-12-19 Thread Christopher.Catlett
“psexec -s -i cmd” is for you as an admin to run, this gives you a elevated cmd prompt running as system (the same context as scripts run when executed through configmgr.) If your script doesnt work when running it manually in that fashion, it will never work when pushed through configmgr. Sen

Re: [mssms] Move ConfigMgr 2012 physical to cloud

2014-12-19 Thread Christopher.Catlett
Same scenario as if you were upgrading the OS on the same machine. The new “VM” must have the same hostname and disk layout. you need to do a site restore on the new machine, from a backup taken on the physical box. >From TechNet: Install System Center 2012 Configuration Manager with the service

Re: [mssms] SCCM Professional Services Vendors

2014-12-08 Thread Christopher.Catlett
Shameless plug, Sogeti does that type of service. Sent from Windows Mail From: Jarvis Davis Sent: ‎Friday‎, ‎December‎ ‎5‎, ‎2014 ‎3‎:‎14‎ ‎PM To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com I haven’t been active on this list in a while, but had a

Re: [mssms] Matching Processor Architecture Boot Image Not Found

2014-11-19 Thread Christopher.Catlett
If you do set your default boot image to x64, when a x86 TS runs it will stage the proper bitness of PE. One thing to keep in mind, if you are encrypting the drives. PE needs enough disk space free on a non-encrypted volume to stage itself. If your using BitLocker the default “BDEDrive” partitio

Re: [mssms] List of All SCEP Scans for a Given Machine

2014-11-18 Thread Christopher.Catlett
I’m pretty sure that info is in the status messages. I’ll see if i can find anything. Sent from Windows Mail From: Marcum, John Sent: ‎Monday‎, ‎November‎ ‎17‎, ‎2014 ‎2‎:‎41‎ ‎PM To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com Does anyone have a report (

Re: [mssms] Bitlocker WInPE (Refresh Scenario)

2014-11-14 Thread Christopher.Catlett
if your bitlocker, you can use hardlinking and you never have to move the data. Sent from Windows Mail From: Niall Brady Sent: ‎Friday‎, ‎November‎ ‎14‎, ‎2014 ‎11‎:‎53‎ ‎AM To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com yup, right here, however in this

Re: [mssms] RE: CM 2012 Roles for DMZ Client Management

2014-11-07 Thread Christopher.Catlett
Cough, DirectAccess Cough….. Way less infrastructure to setup, and then you have no client manageability differences. Sent from Windows Mail From: Edward Woo Sent: ‎Friday‎, ‎November‎ ‎7‎, ‎2014 ‎3‎:‎13‎ ‎PM To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com

Re: [mssms] RE: Average Scan Times

2014-10-31 Thread Christopher.Catlett
That query will only work on SCEP, not FEP. Just for clarification. Sent from Windows Mail From: Lutz, Ken Sent: ‎Friday‎, ‎October‎ ‎31‎, ‎2014 ‎2‎:‎10‎ ‎PM To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com I didn't make any changes from the basic S

[mssms] Anyone updating firmware on Surface Pro 3's in the field (through ConfigMgr)

2014-10-26 Thread Christopher.Catlett
Referencing this article: http://blogs.technet.com/b/deploymentguys/archive/2013/05/16/deploying-drivers-and-firmware-to-surface-pro.aspx I have yet to get it to update the firmware on a device, though other drivers are updated without issue. Even running the script manually doesn't update the f

[mssms] Anyone updating firmware on Surface Pro 3's in the field (through ConfigMgr)

2014-10-23 Thread Christopher.Catlett
Referencing this article: http://blogs.technet.com/b/deploymentguys/archive/2013/05/16/deploying-drivers-and-firmware-to-surface-pro.aspx I have yet to get it to update the firmware on a device, though other drivers are updated without issue. Even running the script manually doesn't update the f

