Link several reports to a single KPI enabling discriminative report rendering in PPS dashboards
I found this article very usefull. I post the link here, in order to help someone with the same problem I had.
Bye
Fabio
SQL2000 Databases not showing up in Enterprises Manager but do show up in Management Studio
I can see the databases in the Query Analyzer Object Browser and with EXEC sp_helpdb.
NT 5.2 (3790) Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems
8.00.2039 Enterprise Edition (64-bit)
I did a dbcc checkdb('master') and dbcc checkdb('msdb') and found no errors.
I can't see anything in the Management folder either.
When I try to view a login it gives me and Error 220. It works fine in Management Studio.
Any ideas?
I found a fix at: http://www.ureader.com/message/92216.aspx
I had two databases that were offline that had the Error 220. We took these off line a few weeks back. I'm not sure why this happened but it works now.
I'll include the code in case the link goes away.
USE master
GO
DECLARE @db_name varchar(500)
DECLARE dbn_cursor CURSOR FOR
SELECT [name] FROM sysdatabases;
OPEN dbn_cursor
FETCH NEXT FROM dbn_cursor
INTO @db_name
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
select * from sysdatabases where name = @db_name
IF @@ERROR <> 0
BEGIN
declare @off int
print 'Restarting database '+@db_name
exec @off = sp_dboption @db_name, 'offline', 'TRUE'
IF @off <> 0
print 'Taking offline failed! Need manual workaround!'
else
begin
declare @on int
exec @on = sp_dboption @db_name, 'offline', 'FALSE'
IF @on <> 0
print 'Bringing online failed! Need manual workaround!'
else
print 'Restart successfull!'
end
END
FETCH NEXT FROM dbn_cursor
INTO @db_name
END
CLOSE dbn_cursor
DEALLOCATE dbn_cursor
GO
3com 905, 905b, 905c Not supported
I build PC for small businesses and use the 3com 905, 905B or 905C card since they are well made and more importantly are fully detected by Windows XP and drivers are not needed. I have hundreds of PCs at customers using this fine card and I am sure many others have this card installed. It is a far better card than the "cheap junk" now being sold.
The use of the 3com card makes it easier to setup new PCs and get on the internet and get drivers for the built-in network cards. I keep the 3com card in the new PC and use then as the primary network interface in many cases.
I think that the 3COM card needs to be supported. It is fully supported under XP whynot under Vista.????
Reply:
That is a great question and the answer is within MS decision to continue supporting XP for the next few years. I have to say that I was let down moving to Vista - maybe I just expected to much. For business it doesn't delivery many advantages.
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Date conversion woes: Cast? Convert?
I have been having some trouble trying to get the date format YYYYMMDD 00:00:00.00 to convert to MM/DD/YYYY. I am using SQL 2005 and Reporting Services. I attempted several variations to solve this problem as outlined below, with the final working conclusion at the end. I am not saying that this is the BEST or the ONLY way to achieve the solution, but it worked for me.
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SELECT
DATE_TIME AS DATE1FROM
TRANSLOG--returns value of 20071027 02:26:24.06
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SELECT CAST(DATE_TIME AS SMALLDATETIME) AS DATE1
FROM
TRANSLOG--returns value of 2007-10-27 02:26:00
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SELECT LEFT(CAST(DATE_TIME AS SMALLDATETIME),11) AS DATE1
FROM
TRANSLOG--returns value of Oct 27 2007
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SELECT CAST(SUBSTRING(DATE_TIME,0,9) AS SMALLDATETIME) AS DATE1
FROM
TRANSLOG--returns value of 2007-10-27 00:00:00
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SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), DATE_TIME, 103)
FROM
TRANSLOG--although this works with GETDATE(), it does not work with the DATE_TIME field
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SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), CAST(DATE_TIME AS SMALLDATETIME), 101) AS DATE1
FROM
TRANSLOG--THIS WORKS!!! Displaying 10/27/2007
Hope this helps somebody someday!
-Jody
Reply:
Thanks Joe.
What data type is DATE_TIME?
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Reply:
Apparently, the DATE_TIME field is NOT a datetime (or smalldatetime) datatype.
That is why you are having to first convert it to a datetime datetype BEFORE using the CONVERT() function to create the desired format.
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Reply:
The data type for this field is varchar(23).
