Remember KB931125? The patch that broke tons of Configuration Manager management points? Yeah, that one. I just found out that as of October 17th Microsoft has released a “quick fix” for this problem so that you don´t have to manually delete the certificates yourself. Basically the fix will delete all the third party root certificate […]
Posts tagged 2012
Bug when using signed Powershell scripts as Custom Detection Method in Configuration Manager 2012
When using custom scripts for Detection Methods you have the possibility to use a Powershell script. However, if your environment has security in focus, then setting the ExecutionPolicy for Powershell scripts to anything other than AllSigned is not an option. This means you have to sign your scripts before running them. Christian has written an […]
Working with Rate Limits on ConfigMgr 2012 Distribution Points
Ever wondered how rate limits on Distribution Points in ConfigMgr 2012 work? When I one day accidentally updated all the distribution points at a customer site it was time to learn quickly. There are three modes for rate limits and these are set per Distribution Point. Unlimited sending is self-explainatory, but the pulse mode and […]
Working with Certificates on multiple RDS 2012 hosts
In Windows Server 2012 all the administration and management has been moved up to the Server Manager. This means that you can configure your RDS environment from one place. This includes all certificate requirements when enabling SSO, installing RemoteApp Web Server or installing RD Gateway server. However, when you have more than one RD Host […]
Error when applying custom MOF in ConfigMgr, escaping characters correctly
I’ve been working with a customer to create a custom hardware inventory class for a specific registry key recently. As many others I used Mark Cochrane’s RegkeytoMof tool. This works brilliantly, in most cases. In my case I found a bug that made ConfigMgr error out when updating the configuration.mof file. The error was (found […]
Explained Error Codes for Software Updates in ConfigMgr 2012
Remember those pesky error codes you had to google the hell out of when trying to troubleshoot Software Updates on clients in ConfigMgr 2007? If your answer is flashing white rage or similar, then you will like this new simple reporting feature in ConfigMgr 2012. The most common error I witnessed when working with Software […]
ConfigMgr 2012 console crash after .Net Framework 4.0 Client Profile Updates
Allright, I´m starting to find issues with ConfigMgr 2012 during my first installations. For instance, if you decide to install updates to your 4.0 Framework Client Profile you might find that your Configuration Manager 2012 console will crash (stop working). These are the updates I installed. And this is the error message I got. I […]