Office 2007 deployment
Useful links: http://www.officeusers.org/ – tips and tricks http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc303401.aspx – 2007 Office Resource Kit http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc179219.aspx...
View ArticleDisable the Office 2007 Welcome screen
One of the settings that I am often asked to modify when it comes to Office 2007 deployments is disabling the welcome screen. The welcome screen is displayed the first time a user starts one of the...
View ArticleDeploying Office 2007 – Windows Desktop Search is not currently installed or...
When users start Outlook 2007 for the first time they might be presented with this dialog box: To disable the dialog box you need to make a modification to the registry. I normally add the registry...
View ArticleInstalling multiple applications using variables
One major benefit of using variables in the software application installation process is the ability to work with "software groups". A software group can be defined as a group of computers that share...
View ArticleDeploying Microsoft Silverlight 2.0 with Config Mgr.
Just spend some time trying to install Silverlight with Config Mgr. I have read the guide from Microsoft Document but couldn’t get it to work. Instead I extracted the package and ran the Install.exe...
View ArticleRunning a custom notification before installing a program with Configuration...
One question that is seen again and again in the news forums is “how to configure a custom message prior to running a software package”? In this post you can download a utility developed with help from...
View ArticleCoretech SCCM Manager 1.0.3 – Freeware Download
New version is out! http://blog.coretech.dk/confmgr07/coretech-sccm-manager-1-0-3-1-freeware-download/ . We’re back with a new version of Coretech Application Creator! We have decided to change the...
View ArticleCoretech Auto Install Warning – Freeware
DOWNLOAD REMOVED! Update: New version out. please look at : http://blog.coretech.dk/home/coretech-auto-install-warning-1-0-3-freeware-update/ When we are deploying application to the user’s computers,...
View ArticleQuery and report all workstations that haven’t rebooted the last 7 days
I recently got a very good question from a student – how can we check the workstations that haven’t restarted during the last 7 days. The intention is to automatically restart the computers. However...
View ArticleInstalling the ConfigMgr. SP2 client on Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2
ConfigMgr. 2007 SP2 was released a few days ago and can be downloaded from – details.aspx-displaylang=en&FamilyID=3318741a-c038-4ab1-852a-e9c13f8a8140 To successfully install the service pack you...
View ArticleAudit software installations r2
With this basic report you will be able to monitor any new applications installed and registrered in Add/Remove programs during the last 7 days on a client computer. Thanks to Claus Codam for helping...
View ArticleDisable Adobe Reader JavaScript
Adobe has just informed about a critical vulnerability in Adobe Reader 9.2 and earlier versions – which is well… all Adobe Reader versions An update to fix the vulnerability will be released mid...
View ArticleDistribution Manager – package status is install pending
Its Friday the weekend is coming up and what I don’t want is a day filled errors . On the other hand, errors can be a cool way to start the weekend – if you get them solved! The first 10 minutes at the...
View ArticleCollection for computers that failed to run an advertisement
Recently I got a question from a student who wanted to have two collections for each software deployment. 1 collection containing computer that ran the advertisement successfully; and 1 collection for...
View ArticleUsing Software distribution and Desired Configuration Management to fix...
Desired Configuration Management (DCM) is a feature in Configuration Manager which helps us tracing non-compliant computers. In Configuration Manager 2012 the feature also allows us to automatically...
View ArticleInstall the Configuration Manager administrator console
Recently I had to prepare a “Configuration Manager Servicedesk kit”. In the kit I added the Configuration Manager console and Client Center. The installation had a few challanges: Creating and...
View ArticleHow to list ConfigMgr package structure in Powershell
This post show how to do a list of all package structure in ConfigMgr 2007, via standard PowerShell.
View ArticleUpdating the package source in Configuration Manager 2007
In my “Migrating from Configuration 2007 to Configuration Manager 2012” session at the System Center User Group meeting in Copenhagen last Friday, I demonstrated a tool to automatically update the...
View ArticleConfiguration Manager 2012 Prestage content on Distribution Points
Highly inspired by this blog post I started to do me own prestage content testing. Prestaging has long been one of the main reasons (along with bandwidth control) for implementing a secondary site in...
View ArticleConfiguration Manager shutdown utility
To suppress or not suppress a computer restart when deploying software and software updates that is the question. No matter what you do, you most likely will not win the “best colleague of the Month”...
View ArticleUnderstanding the new content library store in 5 minutes
Content management has somewhat been completely rewritten for this version and do require “a little getting used to”. Below are some of the changes related to the Content Library but first a quick...
View ArticleError installing Lync 2010
Last Friday I had the pleasure of being contacted by a customer who was in the middle of a Lync 2010 deployment. The scenario: Windows XP, Windows 7×86 & Windows 7×64 client. Some computer do...
View ArticleGlobal conditions in ConfigMgr 2012
One of the very need features in the new Application model is Global conditions. A Global condition is a requirement rule that is evaluated in real time by the client. The client will only start...
View ArticleError installing the Application web catalog
Just ran into an error this morning while installing the Application Web Catalog role on my ConfigMgr 2012 server. When trying to log on to the catalog I got an IIS error related. I look into the...
View ArticleNew version of the Coretech Shutdown tool
The Coretech shutdown tool is available in a new version. The new version allows you to close one or more running process(es) prior to installing another program. The updated version is perfect for...
View ArticleCoretech Application E-Mail Approval Tool
A little over a year ago we released the first version of our Application E-mail approval utility. Ever since our first release we have received lots of positive feedback and ideas to new features....
View ArticleDeploy Office dependent applications with custom requirements based on...
In this blog post I’ll go through how to set up a custom requirement detecting whether a computer is running x86 or x64 version of Windows 7 or Windows 8 (Works for 8.1 as well). Furthermore I’ll set a...
View ArticleCreate Shortcut With Elevated Rights
How do I create a shortcut that runs as Administrator?
View ArticleInstalling and configuring a SCOM multi-homed agent with SCCM 2012 R2
(In this blogpost only handling x64 versions) I had the challenge to automatic install and configure a SCOM multi-homed agent. I ran in to a couple of issues that I had to deal with – so today I am...
View ArticleWorking with managed applications within Configuration Manager 2012 R2 SP1
First, let’s define a managed application. In essence it’s a special policy that enable you to control settings in the application or browser like data encryption, can the user save the document as a...
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Upgrade System Center Configuration Manager Console with PowerShell
Since Service Pack 1 was released to SCCM 2012 R2 I have been upgraded severeal environments. A couple of customers wanted me to create a PowerShell script to uninstall existing ConfigMgr Console and...
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Deploying Office 2016 with SCCM 2012
Follow this simple guide to get your Office 2016 deployment up and running with SCCM 2012 R2 First we need to download the Office 2016 Deployment Tool from Microsoft You can find it here Run the tool...
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Part 1: Uninstall Java (or any other software) with ConfigMgr Compliance...
Compliance Items and Compliance Baselines in ConfigMgr is so powerful! And with some PowerShell magic you can almost use it to do anything you like on a Windows based computer – Only your imagination...
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Silent install Java 8 Update 71 and 72 with SCCM
In my last post about silent / unattended installation of Java 8 Update 66, we followed the new guidelines for how to install Java 8 silently by Oracle. The problem with that method is that it works...
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