Brian S. Tucker - All Comments

re: Is SMS 2003 Really Patching your Computers?

Jeremy — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:45:01 GMT

So how do you determine what the current version of your package is?

SCCM 2007 & SQL 2008

Brian S. Tucker — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 16:17:13 GMT

While I recently stated that using SQL 2008 with SCCM was a 'no-no", I did some testing and

re: SCCM 2007 Using SQL 2008

Brian S. Tucker — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:21:23 GMT

Funny how different people at Microsoft have different views and or comments on things like this. I do still think it should be tested in a lab before anyone implements this into production. Better to be safe than sorry kind of thing. The MVP group probably does have the inside scoop on things like this, but we all test and retest to make sure there are no bugs in the mix.

re: SCCM 2007 Using SQL 2008

Rod Trent — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:22:51 GMT

Hi, Brian. Cliff's post actually comes from a conversation the MVPs were having around the following MS announcement concerning R2: blogs.microsoft.co.il/.../important-updates-regarding-sccm-2007-r2.aspx

A formal "Redmond" announcement about this should be coming soon.

re: Deploying Office 2007 with SCCM 2007

Brian S. Tucker — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 13:25:31 GMT

This video is part of the SCCM Level 5 Guide and costs $20 which will allow you to watch this video and all other 29 videos on SCCM for an entire month. For more on the guide subscription, visit the following link. Note tthe text ib bold on the page below.

blogcastrepository.com/level5

re: Deploying Office 2007 with SCCM 2007

bmerri19 — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 03:09:57 GMT

Is this video free?

OSD Links

Random helpful stuff that I have found along the way — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:02:43 GMT

blogcastrepository.com/.../1680.aspx

Systems Management Resources Earns Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Level

Systems Management Resources, LLC — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:34:21 GMT

Systems Management Resources, LLC (SMR) has owned and operated The Blogcast Repository website since

re: Own a Handgun? Want to Conceal in More than your own State? Love Florida!

Brian S. Tucker — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:21:47 GMT

I can't wait for the license to get here. 90 days is a long time to process. Yea, the Magnum is a hefty gun. Might as well get a Desert Eagle and do more damage. The Magnum may be a bit big for concelaled carry. This small .45 will do just fine and my Glock 32C is a .357 Sig round and is on my side breaking in the new holster as I type. Can't wait to visit 32 other states..... Every state AROUND Illinois I can carry, but not here. It's a terrible law. Illinois is the only state that makes you cary a special FOID card showing that you are licensed to have it. 1 state out of fifty....

re: Own a Handgun? Want to Conceal in More than your own State? Love Florida!

wisemx — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:59:16 GMT

Magnum Revolvers bro...Make Bigger Holes :-)

I only carry 5 rounds but they're hugemommasacies. Ooh Rah!

re: How to Enable Asset Intelligence & Client Access Licensing in SCCM 2007

Brian S. Tucker — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:26:16 GMT

Question: The server you are looking at.... it it the central primary? When you upgrade to SP1, it backs up the .mof. However, in this situation, you don't have 2 .mof files and you should. If you update the central primary, it will replicate to the other servers. Is this the central or another server?

re: How to Enable Asset Intelligence & Client Access Licensing in SCCM 2007

kobi — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:19:22 GMT

Hi,

greate information, thanks.

i can't find the SMS_DEF.MOF file, in "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Configuration Manager\inboxes\clifiles.src\hinv" i found the configuration.mof & sms_def.mof.backup.

i renamed the file to sms_def.mof and changed the 11 AI section to TRUE, is this OK ?

in configuration.mof the instance name is CCM_CALTrackConfig.

re: So Long Windows Mobile... Hello iPhone G3

Brian S. Tucker — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:10:11 GMT

I have 3 Bluetooth headsets... I'm sure one of them will work. I'm tempted to test your comments on the MAC. I need to use as much RAM for my virtual images as possible. My Dell XPS 1710 works great, but as anything goes, it could always be better. Thanks for the input Chris!

re: So Long Windows Mobile... Hello iPhone G3

Chris Haaker — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:59:32 GMT

if you want a sweet bluetooth headset get the new Jawbone 2.0 - works great with the iPhone. Also, the best hardware to run Vista on? The MacBook Pro!! I was skeptical, but I got thrown in to being the iPhone guru at work and Vista 64-bit blazes on the MacBook Pro with 4gb ram. Then with the new vmware fusion beta, you can boot in to the Mac Partition, and run the 64-bit Vista bootcamp install as a virtual machine. It is lights out!! It also makes a great platform if you do a lot of virtualization as a consultant. It rocks! :)

re: Level 5 Limited Event - Wednesday August 13th, 2008

lloyd — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:12:14 GMT

darn, darn, yesterday was patch Tuesday and we were short staffed by 3 people so I completely missed the Open House. And am really interested in the videos.......oh well, guess nothing can be done now.

re: Level 5 Limited Event - Wednesday August 13th, 2008

Bohica — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:58:01 GMT

Great news Brian, thanks for the feedback.

re: Level 5 Limited Event - Wednesday August 13th, 2008

Brian S. Tucker — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:06:03 GMT

The server ISP is increasing the bandwidth and we will remain open for an extra hour due to the slowness. We did not anticipate this number of people.

If you subscribe to say,,, SCCM, you get to view all the videos for 1 month or 30 days. Same goes for the other guides. Unless you cancel, you will be billed on the next month when the 30 days expire.

re: Level 5 Limited Event - Wednesday August 13th, 2008

Bohica — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:43:21 GMT

I love the idea of looking at the videos, unfortunately it appears that they are being hammered at the moment because I can't get them to load successfully.

One question, if I subscribe do I sub to the entire topic (ie SCCM) or just one of the threads below?

re: Level 5 Limited Event - Wednesday August 13th, 2008

Brian S. Tucker — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 05:33:21 GMT

I hope you get the chance to see any of the 83 videos we now have. remember, the Level 5 section is 100% free and open twice tomorrow.

re: Level 5 Limited Event - Wednesday August 13th, 2008

pazdak — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 07:00:54 GMT

Thanks Brian..

I shall try to not miss this event

Update: All Level 5 Guides Open for "Limited Event" - Wednesday August 13, 2008

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 12:11:57 GMT

Sent From: Brian S. Tucker Subject: All Level 5 Guides Open for "Limited Event" - Wednesday

All Level 5 Guides Open for "Limited Event" - Wendsday August 13, 2008

Brian S. Tucker — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 03:01:54 GMT

After speaking to the other Level 5 Guide owners, they have all agreed to open their guides during the

Level 5 IT Guides Open Access for Limited Time

sKatterBrainZ — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 23:45:09 GMT

You may have heard this already, but on August 13, 2008, the Level 5 IT Guides will be opened up to allow

re: Installing SMS 2003 SP2 & ITMU

ben20ny — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:25:37 GMT

I am working on a project to deploy a package containing several products via SMS 2003.I scripted the installation package using an xml file,the xml file contains an installation point source which uses a mapped network drive.This is our company way of silently deploying packages.

e.g msiexec /i g:\Suite2004.2.msi RECORDRESPONSE="1"

The step above generates the xml file,then unattended tool is used to point to the xml and the installation folder.

The package has to be deployed to other sites geography located abraod.The size of the package is about 1.7 GB,

My question is: does SMS support mapped network drive?

UNC path would take a lot bandwidth,it's only an optional if the package is deployed on one site.

Thanks in advance

Level-5 Guides – free for a day!

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:57:03 GMT

Brian Tucker indicates he’s going to open up his ConfigMgr (SCCM) video guide for a day so visitors can