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Change management console language System Center 2012 products (ConfigMgr, VMM etc.)

May08
2013 Leave a Comment Written by Paolo

This is an easy one. When starting the management console the language of the local OS will be detected. Then it will search if a language pack is present. When found, the corresponding language will be shown and troubleshooting will instantly become a lot harder (or you can just try to search for non-English errors, good luck).

Two solutions are possible to show the interface in English:

1. Change your OS  language from your control panel (Regional settings). Yes, that’s a solution, but of course you already thought about that and don’t want to. So, solution 2:

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ID 804: Template already exists – VMM 2012

Apr25
2013 1 Comment Written by Paolo

Virtual Machine Manager crashed while creating a template. When I retried to create the template, the message ‘template {name} already exists. specify a unique name’ with ID 804 appears.

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I found this article, which was very helpful: http://www.altaro.com/hyper-v/error-804-hung-template-creation-in-scvmm-2008-r2/.

These instructions are also working for SCVMM 2012 SP1. Basically, you will adjust one value in your database:

  1. Connect to your VMM database with SQL Management Studio
  2. Locate the tablet dbo.tbl_WLC_VObject
  3. Edit the Top 200 Rows
  4. Find the corresponding template name in the column ‘Name’ and adjust the value in ‘ObjectState’ from ‘3’ to ‘0’
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Enable or disable Outlook add-ins on a per user basis (as for Citrix)

Mar19
2013 Leave a Comment Written by Paolo

There are certain scenario’s where you want to enable Outlook add-ins only for specific users. This guide explains how to accomplish this by using the group policy.

1. Open the registry and navigate to: HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\Outlook\Addins
2. Find the corresponding key which matches the Outlook add-in you have installed (for example: HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\Outlook\Addins\OcOffice.OcForms)
3. Right-click on the key and choose “Copy Key Name”

In every subkey you will find a registry value “LoadBehavior”. By default it has the value “3”. Every value is explained here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/vstudio/bb386106.aspx#LoadBehavior

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How to renew the SCCM Site Server Signing Certificate

Mar19
2013 Leave a Comment Written by Paolo

When your SCCM Site Server Signing Certificate has expired you will experience problems with packages, virtual applications and OS deployment with your SCCM clients. The SCCM server reports “SMS Policy Provider has failed to sign one or more policy assignments. It will retry this operation automatically.” in the Component Status SMS_POLICY_PROVIDER.

This article consists of two parts how to check expiration and renew the certificate:

A. How to check if the SCCM Site Server Signing Certificate is expired

B. How to create a request file to renew the certificate (only working method to renew!)

 

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How to reset / bypass the administrator password on your Windows 7 / 2008 machine without logging on

Mar18
2013 Leave a Comment Written by Paolo

Last time I had to rejoin a machine to the domain and apparently some nutjob administrator didn’t use the documented password for the local administrator account. So with no option to log on to the machine locally, I had to follow the steps below. Basically, you replace the executable used for Accessibility options showed in the logon screen. You can, of course, use this method for other local accounts.

1. Insert the original Windows 7 / Server 2008 installation DVD
2. Reset the computer, boot from DVD
3. Choose option "Repair your computer"
4. Start command prompt

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