ConfigMgr 2007: Unable to update Distribution Point and a file in the despoolr.box appears to be locked
on Nov 17, 2009 in Distribution Point Troubleshoot Update ConfigMgr 2007 In your System Center Configuration Manager 2007 environment, you may find that a distribution point is not updating and a pck file may appear to be "stuck" or "locked" in the X:\Program Files\Microsoft Configuration Manager\inbox...

Changes made to package properties are not updated at the Child Site / Distmgr.log contains "Package XXX000xx is currently being processed"
on Nov 17, 2009 in Distribution Point ConfigMgr Troubleshoot Package Child Site I recently came across this issue and thought it might be worth a mention here.  If you have some really big packages and don't see any of your changes reflected on the Child Sites then this may be your issue. Symptoms Changes made to an SMS 200...

New KB973499 - A memory leak occurs when many content location requests are received by a site server ConfigMgr 2007 SP1
on Nov 16, 2009 in Troubleshoot Hotfix SP1 Download ConfigMgr 2007 Memory Leak Consider the following scenario: The management point role is installed on a site server that is running Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1). Many content location requests are sent to the management point...

Configuration Manager 2007 support announcements for November 2009
on Nov 10, 2009 in SP1 SP2 Announcement ConfigMgr 2007 Windows Storage Server WinRM Looks like the Configuration Manager product team made a couple announcements regarding supported configurations over on their blog.  You can read the details yourself but here's the long and short of it: Windows Storage Server 2008 is now su...

Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 5.0 Community Technical Preview (CTP) Now Available!
on Nov 10, 2009 in Guide Win2K8 Win7 Windows Vista How-To Deployment ConfigMgr 2007 MAP The Solution Accelerator team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 5.0 Community Technical Preview (CTP). Designed to simplify and streamline the IT infrastructure planning process across...

Configuration Manager 2007 October Help File Update
on Nov 10, 2009 in ConfigMgr Update Documentation Download Help File Download an updated version of the Configuration Manager 2007 Documentation Library which contains new material and fixes to documentation problems reported by customers since the last update was published. Refer to the “What’s New in the Documen...

Forcing a ConfigMgr Task Sequence to Rerun
on Nov 9, 2009 in ConfigMgr Task Sequence How-To From our very own Steve Rachui comes another great System Center tip.  This one covers how to get a Configuration Manager 2007 Task Sequence to rerun: There are well known methods to force an advertisement to rerun – including several add-on...

Automatic FixIt: You receive error 401.1 when you browse a Web site that uses Integrated Authentication and is hosted on IIS 5.1 or a later version
on Nov 5, 2009 in IIS Loopback Unauthorized FixIt 401.1 I asked the FixIt team for this a while back and they have delivered.  Now if you ever run into the symptoms below the chances are good we can automatically fix it with just a few clicks of the mouse: The Symptoms: When you use the fully qualif...

Some ConfigMgr 2007 clients never install packages, report status of “Waiting on content”
on Nov 4, 2009 in Troubleshoot Client ConfigMgr 2007 Site Code Boundaries We’ve seen this issue come up a couple times so I wanted to give it a mention here just in case you run into it.  The problem is that you may notice Software Deployments are not working for a small percentage of your Configuration Manager clie...

Updated Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 Management Pack – Now with 64-bit support
on Oct 29, 2009 in OpsMgr R2 Management Pack SP2 ConfigMgr 2007 The updated Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 Management Pack adds support for monitoring Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 in a 64-bit environment with Operations Manager 2007 R2 or Operations Manager 2007 SP1 with hotfix (KB971541) installed. This enable...