This is in a SQL table that is housing information for our Warehouse Managment System. I didn't actually build the table, just trying to report on some of the data in it... Did I go about finding the solution correctly, or would there have been a different approach? I am always open to learning - as I have only been learning SQL for less than a year.
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Reply:
Try:
select convert(varchar(10), cast(left(DATE_TIME, 8) as datetime), 101)
from TRANSLOG
AMB
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| hunchback wrote: | |
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That appears to return the same results as the last statement I used...could you explain how it differs?
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Windows Deployment Service question, how to add a raid driver to a capture a new image?
First of all, I want to thank you all for posting... for I have had many questions answered in getting a brand new Windows Deployments Server up and running. I have never used RIS before so I am in n00b mode with deployment.
As of now I can capture and deploy XP and Vista Images on machine that DO NOT have a RAID controller.
Now I have several machines that have RAID controllers and when attempting to capture, the "choose what volume" never populates with C: or anything.
How do I get a capture image prepared to load up and capture a "client" machine that has a raid controller controlling the drives?
Do I somehow use the boot.wim or capture.wim file and inject the driver for the raid card so?
Again, I am speaking about creating a new capture of a new machine that has had sysprep run on in and has a raid controller in it.
Thanks so much!
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Driver for PHP CTP
The Microsoft SQL Server Driver for PHP Team is proud to announce the availability of the Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Driver for PHP CTP. This driver is a PHP 5 extension that allows the reading and writing of SQL Server data from within PHP scripts. The extension provides a procedural interface for accessing data in all editions (including Express editions) of SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2000. The API makes use of PHP features, including PHP streams to read and write large objects.
The SQL Server 2005 Driver for PHP Community Technology Preview (October 2007) is a preview release not intended for production purposes and can be downloaded here. To provide feedback or to get more information, visit our team blog at http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlphp . Please post any questions you have about this CTP release in this forum.
Thanks.
The SQL Server Driver for PHP Team
Reply:
I love seeing Microsoft supporting PHP, so thank you all for your hard work and keep it up!
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How to preform a recover
It can happen that you have the need to recover files or mails. This explains how you can recover these while using a backup database:
New-StorageGroup -name "Recovery sg" -Recovery
New-MailboxDatabase -Name"recovery db" -MailboxDatabaseToRecover "mailbox database" -StorageGroup "Recovery sg" -EdbFilePath "c:\recovery\recovery.edb"
Mount-Database -id "Recovery db"
Restore-Mailbox -RSGDatabase "Recovery DB" -Identity "Steve Jobs"
If you want to restore mails that already have been deleted :
[Restore-Mailbox -RSGDatabase "Recovery db" -RSGMailbox "Mike Jones" -Identity "Mike Jones" -TargetFolder
"Old Mails"
Creating certificates for your owa
I had problems with creating certificates for my owa afer searching I found the right piece of code it may be helpfull for some of you :
New-ExchangeCertificate -DomainName mail.domain.com,exchange.domain.com,exchange.network.local -IncludeAutoDiscover:1 -Services IIS -FriendlyName "mail.domain.com,autodiscover"
cheers
Windows 2000 Professional
Can anyone help me???? My son has an old comp..it has windows 2000..I had someone formatt his hard drive after replacing a part...after one day..visited a site Im sure he wasnt supposed to and whatever happened(virus) I cant find control panel or system restore..we dont have a recovery disk either so i dont know what to do..when I turn it on all that comes up is a ton of pop ups saying that windows found spyware adaware or a trojan..I know that its really not windows...is there something I can download to restore the original windows??
Sandi
Reply:
iF SOMEONE CANT HELP ME MAYBE SOMEONE KNOW OF OTHERS THAT MIGHT KNOW OF THIS PROBLEM..THANKS ALL
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Reply:
Hi Sandi,
As this forum mainly focus on SteadyState issues, you can get assistance about security issue from Security Newsgroup:
The reason why we recommend posting appropriately is that you will get the most qualified pool of respondents, and other customers who read the newsgroups regularly can either share their knowledge or learn from your interaction with us. Thank you for your understanding.
Just FYI, you may need to boot the system into Safe Mode to perform further actions such as scan for virus/adware. (Restart your computer and start pressing the F8 key on your keyboard. When the Windows Advanced Options menu appears, select Safe Mode, and then press Enter.)