[mssms] RE: MBAM and computers without TMP's

2014-10-16 Thread Christopher.Catlett
Sorry for just responding to this, it got lost in my inbox. Yes you can use MBAM to encrypt without a TPM. So long as you are doing this to existing machines, its not hard to setup at all. Just get the gpo settings in place to tell it where the mbam server is, and what encryption settings you wa

Re: [mssms] RE: Windows TH Technical Preview

2014-10-05 Thread Christopher.Catlett
While totally unsupported, several have been able to deploy the Tech Preview using windows 8.1 TS’s. Sent from Windows Mail From: Michael Niehaus Sent: ‎Tuesday‎, ‎September‎ ‎30‎, ‎2014 ‎16‎:‎22 To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com

Re: [mssms] RE: Windows TH Technical Preview

2014-10-05 Thread Christopher.Catlett
Here is a technical reason why “Windows 9” was skipped. http://www.dailytech.com/Windows+9+Reportedly+Skipped+as+Name+Would+Have+Created+Code+Bugs/article36656.htm I did LOL a bit. Sent from Windows Mail From: Sherry Kissinger Sent: ‎Tuesday‎, ‎September‎ ‎30‎

[mssms] RE: OptiPlex 9020s - BitLocker TPM Security Not Being Set by Task Sequence

2014-09-10 Thread Christopher.Catlett
If you manually reboot after the script that's configuring the bios, does it prompt to be enabled? Or enable itself? From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Murray, Mike Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2014 18:50 To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com Su

[mssms] RE: USB3.0 Boot Media?

2014-09-05 Thread Christopher.Catlett
Do you only see this on machine that have USB 3.0 and you plugged it into a legacy port? From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Kent, Mark Sent: Friday, September 05, 2014 09:13 To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com Subject: [mssms] RE: USB3.0 Boot Med

Re: [mssms] HP ProDesk 600 G1 Desktop Mini

2014-09-04 Thread Christopher.Catlett
What OS are you imaging? How large is the hard drive? ConfigMgr (what ver?) or MDT LiteTouch? Sent from Windows Mail From: James Avery Sent: ‎Thursday‎, ‎September‎ ‎04‎, ‎2014 ‎11‎:‎48 To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com Has anyone imag

RE: [mssms] UEFI network boot extremely slow on Surface Pro 3 with Microsoft USB nic.

2014-09-02 Thread Christopher.Catlett
Here are the two StarTech Adapter models we are using. http://www.startech.com/Networking-IO/Adapter-Cards/USB-2-to-Gigabit-Ethernet-NIC-Network-Adapter~USB21000S2 http://www.startech.com/Networking-IO/Adapter-Cards/USB-3-to-Gigabit-Ethernet-NIC-Network-Adapter~USB31000S USB 2.0 and 3.0 respect

RE: [mssms] UEFI network boot extremely slow on Surface Pro 3 with Microsoft USB nic.

2014-09-02 Thread Christopher.Catlett
Yes, will get the model number. Just had to inject the drivers into WinPE and all was happy. It’s the same adapter that the new Dell XPS laptops support. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Niall Brady Sent: Tuesday, September 2, 2014 12:36

RE: [mssms] UEFI network boot extremely slow on Surface Pro 3 with Microsoft USB nic.

2014-09-02 Thread Christopher.Catlett
Also, we settled on the StarTech USB NIC’s at my current client. They seem to be universally compatible with everything we’ve tested. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Niall Brady Sent: Tuesday, September 2, 2014 9:59 AM To: mssms@lists.myi

RE: [mssms] UEFI network boot extremely slow on Surface Pro 3 with Microsoft USB nic.

