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ravikiran became a registered member
John Marcum wrote a new post, Tracking Automatic Software Removals
Cliff Hobbs and John Marcum are now friends
AT&T Woos Developers, Offers U-Verse Customers $5 Unlimited Movies
Kevin Kaminski wrote a new post, Need an App-V 5.0 PowerShell Reference?
Resolving "RegTask: Failed to send registration request message. Error: 0x87d00231" by repairing the Management Point
A nice document for SCCM Clients Troubleshooting
System Center 2012 Configuration Pack for Microsoft User Experience Virtualization
Mike Cockerham joined the group Operating System Deployment
Mike Cockerham joined the group Application Deployment
Mike Cockerham joined the group System Center Configuration Manager 2007
Rod Trent wrote a new post, New Dell driver cabs for WinPE 3 and WinPE 4 available
Gilberto Heredia became a registered member
SolarWinds Inc wrote a new post, Part 4 of 4 LEM: Device Management Series - Accidental Data Loss
Rod Trent posted an update in the group System Center Configuration Manager 2007: Replacing server with CM07 running SQL12
Brian Mason wrote a new post, Replacing server with CM07 running SQL12
Rod Trent wrote a new post, Get to know some of the Dell TechCenter Rockstars through the DellWorld panel
Naeem became a registered member
Enhansoft wrote a new post, January’s Free SSRS Report is List of PCs by Office Release Version (Office 2007)
Rod Trent posted an update in the group Microsoft Surface: LinkedIn app comes to Microsoft Surface

Posted: 08 Jan 2013 01:13 AM PST

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John Marcum wrote a new post, Tracking Automatic Software Removals

Posted: 07 Jan 2013 08:23 PM PST

In earlier blogs I've shown you how to automatically uninstall software using BDNA Normalize CM data in ConfigMgr. The steps I outlined in that blog post definitely work from a technical perspective however […]

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Cliff Hobbs and John Marcum are now friends

Posted: 07 Jan 2013 08:20 PM PST

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AT&T Woos Developers, Offers U-Verse Customers $5 Unlimited Movies

Posted: 07 Jan 2013 08:30 PM PST

At CES, AT&T offered developers new tools and U-verse subscribers an incentive to stay put—unlimited movies for $5 a month.

Kevin Kaminski wrote a new post, Need an App-V 5.0 PowerShell Reference?

Posted: 07 Jan 2013 06:34 PM PST

Well Tim Mangan and his daughter have been busy compiling the ultimate PowerShell reference for App-V 5.0 over the past few months and now its available through Lulu.com.

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Resolving "RegTask: Failed to send registration request message. Error: 0x87d00231" by repairing the Management Point

Posted: 15 Nov 2012 01:29 AM PST

Hi again!

When you install a new SCCM 2012 agent you can easily be a victim of this well known error "RegTask: Failed to send registration request message. Error: 0x87d00231″.

So, the client is installed successfully, but no information is collected on the SCCM console. This problem can cause another issue; the inactivity of the agents that were installed previously.

Searching for the right solution is not a so easy way because it depends on your case. In some posts or forums, they are speaking about certificates. However, in my case, the MP is configured to communicate using HTTP protocol.

In this article, I will describe the steps to follow in order to solve the problem. In my case the windows authentication module used by the MP was my issue. This article is not just applied on the case of the windows authentication module, you can try it to ensure that your MP is repaired correctly.

First of all, you have to understand the protocol of registering a new client :

The new client performs a CCM_POST to CCM_System_WindowsAuth on the MP.
The MP responds with a 401 as the request is anonymous and contains no security data.
The client requests a Kerberos ticket for http://MP_FQDN from Active Directory (e.g.http://SCCMMP.Contoso.com).
On obtaining the Kerberos ticket, the client performs another CCM_POST including the security data.
If the MP accepts the ticket then the client is authenticated and is considered to be trusted.
Whether the client is trusted or not, the MP executes the spUpdateClientRegistration stored procedure to update the database. If the client has authenticated properly, both the @ApprovalMethod and @IsIntegratedAuth parameters will be set to 1. If not, they are both set to 0.

All these steps were described in this great article.

So I have tried to test the following request http://mysccmserver/ccm_system_windowsauth/request and bingo 403 error!

To have more details, I have consulted the IIS logs at %systemdrive%\Inetpub\Logs\LogFiles\W3SVC1\.

