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hi, please read this thread on myitforum and tell me does it help

no don't skip it, can you please post the entire smsts.log file please

i'll try and answer your qeustions you can do that using multiple non-mandatory task sequences yes i think so, but it's far better to build and capture the images from SCCM in the first place (think, total control of the whole process) not if wds is already in place

The Asset Intelligence feature in SCCM can be used to inventory and report on software in use in your environment. Where do I find the Asset Intelligence feature in SCCM ? Expand the Computer Management node and click on Asset Intelligence. How can I use Asset Intelligence ? to start off you'll want to enable the feature, to do this you can expand the Asset Intelligence node and click on the disabled state (or click on Enable Asset Intelligence in the Actions Pane). This will bring up a new window from which you can decide what Asset Intelligence reporting classes you want to enable. You must select at least one otherwise your reports based on those classes will contain no data. The more you enable the greater the hardware resource usage during the inventory. hover your mouse over a selection box and you'll be given information about what reports depend on the class. select the classes that you will need and click ok you will be prompted to verify the selected classes, if you are sure that they are ok (remember the more classes you enable the greater the increase in computer resource usage during the client hardware inventory) click Yes. We can always return here later and de-select classes if you don't require the info they gather. If you are a Microsoft Software Assurance (SA) licensed customer you can use the Asset Intelligence synchronization point site role in Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 to schedule automatic catalog information updates. What about my MOF file ? Browse to C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Configuration Manager\inboxes\clifiles.src\hinv (change to the drive letter that you installed ConfigMgr on) You will see that the SMS_DEF.MOF has now changed to today's date/time. This file represents the changes you have just made (open it, scroll to the bottom and you'll see all the Asset Intelligence classes listed). Here's a snippet from there:- //************************************************************************** //* Class: SMS_SystemConsoleUsage //* Derived from: (nothing) //* //* Key = SecurityLogStartDate //* //* This Asset Intelligence class provides System Console Usage information. //* //************************************************************************** [ dynamic, provider("AAInstProv"), SMS_Report(TRUE), SMS_Group_Name ("System Console Usage"), SMS_Namespace (TRUE), SMS_Class_ID ("MICROSOFT|SYSTEM_CONSOLE_USAGE|1.0") ] class SMS_SystemConsoleUsage : SMS_Class_Template { [sMS_Report (TRUE)] uint32 TotalSecurityLogTime; [sMS_Report (TRUE), key] datetime SecurityLogStartDate; [sMS_Report (TRUE)] uint32 TotalConsoleTime; [sMS_Report (TRUE)] uint32 TotalConsoleUsers; [sMS_Report (TRUE)]

good question i think you'll need to change the multicast range that is defined by default in sccm as that doesn't work well with cisco, so i have read... i'm not a cisco person so that's all I can say

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checkout this post from Ronnie, it might help you http://scug.dk/blogs/configurationmanager/archive/2009/09/03/upgrading-configmgr-2007-sp2-beta-to-rc.aspx cheers niall

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yeah but they arnt exactly noob friendly, so Jammy or Peter or anyone else feel free to put something together and beat me to it cheers niall

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can't you reimage it ?

can you explain what you mean please, more info is always better..

checkout this post from Sherry Kissinger regarding SQL on remote servers http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/configmgrgeneral/thread/4b4ae8f1-18ff-484c-bde2-5ed64b14ab79 and I quote and that's from Microsoft *in bold* I'm not saying it won't work, i'm just saying I would do SQL on the same box as configmgr, always.

hi Matt I guess by now you've noticed the Deploy 7 guide I put together ?

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so start a new topic describing what you have done and what the error is.... EDIT here is the topic along with the solution

this one Disable automatic restart on system failure

are you sure the client isn't installed, the Windows 7 control panel is different to say the least, in the windows 7 control panel search for config and see does the configuration manager client show up if not, check your firewall settings on the client

when windows is at the boot menu press F8, do you see any options on the windows boot menu _

i think your image is bluescreening, hence the apparent loop can you disable the automatic reboot when it bluescreens to see what the message is ?

f.y.i I upgraded one of my labs from the SP2 beta today to SP2 RC, by simply running the splash.hta on the extracted files, it gave me the choice to upgrade so I did.

sure do, read this one and while you are at it read What is Windows SIM and how can I use it cheers

you can just rip the capture part of the build and capture ts and advertise THAT to your windows 7 capture collection, if i get time i'll do up a post feel free to beat me to it though, the more that contribute here the better cheers niall

look at this link then

yes you need it, by the way sp2 RC is out today !