2014-09-02 Thread Christopher.Catlett
Also, your PXE server wouldn’t happen to be 2008r2, would it? UEFI booting is wonky with 2008r2, Stand up a 2012(r2) box as a PXE server and give that a go. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Niall Brady Sent: Tuesday, September 2, 2014 9:3

RE: [mssms] GPO

2014-08-19 Thread Christopher.Catlett
Are you setting Provisioning Mode to "0" by chance? As that would allow policy to give you a bad day. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Paul Cussen Sent: Friday, August 15, 2014 11:10 To: mssms Subject: Re: [mssms] GPO Not sure why that wo

RE: [mssms] Maintenance Tasks

2014-08-08 Thread Christopher.Catlett
Which maint tasks? The SQL ones? From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Todd Hemsell Sent: Friday, August 08, 2014 12:46 To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com Subject: [mssms] Maintenance Tasks So I alter the schedule of the main tasks, but in smdbmon I

[mssms] RE: MSA 2982792; Improperly Issued Digital Certificates Could Allow Spoofing

2014-07-20 Thread Christopher.Catlett
If you block clients from being able to connect to Windows Updates (as in you block the url at your proxy) you will need to follow the offline instructions. The update does not need the WUA to hit Windows Update to function, its a separate process. From: lists

[mssms] RE: KB 2938066?

2014-07-09 Thread Christopher.Catlett
Or you could just enable TLS on your wsus box? From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] on behalf of Wood, Sandy [sandy.w...@da.ocgov.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2014 6:49 PM To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com Subject: [mssms] RE

[mssms] RE: OSD Surface pro 2 vs 3

2014-07-06 Thread Christopher.Catlett
If you import the full Driver Pack from Microsoft, the firmware updates are included. The first time you image it, we've been doing it via usb stick. After running through that once, its then able to PXE. Also I found the update you need to install to get the button on the stylus to functi

RE: [mssms] Pinning of WIn8.1 apps

2014-06-25 Thread Christopher.Catlett
I found the exact same issue. IF you find a fix, please share it. We ended up just not pinning any IE shortcuts to the start screen. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] on behalf of David O'Brien [obrien.da...@outlook.com]

[mssms] RE: SUG deployed during OSD

2014-06-25 Thread Christopher.Catlett
So, does your image that is being deployed have an old version of java you are trying to patch? SUG won't install java if its not present. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] on behalf of Kevin Johnston [kjohns...@halogensof

Re: [mssms] ztidrivers.wsf - similar

2014-05-14 Thread Christopher.Catlett
Do you want a script that will re-scan for unknown hardware, and attempt to install drivers? Look at this method, I think it does what you are looking for. http://serverfault.com/questions/547130/scan-for-hardware-changes-in-windows-using-command-line Sent from Windows Mail From: Jason Wallac

Re: [mssms] SCCM 2012 R2 client on ESXi 5.1

2014-05-14 Thread Christopher.Catlett
That reads as a monumentally bad idea in my book. Sent from Windows Mail From: Todd Hemsell Sent: ‎Wednesday‎, ‎May‎ ‎14‎, ‎2014 ‎10‎:‎26‎ ‎AM To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com Has anyone installed the SCCM client on an ESX host? /Todd

Re: [mssms] OT: ADFS of a DC

2014-05-01 Thread Christopher.Catlett
are you using the command line to register the spn on behalf of the other user account? Sent from Windows Mail From: jmar...@babc.com Sent: ‎Thursday‎, ‎May‎ ‎1‎, ‎2014 ‎2‎:‎27‎ ‎PM To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com I am the domain admin an

Re: [mssms] OT: ADFS of a DC

2014-05-01 Thread Christopher.Catlett
http://www.phishthis.com/2009/12/30/how-to-give-a-user-account-rights-to-register-its-own-service-principal-name-spn/ Sent from Windows Mail From: Christopher Catlett Sent: ‎Thursday‎, ‎May‎ ‎1‎, ‎2014 ‎1‎:‎56‎ ‎PM To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com

Re: [mssms] How to get a list of browsers, versions, plug-ins, and browser history?

