I had a requirement to be able to tell which PXE or WDS server my Windows machine had booted from. If a Windows machine boots from PXE, a response packet containing boot server information (such as the IP address and name of the network boot server) is inserted into the registry at HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\PXE. I simply [...]
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11
Apr
Change SCCM package source
Published in SMS / SCCM, ToolsGreat new tool available from http://blog.coretech.dk/jgs/coretech-package-source-changer-0-3-0-0/ to easily change the source of a package in SCCM.
29
Mar
HP driver packages for SCCM
Published in SMS / SCCM, ToolsHP have finally released a tool to make it easier to obtain full driver packs for their hardware. In the past we have had to individually download each driver manually from the HP website, this was very painful and time consuming. Hopefully their new tool will eliminate a lot of this pain and time (Dell’s [...]
27
Mar
A quick post on something that’s not overly technical. I was editing a SCCM task sequence and I wanted to run multiple commands on the task sequence ‘Run Command Line’ step without using a batch file. I remember that Command Processor allows the & character to join commands together. I tested this out in the [...]
Tags: commands, join command, multiple, Run Command Line, Running multiple commands in SCCM 'Run Command Line' Task Sequence step, SCCM, sccm command line step
24
Mar
Difference between IT architect roles
Published in GeekEnterprise Architect vs Solutions Architect vs Infrastructure Architect vs Technical Architect. The term Architect is thrown around very easily within IT departments these days. While it is already hard enough to explain to someone outside of IT what your job role involves, a lot of people within IT departments including senior management don’t understand the different type [...]
Tags: architect, difference, EA, enterprise, enterprise architect, enterprise architecture, infrastructure, IT, job description, role, solutions, technical, togaf
21
Mar
Design changes in SCCM 2012
Published in SMS / SCCMThere are a few newly published articles on Technet that give some nice details of the major changes in SCCM 2012: http://blogs.technet.com/b/server-cloud/archive/2012/03/08/the-biggest-changes-in-hierarchy-design-in-configuration-manager-2012.aspx http://blogs.technet.com/b/server-cloud/archive/2012/03/06/data-replication-in-system-center-2012-configuration-manager.aspx http://blogs.technet.com/b/server-cloud/archive/2012/02/22/options-for-managing-remote-offices-with-configuration-manager-2012.aspx http://blogs.technet.com/b/server-cloud/archive/2012/02/29/hierarchy-design-in-system-center-2012-configuration-manager.aspx