I have consulted my IIS manager and the SMS_MP_WindowsAuth Application under the default site was corrupted. In my case, this application was not associated to an application pool. I have created a new one but that does not solve my problem.

So, I have tried to uninstall and reinstall my MP. Unfortunately, the problem is still existing and the application is not repaired.

How to repair an MP? that is the question. Here you are a method that worked for me:

On the SCCM console select Administration Section
Select Site Configuration Group
Select Servers and Site System Roles
Select your Site System containing the right MP
Right Click on the MP role and select Properties
On General Tab, Select HTTPS Client Connection

This action will reinstall the MP and repair it. Please check the right SMS_MP_CONTROL_MANAGER log to verify if it is successfully repaired. If it is done, you have to redo the above steps to select HTTP as the Client Connection Protocol. This action will also reinstall and repair the MP.

Finally, I have Checked all Web Applications and the issue is solved. The Clients are registered and the inactive clients become active.

A nice document for SCCM Clients Troubleshooting

Posted: 14 Nov 2012 11:21 PM PST

Hi SCCM Geeks,

I have encountered recently a serious problem with my MP (Management Point) in the primary site. You can find some solutions like uninstalling IIS and reinstalling it with the MP.

But I have found during my search this great paper that learns us how to troubleshoot SCCM Clients. This nice present is offered by SolarWinds and developed by Matthew Hudson.

The big points treated are as follows:

How to Telnet to the Ports
Using Policy Spy and Client Spy
WMI Errors Resolved
Key Error Codes Defined
Using Logs for Troubleshooting – How and Where to Find Relevant Data
Top 5 Patch Downloading Issues Resolved
WMI from Primary to Machine to Ensure Connection
Certificate Errors Resolved
Signature Verification Failure

I have really appreciated this document. You can download it form this link.

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System Center 2012 Configuration Pack for Microsoft User Experience Virtualization

Posted: 13 Nov 2012 12:18 PM PST

The System Center 2012 Configuration Pack for Microsoft User Experience Virtualization (UE-V) provides a way to monitor and remediate configuration of the UE-V clients across an enterprise. You can download the pack from here.

Mike Cockerham joined the group Operating System Deployment

Posted: 07 Jan 2013 03:33 PM PST

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Mike Cockerham joined the group Application Deployment

Posted: 07 Jan 2013 03:32 PM PST

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Mike Cockerham joined the group System Center Configuration Manager 2007

Posted: 07 Jan 2013 03:32 PM PST

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Rod Trent wrote a new post, New Dell driver cabs for WinPE 3 and WinPE 4 available

Posted: 07 Jan 2013 01:27 PM PST

Warren Byle just announced that there are new Dell driver cabs available for WinPE 3 and WinPE4.

Here's the announcement with the link to the Dell TechCenter:

New #Dell driver cabs for WinPE 3 and WinPE 4 […]

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Gilberto Heredia became a registered member

Posted: 07 Jan 2013 12:36 PM PST

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SolarWinds Inc wrote a new post, Part 4 of 4 LEM: Device Management Series - Accidental Data Loss

Posted: 07 Jan 2013 12:00 PM PST

In Part 1 of this series we identified three key risks associated with external data storage capabilities. In this final part we look at the question of accidental corporate data loss.
How does accidental data […]

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Rod Trent posted an update in the group System Center Configuration Manager 2007: Replacing server with CM07 running SQL12

Posted: 07 Jan 2013 10:58 AM PST

Replacing server with CM07 running SQL12

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Brian Mason wrote a new post, Replacing server with CM07 running SQL12

Posted: 07 Jan 2013 10:55 AM PST

We upgraded our CM07 production environment to SQL12 last year. We like SQL12 and I think I've mentioned before that we saw about a 10% improvement in performance. So yay!

But there is a downside we didn't […]

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Rod Trent wrote a new post, Get to know some of the Dell TechCenter Rockstars through the DellWorld panel

Posted: 07 Jan 2013 10:53 AM PST

I had the great opportunity to attend DellWorld this year. During the event, I was also able to participate on a panel of Dell TechCenter Rockstars. Check out the recorded video below and get to know some of the […]

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Naeem became a registered member

Posted: 07 Jan 2013 09:25 AM PST

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Enhansoft wrote a new post, January’s Free SSRS Report is List of PCs by Office Release Version (Office 2007)

Posted: 07 Jan 2013 08:27 AM PST

Happy New Year! Thank you to everyone who voted in our December survey.