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Microsoft have released their free anti-virus and anti-malware software (codenamed 'Morro') to the public, under the name of 'Microsoft Security Essentials'. Microsoft's intent to release free anti-virus software has been known for as long ago as 2004 when Microsoft bought out GeCad and Pelican Software. Microsoft also purchased Giant Antispyware (which was generally considered to be a good product at the time) and later became Windows Defender, as well as being built into Windows Vista by default. Microsoft previously had Windows Live OneCare, a paid subscription security suite including extras like parental controls and photo backup, but discontinued the product possibly due to user and industry-wide criticism of the product, and that Morro was already on the horizon. more > http://www.osnews.com/story/22255/Microsoft_Security_Essentials_Released you can download the files here: Windows XP 32‐bit: mssefullinstall-x86fre-en-us-xp.exe Windows Vista/WIN7 32‐bit: mssefullinstall-x86fre-en-us-vista-win7.exe Windows Vista/WIN7 64‐bit: mssefullinstall-amd64fre-en-us-vista-win7.exe

yes that should be no problem, however the OS won't be upgraded, but rather a new install of Windows 7 will be carried out after optionally backing up your DATA using sccm

i think they did copy and paste, the SQL data itself would only give them the DATA and not the screenshots, but of course i could be wrong, there is nothing on the server to indicate a sql injection or other attack/hack the server hosting this is running centos/apache/mysql/php

thanks Peter, can you recommend any software that I could use to watermark all the images, they are contained in multiple folders on the server I just want to be able to point the software to the folder and let it update all images found I hate doing this, but I hate getting the site ripped off even more

oh yes, we all now know that you are an admin on certcollection.org

hi all, unfortunately a website out there has ripped off (and without permission) pretty much ALL of the content (including the layout) of windows-noob.com and is using it on their 'forums' with no link back to here and is effectively claiming it as their content even though some of the 'guides' contain screenshots of windows-noob.* address's. One of the two people who carried this out was a young Saudi Arabian called 'Kane Bagwell' from the same site and his accomplice The_Last_Remnant. Because of this extreme lameness I am now left with the possibility that this will keep on happening so I'm pondering how to deal with it, do I protect all screenshots on the forum with a www.windows-noob.com logo on them or use some other form of protection ? I am open to ideas and suggestions so please give me your opinion on this cheers niall

i'm not following you.... wds will deploy (or capture) an os and thats about it, with mdt and wds you can use task sequences and some apps (lite touch) but what you want to do is to upgrade an os from vista to 7 via wds ? how are you thinking here exactly ?

ok that is only for upgrading an existing SCCM 2007 installation see > http://www.microsoft.com/Downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5aae62e8-4b7f-4af7-be01-aefaa4bf059a&displaylang=en assuming that you are trying to install SCCM 2007 sp1 for the first time., you need to download and install the following from technet/msdn System Center Configuration Manager 2007 with Service Pack 1 (x86) - DVD (English) the ISO is called en_system_center_configuration_manager_2007_with_service_pack_1_x86_dvd_x14-66461.iso do you see that file anywhere ??? the numbers after dvd_ may be different for you...

what SCCM iso did you download from msdn/technet ? what is the filename ?

looks like you are using the upgrade media from your screenshot.... try using the correct media for installing sccm 2007 sp1

do you mean using SCCM ? if so yes, but that would be by using a task sequence in the OSD section of SCCM

let me test it here.... ok not working for me either, now i just need to figure out why.....

Adding Server Roles and Features With the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit installed and MDT integration added to SCCM you are also given the opportunity to install and configure server roles and features. Note: There is a bug in MDT 2008 when adding roles and features to Windows Server 2008 64bit, they won't get executed at all unless you perform the following workaround. If you are deploying Windows Server 2008 X86 however, continue below as normal:- In the Task Sequence, select State Restore in the left pane, and highlight Install Software. Click on the Add drop down menu at the top of the Task Sequence, and select MDT from the choices available, then select Install Roles and Features. Note:If the MDT section does not appear then you most likely have not added Microsoft Desktop Toolkit integration to SCCM 2007. In the example below we will configure our Task Sequence to make this Windows Server 2008 an Active Directory Domain Controller. In the Task Sequence, select Active Directory domain controller, click Apply when done Now that they are added, you will want to configure them, so lets configure Active directory domain services first by clicking on the Add drop down menu followed by MDT and then Configure ADDS. enter your choices from those available and note that the drop down menu (which has Forest pre-selected) will decide what options are available to you depending on what you pick. If you want to configure where to store the AD database, logfiles and sysvol and other advanced options then click on the Advanced button. click Apply when done and then click Ok to exit from editing the Task Sequence. Continue on to the next Part >>

why would you run the advertisement again ? assuming you want to deploy an OS to some computers then start using Deployment collections that have task sequences permanently advertised to them something like this, then when you need computers imaged you add them to the relevant deploy collection and sccm takes care of the rest, no need to worry about them getting the advertisement twice as the advertisement program rerun behaviour is set to never rerun

ActiveWin has published their usual in-depth review of the new Windows release, in this case, Windows 7. It's 70 pages long, and divided up into 26 sections. "Should you upgrade? Most certainly, there is no on the fence, if’s or buts about it. This is a major upgrade both Windows XP and Vista users will certainly see benefits from. Vista was of course a hard sell because of the major architectural changes it introduced, Windows 7 reaps the benefits." via > http://www.osnews.com/story/22219/Review_Microsoft_Windows_7_RTM more > http://www.activewin.com/reviews/software/operating-sys/windows7/index.shtml

if you re-read the post you'll see there is no data on the formatted part of the disc anyway, so no data to lose

verify dns is working properly first, do an nslookup test paste the results of nslookup here

you can't remove it (well you can but then bye bye site...), but you can do what I already said above

it may be possible by uninstalling the WAIK, reboot and doing the SP2 install, however Microsoft have explicitly stated that they will not support production systems that have been upgraded from beta or RC to SP2 so keep the RC in your lab unless you are a TAP customer cheers niall

good questions using SQL 2008 or SQL 2005 as the database is preferred as you can properly manage the database and it's way more extendable than Windows Database Using the WSUS website is also preffered as this separates the IIS resources

http://blogs.technet.com/configurationmgr/archive/2009/09/21/9-30-technet-webcast-automating-windows-7-deployments-using-system-center-configuration-manager.aspx

what was the problem exactly ?

well i think all the errors are because of where your SQL server is, ie: it's remote... so, why did you set it up with sql on another box ? and have you made sure the firewall is not blocking any sql traffic and..... have you added the SCCM computer account as a local administrator of the SQL box ?

A update rollup package is available that enables Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1) to support clients that are running Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7. This update addresses the following issues: Back to the top Issue 1 Windows Server 2008 R2 clients and Windows 7 clients cannot register themselves to Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 site servers that have their management point role set to native mode. Therefore, the management points cannot provide these clients with installation prerequisites, client installation files, configuration details, advertisements, and software distribution package source file locations. Additionally, the management points cannot receive inventory data, software metering information, and status and state messages from these clients. Back to the top Issue 2 The SMS Agent Host service (CcmExec.exe) crashes when it handles the pending Statement of Health (SoH) updates on Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7 clients. Therefore, Windows Server 2008 R2 clients or Windows 7 clients may randomly have an incorrect SoH state. In this case, Network Access Protection (NAP) compliant clients cannot access network resources. Non-NAP compliant clients have unlimited network access. download hotfix > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/974236/en-us