SCCM 2007 R3 Software Updates in Native Mode

For details of Software Updates on Configuration Manager, see – http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb680701.aspx Below is the work that needs to be done on your WSUS server for native mode. Assuming you have already setup WSUS on another server using HTTP. At the command prompt on the WSUS server, change the directory to Install Drive\Program Files\Update Services\Tools. Execute the following command:wsusutil.exe configuressl <Machine FQDN> For example, check the ports binded to IIS for HTTPS, if it’s 8531, the URL would be https://server.domain.com:8531 Bind a webserver certificate to HTTPS on the WSUS server. Ensure SSL is enabled on the virtual directories listed below: ApiRemoting30…

WSUS tools and troubleshooting

There are a number of tools you can use for WSUS troubleshooting and testing. The first one is available on all clients, as it’s a client based tool – wuauclt.exe The following are a list of options. /DetectNow /ReportNow /RunHandlerComServer /RunStoreAsComServer /ShowSettingsDialog /ResetAuthorization /ResetEulas /ShowWU /ShowWindowsUpdate /SelfUpdateManaged /SelfUpdateUnmanaged /UpdateNow /ShowWUAutoScan /ShowFeaturedUpdates /ShowOptions /ShowFeaturedOptInDialog /DemoUI If you copy this to a text file and save it as *.bat, when run on a client machine, it will reset WSUS settings on the client machine and force it to check now for updates. This will speed up the checking process drastically. You will…

Enable SAN certificate support in Microsoft Certificate Services

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff625722(WS.10).aspx By default, a CA that is configured on a Windows Server 2003-based computer does not issue certificates that contain the SAN (Subject Alternative Name) extension. If SAN entries are included in the certificate request, these entries are omitted from the issued certificate. To change this behavior, run the following commands at a command prompt on the server that runs the Certification Authority service. Press ENTER after each command. certutil -setreg policy\EditFlags +EDITF_ATTRIBUTESUBJECTALTNAME2 net stop certsvc net start certsvc This changes the following entry in the registry. More information can be found How to Request a Certificate With a Custom…

Recommended hotfixes for Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V and SCVMM 2008 R2

This first one applies to everyone: 2397711 – Recommended hotfixes for System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2397711 Hyper-V Update List for Windows Server 2008 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd430893(WS.10).aspx Hyper-V Update List for Windows Server 2008 R2 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff394763(WS.10).aspx Some other fixes that might be relevant, depending on your setup: 975921 – You may be unable to perform certain disk-related operations after an exception when a hardware provider tries to create a snapshot in Windows Server 2008 R2 or in Windows 7 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975921 975354 – A Hyper-V update rollup package is available for a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 R2 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975354&#8230;

Error message when you try to set an IP address on a network adapter

You might get the following message in Windows: The IP address XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX you have entered for this network adapter is already assigned to another adapter Name of adapter. Name of adapter is hidden from the network and Dial-up Connections folder because it is not physically in the computer or is a legacy adapter that is not working. If the same address is assigned to both adapters and they become active, only one of them will use this address. This may result in incorrect system configuration. Do you want to enter a different IP address for this adapter in the list…

Jailbreak iPhone 4 with OS 4.1

This is how I did it. This is completely safe and all my apps and data remained exactly how they were previous to the Jailbreak. As a pre-caution, do a full backup of your iPhone in iTunes prior to doing this, also backup the iTunes directory on your computer %userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer How to guide on YouTube: – http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_967481&v=0aKinhARYNg&feature=iv Software that I used, called Redsn0w: – http://blog.iphone-dev.org/ Apple iPhone Firmware: – http://iphoneroot.com/firmwares/

Microsoft Network Monitor Tool

Download Microsoft Network Monitor Tool from the following link and install it on the client. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=983b941d-06cb-4658-b7f6-3088333d062f&displaylang=en Start Network Monitor at Start -> Program -> Microsoft Network Monitor 3.4 -> Microsoft Network Monitor 3.4 on the client. On the left-panel, check the LAN connection and unchecked the other unnecessary connections on the client. Click Tools, click Options, switch to the Capture tap, and set the Temporary capture file size (MB) to 200 on the client. Click Create a new capture tap, click Start on the Capture menu in the Network Monitor window. After you have captured what you need, click Stop on…

Windows 7 & Windows 8 laptop comes out of sleep

My Windows 7 laptop and Windows 8 Surface Pro kept waking up from sleep while in my bag and causing it to heat up and drain the battery. So I ran the following command in command prompt: powercfg /lastwake This told me the last device that woke my laptop up, it was wuauserv. Windows Update. Change Windows Update to anything but Automatically download and install updates. I changed mine to manually install. If nothing shows up from running the command above then have a look at other devices that might be set as an option to wake up the computer….

Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010 Tunnel Port Ranges–SSL, FTP, NNTP

There are times when you need to change the default tunnel port ranges on TMG 2010, to allow an internal client to connect to an external resource such as an FTP site. You might get the following error when connecting to an external FTP server. HTTP/1.1 502 Proxy Error (The specified Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) port is not allowed. ISA server is not configured to allow SSL requests from this port. Most Web browsers use port 443 for SSL requests.) To access FTP sites through ISA server’s HTTP proxy, access to all ports must be allowed. FTP’s control connection port…