YiannosG
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Yes there is no reason why not to use a task sequence. You can use it also for installation of alot of applications. Only thing is that you need to have the program to run as SYSTEM to be able to access it from task sequence.But again as you point out you can run it as a different user and it will hide the credentials.
When you run a command line you can make it hidden, hence hiding any info to the user.
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Dont know how to do a runas for a deployment.
I see in a TS I can specify a user. Can I use this to deploy software to an already working machine(not an OSD)?
Well since is a command running from command prompt you could create a program having "cmd /c runas <parameters> <your program>. You can see the options available for RUNAS from a command prompt.
And yes you can run the task sequence. Right click on the task sequence and select advertise. This will create an advertisment for your TS.
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Oh now i get what you wanted to achieve. My bad. What about using the runas command so it will start the installation as administrator?
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On the program you are running check these settings.
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Hi some more info: The upgrade ID is the same no matter the language, at least on Firefox Msi. But when i view the Resourse Explorer the product ID is Mozilla Firefox (Version)
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I would tick the "Continue on Error" box for the uninstall steps.
Then i would also think about how the uninstall process works if the program or any of its dependencies are loaded when you trigger your command. This might make the uninstall process fail. The eventlog is a good place to find this information.
If this is the case then maybe you need to run your upgrade while users are logged off.
Or you might need to add a step for killing started processes before trying to uninstall. If you decide to do this I strongly recommend an optional advertisement or at least a long countdown time to not upset your customers to much
PS: Chrome > Firefox
The script says that package not found so i don't think that continue on error will work. is as if its different upgradecode. Will check again.
Well we use IE cause its manageable at work and ofcourse users can not use anything else since im blocking them from the proxy
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Hi thanks for replying. I actually made a collection based on Add/Remove Programs having %Firefox% installed so i know they have the program. but with the condition removed as well it does not work for a majority. Will have a look again on Monday and let you know if i found anything else.
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Hi again. Do you know a way to find any version of a program without the localization. As you can see from my screenshot i am able to uninstall all Firefox en-US but it is failing for GB. Only way is to edit my msi with an msi editor? What is the reason of having a condition if we want to uninstall all versions? If i remove the condition it can not find the software on the client to uninstall it.
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Thanks. was thinking of a way to have a general uninstall program for specific software like all versions of Firefox/Chrome. Could use the Uninstall part and keep the next part for future reference. Great post
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If the server has two nics you can connect them with two switches and connect your clients on the switch you want them to work. Thats the simplest solution i guess
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Is it possible to have SQL 2008 on the new one? will SCCM be able to replicate the SQL on the new server?
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maybe you are running the advertisment with SYTEM.
Try running the create shortcut with the loggin user. That should work since it will know which user you are using so it will put it on your desktop
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It's indeed all because renaming a Site server is not supported. So you don't need to create a Secondary Site, but another Primary Site and make it a child of the existing Primary Site. This will make the data flow to the new Site server. After that remove the connection between the two and you are ready to go.
Also don't reuse your Site code, as it can mess things up.
Thank you Peter for the prompt respond
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Hello.
Can anybody point me to the right direction? I want to rename my SCCM 2007 server but this can not be done directly as i read. What can i do to achieve this?
My setup consists of one machine (Win 2003) having the SCCM console and SQL database 2005
I read something that i need to create a secondary site and when the data flows down to the secondary site i can promote it and remove the other?