2014-05-01 Thread Christopher.Catlett
IE plugins you can get through wmi / registry (will have to extend your classes) chrome / firefox will be a big mess. (most likely going to have to look at file locations) Sent from Windows Mail From: James Avery Sent: ‎Thursday‎, ‎May‎ ‎1‎, ‎2014 ‎12‎:‎28‎ ‎PM To:

Re: [mssms] OT: ADFS of a DC

2014-05-01 Thread Christopher.Catlett
you need a specific ad permission to register an SPN (unless you are a domain admin) Sent from Windows Mail From: jmar...@babc.com Sent: ‎Thursday‎, ‎May‎ ‎1‎, ‎2014 ‎1‎:‎12‎ ‎PM To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com What should I do about the

Re: [mssms] How to get a list of browsers, versions, plug-ins, and browser history?

2014-05-01 Thread Christopher.Catlett
browser history in a report, thats gonna be a HUGE report. Bad idea. As for what versions of what browser, use the installed software reports. you could run a custom report, and just list the browsers that you care about. Sent from Windows Mail From: James Avery S

Re: [mssms] OT: ADFS of a DC

2014-05-01 Thread Christopher.Catlett
in a LAB, yes you can run ADFS on your DC. it will install and it will function. But, PLEASE don’t do that in prod. Sent from Windows Mail From: jmar...@babc.com Sent: ‎Thursday‎, ‎May‎ ‎1‎, ‎2014 ‎9‎:‎39‎ ‎AM To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com

Re: [mssms] ConfigMgr TS and Multi-Reboot Updates

2014-04-28 Thread Christopher.Catlett
That only works if you have a seperate wsus instance for your image builds, otherwise you’d be excluding your production systems from the same patches. I’ve switched to no OS patching in my base wim’s, and leverage ConfigMgr to offline inject them. Sent from Windows Mail From: Stuart Watret

Re: [mssms] ConfigMgr TS and Multi-Reboot Updates

2014-04-28 Thread Christopher.Catlett
The issue is as follows, if your build can connect to a wsus server during the process, certain updates that require (forcE) multiple reboots will apply. This can outright break the task sequence process. Sent from Windows Mail From: Stuart Watret Sent: ‎Sunday‎

RE: [mssms] ConfigMgr TS and Multi-Reboot Updates

2014-04-25 Thread Christopher.Catlett
You can exclude them in your customsettings.ini file http://scriptimus.wordpress.com/2012/03/22/mdt-2012-automating-updates-in-lite-touch-deployments/ Christopher Catlett Consultant | Detroit [MCTS_2013_small] Sogeti USA Office 248-876-9738 |Fax 877.406.9647 26957 Northwestern Highway, Suite 13

Re: [mssms] Remote controlling a server and observing the logged on user

2014-04-23 Thread Christopher.Catlett
What version of ConfigMgr? Is this a Terminal Services Session? Sent from Windows Mail From: Corkill, Daniel Sent: ‎Wednesday‎, ‎April‎ ‎23‎, ‎2014 ‎2‎:‎57‎ ‎AM To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com Is there a way using CM remote

Re: [mssms] Wipe the PGP MBR in a task sequence

2014-04-22 Thread Christopher.Catlett
Marcum is right, messing with 3rd party ecryption, is a royal PITA. Some things just arent possible…… you can fully decrypt the disk, or do it another way. Sent from Windows Mail From: jmar...@babc.com Sent: ‎Tuesday‎, ‎April‎ ‎22‎, ‎2014 ‎1‎:‎27‎ ‎PM To: mssms@lists.m

Re: [mssms] How to handle drivers multiple reboots

2014-04-22 Thread Christopher.Catlett
Exe based drivers wont work for network or mass storage, those need to be “real” drivers. also you need to suppress the reboots that your driver installs are doing. You may have to extract the “bad” drivers. Sent from Windows Mail From: Niall Brady Sent: ‎Tuesday‎, ‎Ap

