If you had a maintenance window defined, but told the patches to install ignoring the maintenance window but suppress the reboots until the maintenance window will it install the updates and hold off on rebooting the clients until the maintenance window?
To answer the original question, yes you can use maintenance windows to only delay the [...]
Dec
19
2008
19
2008
Using Maintenance Windows While Patching
Nov
24
2008
24
2008
Utility for Diagramming A Configuration Manager Site with Visio
SMSMap is a freeware SCCM 2007 / SMS 2003 hierarchy drawing tool. It is an all-in-one solution for creating Visio drawings of any combination of SCCM 2007 and SMS 2003 site servers.
First released in July 2007 in the “Utility Spotlight” section of the Microsoft TechNet Magazine this is an extension to support feedback from users [...]
Aug
11
2008
11
2008
How to rebuild WMI on a client machine
Thank you to John Marcum.
Ccmclean.exe
net stop winmgmt
rename– Windows\system32\wbem\repository
net start winmgmt
rundll32 wbemupgd, RepairWMISetup
ccmsetup.exe
SCCM Client Problem – TechNet Forums
Aug
10
2008
10
2008
DudeWorks Inventory Manager
A product I am investigating.
Take control of your inventory today! Extend asset inventory in SCCM 2007 and unlock a whole new world of possibilities. Inventory Manager replaces the manual editing of text-based MOF files with [...]
Aug
6
2008
6
2008
Download details: Configuration Manager 2007 Configuration Pack
Brief Description
This Configuration Pack helps track configuration compliance for your Configuration Manager 2007 site server roles, such as management points, distribution points, and software update points.
Software installation errors and misconfigurations compromise security and stability, resulting in escalated support costs. The System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Configuration Pack can help prevent errors, increasing your organizational uptime [...]