It has been a while since I wrote a good blog post. So the time has come for me to write a little about Windows security from a Penetration tester perspective. Hope you like it. There is probably a tons of guides and blog posts on how to hardening your Windows clients. In this post […]
Yes, it works (and no, it is not supported). I just set up Configuration Manager 2012 on Windows Server 8 (beta) using Windows 8 Consumer Preview as a client. The only REAL issue I encountered is the SQL Server version you need to make ConfigMgr 2012 install. I used SQL Server 2008 R2, and had […]
Often you need to copy a script or a file to your active RDP session. There are several ways to accomplish this. One way is to map the C$ share of the server and copy it. Another way is to make sure that local drives are checked in the RDP client like this: This will […]
After the release of ConfigMgr 2007 R3 the need to update Client Agents with hotfixes suddenly became all that more interesting. Some optional patches have been released earlier, but for Power Management to work on clients in R3 a hotfix is required. So, how do you check what kind of hotfixes are actually installed on […]
After a colleague of mine moved the CA at a customer site he had to renew the certificates for their ConfigMgr site running in Native Mode. The renewal went smooth for all certificates, Document Signing, Server- and PXE certificate. However, after the new site signing certificate was issued all clients stopped getting policies. We got […]
I recently had a problem with client inventory data not being present in the SCCM database. I was making a query to find machines running Windows XP with Service Pack 3, and it only reported back 4 or 5 clients, even though I knew that a lot more had the service pack installed. I checked […]