Re: [mssms] RE: Get the SYSTEM_OU_NAME without the duplicate rows

2014-04-22 Thread Christopher.Catlett
select FieldName from daTable where length(FieldName) = ( select max(length(FieldName)) from daTable ) or ORDER BY LENGTH(FieldName) DESC and use LIMIT 1 Sent from Windows Mail From: Daniel Ratliff Sent: ‎Tuesday‎, ‎April‎ ‎22‎, ‎2014 ‎11‎:‎56‎ ‎AM To: mssms@lists.m

Re: [mssms] Wipe the PGP MBR in a task sequence

2014-04-22 Thread Christopher.Catlett
Can you initiate the userstate store while in windows? Then just usb boot the machine and nuke the disk (without loading the pgp drivers). You would have to add a variable or two to the TS, so it would run as a refresh, and would know where the userstate was stored to. 3rd party encryption tool

Re: [mssms] SCEP

2014-04-16 Thread Christopher.Catlett
Since ConfigMgr 2012 SP1 you have been able to perform remediation actions through the console, like un-quarantining all instances of a false-positive detection. I used it during the TAP, and found it to work well. (Better than Symantec’s tool) Sent from Windows Mail From: jmar...@babc.com

Re: [mssms] Sccm 2012 r2 console migration

2014-04-11 Thread Christopher.Catlett
you need to upgrade any consoles you have installed. either via software deployment, or manually. Sent from Windows Mail From: Hun boy Sent: ‎Friday‎, ‎April‎ ‎11‎, ‎2014 ‎10‎:‎23‎ ‎AM To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com After my single si

Re: [mssms] SCCM 2012 R2 Boot WIM DISM - Drivers Failing -hr:0xc0000135

2014-04-10 Thread Christopher.Catlett
why not use the built-in driver injection for the boot images? Sent from Windows Mail From: Hun boy Sent: ‎Thursday‎, ‎April‎ ‎10‎, ‎2014 ‎2‎:‎53‎ ‎PM To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com Hi All, I have upgraded my SCCM 2012 RTM to SP1(Not

Re: [mssms] Need to deploy BitLocker to machines in the field without the needed partitions

2014-04-03 Thread Christopher.Catlett
I havent used it in that scenario. After you run the bdehdcfg command, you will need to reboot. If it fails to create the partition, the rest of the encryption steps will fail. Good point on the partition size. Haven't thought about the refresh scenario’s yet. The bitlocker project I am curren

Re: [mssms] Need to deploy BitLocker to machines in the field without the needed partitions

2014-04-03 Thread Christopher.Catlett
unless you are deploying the recovery environment WinRE, you only need a 500mb BDE partition. you also should not assign a drive letter to it 😉 Sent from Windows Mail From: Mike Dzikowski Sent: ‎Thursday‎, ‎April‎ ‎3‎, ‎2014 ‎10‎:‎39‎ ‎AM To: mssms@li

Re: [mssms] Need to deploy BitLocker to machines in the field without the needed partitions

2014-04-03 Thread Christopher.Catlett
+1 on the defrag bdehdcfg is the utility you can leverage to repartition the drive. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff829850.aspx Sent from Windows Mail From: Trevor Sullivan Sent: ‎Wednesday‎, ‎April‎ ‎2‎, ‎2014 ‎5‎:‎56‎ ‎PM To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com

Re: [mssms] Exclude a group of machines from having updates managed by SCCM

2014-04-02 Thread Christopher.Catlett
if you set the wsus gpo, it will override sccm. you will get errors in the update log in the client, but the machine will patch through wsus. Just use a wmi filter on the gpo. Sent from Windows Mail From: Miller, Todd Sent: ‎Wednesday‎, ‎April‎ ‎2‎, ‎2014 ‎12‎:‎39

Re: [mssms] Offline inventory with SCCM

2014-04-02 Thread Christopher.Catlett
nope. Sent from Windows Mail From: JRIT Sent: ‎Wednesday‎, ‎April‎ ‎2‎, ‎2014 ‎10‎:‎49‎ ‎AM To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com I will do this research for a scripted inventory. When I have this dumped, is there any problem to import t

