Here's a little PowerShell function I wrote that searches the Uninstall key in the registry for DisplayNames and product code GUIDs. I wrote it to help in finding the relevant uninstall key to use for the registry detection method when creating new applications in System Center Configuration Manager. You can use it to output all … Continue reading Searching the Registry Uninstall Key with PowerShell
Category: ConfigMgr
Free ConfigMgr Client Health Report
Today I am pleased to make available the first of my free reports for System Center Configuration Manager 2012 and onward - a client health report. These reports have been created in Microsoft Excel and use data connections to the ConfigMgr database, which allows us to pull a large amount of data into a single … Continue reading Free ConfigMgr Client Health Report
Retrieving Software Inventory for a ConfigMgr Site with PowerShell
In my last post, I demonstrated how we can retrieve software inventory information for a single ConfigMgr client or an array of clients, using PowerShell. In this post, we will change the scope from the client to the entire site. Using this script, you can query for all installations of a specific software/s in your ConfigMgr site, … Continue reading Retrieving Software Inventory for a ConfigMgr Site with PowerShell
Instant Client Software Inventory with ConfigMgr and PowerShell
Here's a simple but handy PowerShell script I wrote that uses the ConfigMgr database to retrieve software inventory information for any client. You can return the entire inventory for the client, or search for specific software. You can also pass the computer name and/or software name along the pipeline to the script, so you can … Continue reading Instant Client Software Inventory with ConfigMgr and PowerShell
Retrieving ConfigMgr Status Messages with PowerShell
Did you know you can retrieve status messages from ConfigMgr, including the message descriptions, using PowerShell? I pieced together some code I found on the internet with some of my own code, and came up with the following script. Essentially, it's the equivalent of running the "All Status Messages from a Specific System" from the status message … Continue reading Retrieving ConfigMgr Status Messages with PowerShell
Create a Database of Error Codes and Descriptions for Windows and ConfigMgr
In a recent post, I described different ways to translate error codes for Windows and Configuration Manager into their friendly descriptions. In this post, I will show you how to create a SQL database of known error codes and descriptions that you can join to in your SQL queries, to help simplify your troubleshooting, and … Continue reading Create a Database of Error Codes and Descriptions for Windows and ConfigMgr
Translating Error Codes for Windows and Configuration Manager
As a Windows and Configuration Manager administrator, I often come across error codes that need translating into their more friendly descriptions. In Configuration Manager, sometimes these codes are translated for you in the log files, reports and the ConfigMgr console, but sometimes they are not. Sometimes they will be in decimal format, and sometimes hexadecimal. … Continue reading Translating Error Codes for Windows and Configuration Manager
Setting the Default Windows Wallpaper during OS Deployment
Note: For a Windows 10 Version, see this blog instead: https://smsagent.wordpress.com/2017/07/06/setting-the-default-wallpaper-for-windows-10-during-configmgr-osd/ Recently I was given an interesting task - set the default wallpaper on new computer builds with ConfigMgr OSD, but don't lock it such that users can't change it. It turns out it is simple enough to do, but it requires changing the default wallpaper … Continue reading Setting the Default Windows Wallpaper during OS Deployment
Calculate the Total Size of all Packages in a ConfigMgr Task Sequence
Today I got an interesting question - Is it possible to gather the sizes for all packages referred by a OS deployment task sequence? I have a script that will find all package sizes for any group of packages you select, but not specifically for a task sequence. But I found it can be done quite … Continue reading Calculate the Total Size of all Packages in a ConfigMgr Task Sequence
Run ConfigMgr Client Cycle Actions on Multiple Clients with PowerShell
Not a script that hasn't been done before, but this is my version which allows pipeline input of the computer name so that you can run one of the ConfigMgr Client Cycle actions on multiple computers, or include it as a function in a script etc. The following actions are supported and are equivalent to … Continue reading Run ConfigMgr Client Cycle Actions on Multiple Clients with PowerShell