Disable 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 January 2010. You can read the bulletin here – http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa09-07.html Disable Adobe Reader JavaScript manually 1. Launch Adobe Reader. 2. Select Edit>Preferences [...]
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Audit 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 out The SQL code SELECT TOP (100) PERCENT dbo.v_R_System.Name0, dbo.v_GS_ADD_REMOVE_PROGRAMS.DisplayName0, dbo.v_GS_ADD_REMOVE_PROGRAMS.InstallDate0, DATEDIFF(Day, CONVERT(date,dbo.v_GS_ADD_REMOVE_PROGRAMS.InstallDate0), GETDATE()) AS [days since installed] FROM dbo.v_R_System INNER [...]
Category: Config Mgr. Inventory and Reporting, Software distribution | 12 Comments
Installing 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 need to start the upgrade from the central site and then upgrade child sites and administrator consoles. After the sites have been upgraded it’s time to upgrade the clients. You can use [...]
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Query 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 not until the end-users have been contacted. For that reason I need to create a report and a query. The report [...]
Category: Config Mgr. Inventory and Reporting, Inventory, Software distribution | 8 Comments
Coretech 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, we sometimes want to warn them about what is happening. This is to prevent any complains about etc. “My Computer is slow”, “Do i have Virus?” or similar complains that might occur when the computer [...]
Category: Config Mgr. Tools, Install Software, Recommended Tools, Software distribution | 3 Comments
Coretech 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 name of the application, since the old name did not fit with all the features available. Changelog / What’s New 1.0 RC1 -> 1.0.3 Application has a new name, the old name did [...]
Category: Client Installation, Config Mgr, Config Mgr. Tools, Configuration Manager, Recommended Tools, Software distribution | 5 Comments
Running a custom notification before installing a program with Configuration Manager
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 Jakob G. Svendsen that can be used to customize a message that is shown prior to running the [...]
Category: Software distribution, Tips and tricks | 14 Comments
Deploying 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 file with /q Extract the package: Open a command prompt Silverlight.2.0.exe /extract:C:\temp Create the Config mgr package: Copy the extracted the [...]
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Installing 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 the same software package e.g. all workstations in R&D orHR. This post describes how to install multiple applications using variables on one [...]
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Deploying Office 2007 – Windows Desktop Search is not currently installed or not up to date
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 entry to the Office Customization Toolkit (OCT) like this: How to disable the setting in registry: Open registry and [...]
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