Re: [mssms] Windows XP patching in April 2014

2014-04-01 Thread Christopher.Catlett
As if folks with xp embedded machines actually patch them. Most dont have the disk space to apply the needed patches and have any space left for apps/data. Sent from Windows Mail From: Michael Niehaus Sent: ‎Tuesday‎, ‎April‎ ‎1‎, ‎2014 ‎5‎:‎34‎ ‎PM To: mss

Re: [mssms] Windows XP patching in April 2014

2014-04-01 Thread Christopher.Catlett
You sir, have been living under a rock. 😉 Sent from Windows Mail From: Heavner, Charlie Sent: ‎Tuesday‎, ‎April‎ ‎1‎, ‎2014 ‎1‎:‎44‎ ‎PM To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com So lemme get this straight…on April 8th 2014, Microsoft could

Re: [mssms] MDT 2013 Configuration and CM12 SP1

2014-03-26 Thread Christopher.Catlett
That’s the exact use for MDT, for most of those that run integrated. 😉 Sent from Windows Mail From: Trevor Sullivan Sent: ‎Wednesday‎, ‎March‎ ‎26‎, ‎2014 ‎2‎:‎56‎ ‎PM To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com I don’t see why not …? It’s just a WIM

[mssms] RE: Integrate Dell CCTK to WinPE SCCM 2012 R2

2014-03-25 Thread Christopher.Catlett
Are you setting parameters manually, or importing a .cctk file? I found the "multiplatform" exe that you can create with the tool does not work in x64 winPE 5.0 (running 2012R2) Did you make a separate package for x86 vs x64 boot wim's? (I'm having to handle UEFI here, so we had to go to x64 boo

Re: [mssms] Recommended switch configs for successful PXE boot?

2014-03-24 Thread Christopher.Catlett
My one piece of advise, if its a Cisco swith, ensure it is running the latest train of IOS code. Sent from Windows Mail From: Daniel Ratliff Sent: ‎Monday‎, ‎March‎ ‎24‎, ‎2014 ‎3‎:‎45‎ ‎PM To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com I understand

Re: [mssms] SCCM 2012 R2 DP in Win 2003 SP2

2014-03-24 Thread Christopher.Catlett
Do you have a specific parameter that you have a question on? Let me know what research you have done, and I’ll see what I can find. Sent from Windows Mail From: JRIT Sent: ‎Monday‎, ‎March‎ ‎24‎, ‎2014 ‎1‎:‎19‎ ‎PM To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com

RE: [mssms] System infected with Bitcrypt virus

2014-03-21 Thread Christopher.Catlett
Odds are, your screwed. Hope you have a good backup of the data. Christopher Catlett Consultant | Detroit [MCTS_2013_small] Sogeti USA Office 248-876-9738 |Fax 877.406.9647 26957 Northwestern Highway, Suite 130, Southfield, MI 48033-8456 www.us.sogeti.com From: listsa

Re: [mssms] CM as a Backup system

2014-03-13 Thread Christopher.Catlett
If you own ConfigMgr, you own Data Protection Manager. Please use the right tool for the job. Sent from Windows Mail From: JRIT Sent: ‎Thursday‎, ‎March‎ ‎13‎, ‎2014 ‎1‎:‎47‎ ‎PM To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com What you guys think

Re: [mssms] universal print drivers

2014-03-13 Thread Christopher.Catlett
I’ve actually been looking at doing the same thing at a client. Its on the back-burner for now though. Sent from Windows Mail From: Timothy Ransom Sent: ‎Thursday‎, ‎March‎ ‎13‎, ‎2014 ‎12‎:‎34‎ ‎PM To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com

Re: [mssms] Moving SCCM 2012 DB

2014-03-12 Thread Christopher.Catlett
In case he doesnt know, you should have one tempdb per cpu core, that sql is allowed to use. Sent from Windows Mail From: Jeremy Sihassen Sent: ‎Wednesday‎, ‎March‎ ‎12‎, ‎2014 ‎12‎:‎17‎ ‎PM To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com Movin

