Windows – Enable Two RDP Sessions
KB ID 0000554 Problem If you have Windows (Professional, Enterprise or ultimate) you can already connect to it remotely using RDP. Unlike Windows Server 2008/2003/2000 which can have two concurrent RDP connections for remote administration, Windows client operating systems can only have one. If someone is logged into the machine and you connect in, it simply kicks them out to the login page. This was never a problem for me until I...
Windows – Remove Saved / Cached Network Passwords
KB ID 0000556 Problem Windows 7 / 2008 R2 like previous versions of Windows, caches your user names and passwords entered for network shares, drives etc. That’s fine until there’s an incorrect password or username in the cache, and you want to remove it. With Windows XP you could do this by running “control userpasswords2” and deleting the offending entry. With Windows 7 we have Credential Manager to do this...
Windows – Print Spooler Keeps Stopping
KB ID 0000751 Problem This is quite a common problem, in MOST cases the problem is caused by a print driver that Windows does not like. But my printers are delivered via login script or group policy? If that is the case then you need to exempt both your user and the computer from this method of printer deployment while you are troubleshooting. Solution 1. As we cant be sure what printer/driver is causing the problem, we need to remove...
Windows Printer – Setting up an IP Network Printer
KB ID 0000624 Problem Originally I wrote this back for Windows 7, but I have now updated it for Windows 10. How to add an IP network printer. Setup a Windows Printer 1. If you don’t have a CD/DVD that came with the printer, then get onto the manufacturers website and download the correct drivers for your printer, you will need to know if you require 32 or 64 bit drivers. How to Tell if Windows is 32 or 64 bit 2. Start >...
Visio – ‘You are attempting to open a file type (Visio 2000-2003)’
KB ID 0000920 Problem I needed to do a quick network diagram for a client, as as soon I tried to open some networking stencils, this happened; You are attempting to open a file type (Visio 2000-2002 Binary Drawings, Templates and Stencils) that has been blocked by your File Block settings in the Trust Center. Click the File tab. Click Options. Click Trust Center, and then click Trust Center Settings. In the Trust Center, click File...
SCCM Install Error “The site server computer’s machine account does not…”
KB ID 0000296 Problem Seen while installing System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Error: Setup cannot complete the specified installation on this computer for the following reasons. The site server computer’s machine account does not have Administrator’s privileges on the SQL server selected for the site database installation. To install a Configuration Manager site, all servers must be in an active directory domain...
Install SCCM 2007 on Windows Server 2008 R2 – Step by Step
KB ID 0000297 Problem I had to work out how to do this for a client, and as is my modus operandi, I’ll try and save you some of the pain I endured, Products Used System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 Windows Server 2008 R2 SQL 2008 R2 (At time of writing neither officially supported or not supported on SCCM) Note: I was originally going to use SQL 2005 – hence the reason the SQL servers name is SCCM-SQL2005, however...
SCCM 2007 Initial Setup and Configuration
KB ID 0000300 Problem I’ve covered installing system Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 on Server 2008 R2, in a previous article. Once you have it installed, you need to perform a few further actions to get your machines imported. Then get the client software onto them. Solution Assumptions SCCM has already been installed. Step 1: SCCM Set up Boundary 1. Launch the Configuration Manager Console > Expand Site Database >...
Message ID 6600: sms wsus configuration manager failed to configure upstream server
KB ID 0000313 Problem Seen in the SMS_WSUS_SYNC_MANAGER component status. Solution This is basically a comms/configuration error, so make sure if you have the firewall on, the correct ports are open! In my case I’d configured the SCCM server as per my own instructions here. But when I configured the Software Update Point (SUP) I’d told it to use Ports 80 and 443. 1. To check yours, click Start > Administrative Tools...
SCCM OSD Capture a Windows 7 Reference Machine
KB ID 0000302 Problem You have a reference machine (physical or virtual), and you want to capture an image of that machine to your System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Infrastructure.So you can then deploy that image to multiple machines. Solution Prerequisites 1. SCCM needs to be installed and configured. 2. Download the Task and Registry File in Zip Format (Edit the .reg file with notepad to enter the correct administrator...