SQL will be replicated? What about the site code? Thank you in advance
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You can create a collection and enter a query to collect computers not having that
select SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceID,SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceType,SMS_R_SYSTEM.Name,SMS_R_SYSTEM.SMSUniqueIdentifier,SMS_R_SYSTEM.ResourceDomainORWorkgroup,SMS_R_SYSTEM.Client from SMS_R_System where SMS_R_System.Name not in (select distinct SMS_R_System.Name from SMS_R_System inner join SMS_G_System_ADD_REMOVE_PROGRAMS on SMS_G_System_ADD_REMOVE_PROGRAMS.ResourceID = SMS_R_System.ResourceId where SMS_G_System_ADD_REMOVE_PROGRAMS.DisplayName = "Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007") order by SMS_R_System.Name
Replace Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007 with the full name of the application as shown on Add/Remove Programs
The advertise your AV to them
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thx for the info
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OK it looks like it working perfectly. Strangely although i have WPAD and it working on all clients they don't seem to bypass my proxy to access sccm server. so as a workaround the manual configuration as defined above works for me...
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Ok after aloooooooooooooot of searching i manage to figure this out.
There is a tool on windows XP (works on windows 7 just need to copy it from an XP) proxycfg that tweeks the below entry
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Connections\WinHttpSettings
What you can do is 2 things;
Eithere run proxycfg [-p <server-name> [<bypass-list>]] which sets proxy server and optional bypass list, for example proxycfg -p PROXYSERVER http://sccmserver.mydomain.com or if you have defined in ur browser under local settings, a proxy with a bypass list of IPs/server you can use proxycfg -u to import the proxy settings of the user!Make sure you restart Automatic Windows Updates
Open windowsupdate.log and verify
2010-10-26 19:45:55:038 1028 11d4 Agent * WU client version 7.4.7600.226
2010-10-26 19:45:55:038 1028 11d4 Agent * Base directory: C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution
2010-10-26 19:45:55:038 1028 11d4 Agent * Access type: Named proxy
2010-10-26 19:45:55:038 1028 11d4 Agent * Default proxy: PROXYSERVER
2010-10-26 19:45:55:038 1028 11d4 Agent * Default proxy bypass: http://sccmserver.mydomain.com
No more traffic on my ISA server
Will check WSUS tomorrow if i get the correct IP and update you on the matter
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Bump!
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How odd; Not in MSDN as well. Bammer!
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My primary site is up and running fine with SUP. My dilmema is we have another location that has about 300 pcs and when we deploy updates they are all pulling from my primary site. Network guys are not happy
I have not found much help on how to install/setup SUP on a secondary server.
If I install WSUS and add Software update point on the secondary site server will the clients download and install updates from that site? Or is there something else that needs to be done?
Thanks
Hello. Are you using it only for package deployment?
You can add a server and define it as aDP.No need to install WSUS on that.Afterward you can define boundaries for that server, so that when the computers request the package, since it is copied on that DP as well it will sent them locally.
Does that help?
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Please check this to find out what best suites you; A Server Distribution Point or a Server Share Distribution Point.
server\smspkgd$ are the shares created by SCCM when you have added a server and defined it as a Server Distribution Point. Thats the one that it use to distribute the packages. You do not need to create a manual share ie dp$.
Now, if you want to create a Server Share DP you will have to create it manually.
Your source location is not use on distribution of the package to the user. It is use to create the distribution point packages to be sent to the users.
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Well mine was a funny story.
This started around Feb 2010
We already got an SMS admin on our company and i started out of curiosity to learn what is new on SCCM since i had no idea how to deploy and everything....was driven so much with it, and we where on the middle of major deployment of Office 2007 in our company ,which we haven't done that before with a major program and i step up to help on it...
As we found out we where using SMS DPs in an incorrect way to do the work...
Ended up having a super smooth deployment of Office which was a great success and somehow got the title of SCCM admin
To sum up i really love the concept of SCCM and i believe now that i got to know it, has become my right hand tool for almost everything!
In the next months i will start deploying Windows 7 and i am in the process of changing the way our imaging procedure works ( will start using SCCM ) so thats another challenge for our SCCM.
PS. Your guides where the first steps on my SCCM journey so i take this opportunity to thank you Niall
sample XP to Windows 7 task sequences
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Is it possible to migrate from Windows XP x86 to Windows 7 x64 ?
Like...
Backup
Wipe everything
Fresh x64 image