Re: [mssms] Auto-enrollment client certificate

2014-03-12 Thread Christopher.Catlett
Is the DMZ domain a child of the internal? is there a trust relationship between the domains? You can do this without trust, but you will need to manually (or scripted) get the certificates on the machines in the DMZ. Sent from Windows Mail From: Brian McDonald S

Re: [mssms] Inventoring Processors and Core in CM12 R2

2014-03-12 Thread Christopher.Catlett
Make a collection based on sql server being installed. Then run the hardware report to get number of processors, from members of that collection. Sent from Windows Mail From: JRIT Sent: ‎Wednesday‎, ‎March‎ ‎12‎, ‎2014 ‎9‎:‎23‎ ‎AM To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com

Re: [mssms] Auto-enrollment client certificate

2014-03-11 Thread Christopher.Catlett
which domain are the clients a member of? which domain is the CA a member of? Sent from Windows Mail From: Brian McDonald Sent: ‎Tuesday‎, ‎March‎ ‎11‎, ‎2014 ‎12‎:‎59‎ ‎PM To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com Quick question on auto-enro

Re: [mssms] Wyse D90D7 Windows Embedded 7 - Bios Password

2014-03-11 Thread Christopher.Catlett
Unless Wyse has a new tool available, it is not possible to change the bios settings from within windows or winpe. I have not worked on new models in a year or two, so this hopefully has changed. Sent from Windows Mail From: naveen kanneganti Sent: ‎Tuesday‎, ‎Mar

Re: [mssms] Latitude E7240 Windows 8.1 restart issue.

2014-03-10 Thread Christopher.Catlett
Legacy mode for both. Sent from Windows Mail From: Trevor Sullivan Sent: ‎Monday‎, ‎March‎ ‎10‎, ‎2014 ‎1‎:‎04‎ ‎PM To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com Are you using BIOS compatibility mode or UEFI? If you change this setting, and install Wi

Re: [mssms] Latitude E7240 Windows 8.1 restart issue.

2014-03-10 Thread Christopher.Catlett
Already running latest firmware. All current device drivers are installed. I have done a manual install of windows from source media, and installed all of the latest drivers from dell’s site. The issue still manifests . Issue only exists on Windows 8.1 (Windows 7 works fine), so its either a drive

Re: [mssms] UEFI boot 32 bit PXE

2014-03-10 Thread Christopher.Catlett
UEFI boot image must match the Processor Arch. so x64 cpu = x64 boot image x86 cpu = x86 boot image Sent from Windows Mail From: Matt Wilkinson Sent: ‎Monday‎, ‎March‎ ‎10‎, ‎2014 ‎11‎:‎35‎ ‎AM To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com I’m tryi

[mssms] Latitude E7240 Windows 8.1 restart issue.

2014-03-10 Thread Christopher.Catlett
Have you heard of any? The symptoms I can repro are as follows: Install Windows 8.1 (doesnt matter how I install, from vanilla cd or custom image.) Attempt to restart the machine. Windows finishes shutting down, however the hardware never completes the reboot. If i hold the power button until the

Re: [mssms] RE: Task Sequence wizard asks to remove CD and reboot

2014-03-10 Thread Christopher.Catlett
Thanks Ignore the mail i sent friday afternoon, for some reason your response didnt show in the thread. Sent from Windows Mail From: Todd Hemsell Sent: ‎Friday‎, ‎March‎ ‎7‎, ‎2014 ‎5‎:‎05‎ ‎PM To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com tsbootshel

RE: [mssms] RE: Task Sequence wizard asks to remove CD and reboot

2014-03-07 Thread Christopher.Catlett
Todd, might you be kind enough to enlighten the group as to the name of the ini file. Christopher Catlett Consultant | Detroit [MCTS_2013_small] Sogeti USA Office 248-876-9738 |Fax 877.406.9647 26957 Northwestern Highway, Suite 130, Southfield, MI 48033-8456 www.us.sogeti.com

