Inspired by a recent forum thread (and John Marcum), I put together a little test to verify if ConfigMgr does indeed automatically retry advertised programs that failed.
Build and Capture and Software Updates (revisited)
Recently at a client in production and in my home lab, I ran into the an issue where the Software Updates task in my Build and Capture TS for Windows […]
RegTask: Failed to get certificate. Error: 0x80004005
Working at a client troubleshooting some weird ConfigMgr (not SCCM) client agent issues. Basically, there are a handful of systems, all laptops, that just dropped out of ConfigMgr. Reviewing the […]
Recurring Advertisements
We all know (or will now) that if a client misses a mandatory advertisement in ConfigMgr for whatever reason, e.g., the client is powered off, it will happily “run” the […]
ConfigMgr Software Update Management and Group Policy (part 2)
This post is a continuation of my previous post: ConfigMgr Software Update Management and Group Policy. So how do the rest of the settings in the Windows Updates Group Policy […]
ConfigMgr Software Update Management and Group Policy
There is definitely a lot of confusion about how Group Policies interact with, control, and affect Software Update Management (SUM) on ConfigMgr clients. At the outset of this post (or […]
Microsoft.SMS.TSEnvironment
So COM is a huge topic that I can’t even imagine scratching the surface of in a single post; MSDN and CodeProject are two great places to learn about COM […]
Current Directory in ConfigMgr Programs
I run across a lot of questions in the forums and from customers about why their batch files are failing when run using a ConfigMgr program. There is an easy […]
Configuration.mof vs. SMS_DEF.mof
This blog is going to dive into the role of the configuration.mof file and how it changed the way ConfigMgr handles hardware inventory. We’ll explore how inventory data is split […]
Windows Activation: Troubleshooting and Monitoring the KMS
Understanding KMS Activation and Troubleshooting Issues The Key Management Service (KMS) is often a fundamental component in enterprise environments for Microsoft licensing and Windows activation. It provides a straightforward and […]