Re: [mssms] Client Policy for BITS does not apply

2014-03-05 Thread Christopher.Catlett
Unset the local policy. Do a Machine Policy refresh. If the settings are set back, its configmgr if not, do a gpupdate, and see what the results of a gpresult after that. Sent from Windows Mail From: Lindenfeld, Ivan Sent: ‎Wednesday‎, ‎March‎ ‎5‎, ‎2014 ‎3‎:‎27‎

Re: [mssms] How to Handle Flash Major Version Updates

2014-03-04 Thread Christopher.Catlett
scup here, so simple to do. Sent from Windows Mail From: jmar...@babc.com Sent: ‎Tuesday‎, ‎March‎ ‎4‎, ‎2014 ‎10‎:‎23‎ ‎AM To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com How are others performing major version updates of Flash and Reader? Software upda

Re: [mssms] User logs out during package based install

2014-03-04 Thread Christopher.Catlett
If “Installer.exe” launches while a user is logged in, are any child processes spawned as the user? Sent from Windows Mail From: Miller, Todd Sent: ‎Monday‎, ‎March‎ ‎3‎, ‎2014 ‎4‎:‎39‎ ‎PM To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com I have a pa

RE: [mssms] Is it possible to stop a timed reboot?

2014-02-28 Thread Christopher.Catlett
Shutdown /a Christopher Catlett Consultant | Detroit [MCTS_2013_small] Sogeti USA Office 248-876-9738 |Fax 877.406.9647 26957 Northwestern Highway, Suite 130, Southfield, MI 48033-8456 www.us.sogeti.com From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myit

Re: [mssms] RE: Windows 8.1: Setting Desktop background via Preference.

2014-02-21 Thread Christopher.Catlett
To add a level of complication. Setting a wallpaper that is ~600x600 (client company logo) Need to set the background color to be the same as the edges of the image, and set the image to center vs stretch. Of course win8 isn't honoring any of the reg keys that work in prior versions. /sigh Se

[mssms] RE: Windows 8.1: Setting Desktop background via Preference.

2014-02-21 Thread Christopher.Catlett
The background color, that is shown if your wallpaper image is smaller than the screen resolution of your monitor. The default is black. Christopher Catlett Consultant | Detroit [MCTS_2013_small] Sogeti USA Office 248-876-9738 |Fax 877.406.9647 26957 Northwestern Highway, Suite 130, Southfield,

[mssms] Windows 8.1: Setting Desktop background via Preference.

2014-02-21 Thread Christopher.Catlett
Anyone messed with this? I found a single link: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/find-current-wallpaper-file-path-windows-8/ Looks like this will be a pain. Christopher Catlett Consultant | Detroit [MCTS_2013_small] Sogeti USA Office 248-876-9738 |Fax 877.406.9647 26957 Northwestern Highway, S

[mssms] RE: MBAM 2.0 ConfigMgr Integrated, keep my data w/ SP1

2014-02-18 Thread Christopher.Catlett
Do you know if anything changed with 2.0 SP1 as far as data retention? Mainly if a dual install is still needed? Also, did you find anything official on that from MS?

[mssms] RE: Instructions for a team member to properly figure out which drivers to add to boot wim when new model comes in

2014-02-18 Thread Christopher.Catlett
Yes the hardware it, should be in the inf from the driver. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] on behalf of Burke, John [john.bu...@bellaliant.ca] Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2014 10:37 AM To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com Subject: [m

RE: [mssms] RE: Patch progress report?

2014-02-14 Thread Christopher.Catlett
I'd export the report daily out to another table, or spreadsheets, then just build your monthly report pulling in those data sources. Christopher Catlett Consultant | Detroit [MCTS_2013_small] Sogeti USA Office 248-876-9738 |Fax 877.406.9647 26957 Northwestern Highway, Suite 130, Southfield, MI

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