Best Regards,
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Coming Soon: Asset Intelligence 1.5
Folks,
Below you'll find a "sneak preview" of the next release of Asset Intelligence, which is currently slated for 1H CY '08. As always, the usual disclaimers apply to any pre-released software (think may and probably will change etc.).
In addition, I'll keep this post at a fairly high level and we will have additional posts as time goes by to introduce the different features in more detail. For now, the key thing to keep in mind, is that Asset Intelligence 1.5 will be installed on top of SCCM 2007 RTM and will expand its current capabilities. The sooner you upgrade to SCCM 2007 RTM--the better.
We set the following high level goals for AI 1.5:
- Make features easily discoverable and user friendly, requiring minimum concept drag (i.e. low ramp-up).
- Allows customers to customize their local catalog and categorize software assets.
- Allow customers to keep license information up-to-date.
- Provide consolidated licensing reports comparing the "ought" with "is" (e.g. for Microsoft Volume Licensing).
- Keep software asset categorization up-to-date (Dynamic for SA customers and Bulk for non-SA).
- Allow customer requests for categorization via System Center On-line (SA customers).
To meet these goal we are building the following high level features:
- New Catalog and License management UI which is built into the SCCM Admin console.
- New reports that expose new functionality.
- Compatibility with Softgrid.
- Basic replication to distribute latest catalog updates to other SCCM sites..
- Ability to import licensing data (e.g. MVLS).
In addition, we will provide extra functionality to SMS SA customers to allow them to keep the on-site catalog dynamically up-to-date. This will be accomplished by the following features:
- New site role called catalog synchronization point that will communicate securely with System Center Online.
- On-demand or scheduled catalog synchronization via SCCM management console
- Ability to upload uncategorized software titles to System Center Online for a-sync identification.
That's it for now. More will come over the next few months as we get closer to our Beta date. I hope this peaks your curiosity :-)
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Does SCOnline imply a synchronization to MS between what our SCCM inventories report and what our licensing includes? Would it be limited to MS products only? If thats the case, you guys might as well work with the Vista team and add the new Vista licensing as a role within AI 1.5 and be done with it.
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Reply:
Hi Dan,
Synchronization to System Center Online means that newly categorized software titles and other 'fresh knowledge' will be downloaded from the Microsoft master catalog to your SCCM database, thus giving you the most up-to-date categorization scheme. In addition, you will have the option to upload uncategorized applications to System Center Online, where researchers will review the titles, categorize them and then make them available via the download aspect of this mechanism.
In this release, licensing is not tied to this dynamic system or SPP (the Vista store you are referring to) but rather, it will be entered into the system by the administrator via a wizard. Once the data is imported into the database, we'll be able to compare that to your inventory and produce reports for you. In other words, this is a manual step that will allow you to import Microsoft license (MVLS) and simplified 3rd party license information (e.g. basic info such as name, publisher, version, quantity etc.).
It is important to note that licensing and inventory data are not sent up to Microsoft. The only data that could go up, if you choose to upload a given software title for categorization, will be application specific data (e.g. name, publisher, language etc.) which will then be given to the researchers for categorization and inclusion in the master catalog.
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Reply:
I've been questions around this feature set being back-ported to SMS 2003. The answer to that= No.
We will not add these to SMS 2003.
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Monitoring issue with hard drives
Hello,
Currently when I click on a computer from any of my computer groups it shows all the information including the hard drive information however the graphical bar showing the utilization has disapeared ?? Anyone know how to get this back?
Also when going into the monitoring tab and clicking on the Microsoft Server Client > Logical Disk Space it doesn't show a warning for disks over 90% full. Where do you change this setting?
Reply:
Hi,
We may need more information for analysis, please help to capturing screen shots of the related symptoms and saving the Operations Manager logs of event viewer to .evt format, then send them to SCEDATA@microsoft.com.
Note:
Please include the following three lines in the email body:
2336893
http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?postid=2336893&siteid=17
Guo-zhen Wang - MSFT
Regarding more information about how to send email to SCEDATA@microsoft.com, please refer to:
How to send files to the Microsoft SCE team for review
http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1680389&SiteID=17
Also, please post a quick note in the current thread to inform me after sending the email.
Thanks!
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Sincerely,
Guozhen Wang
Microsoft Online Community Support
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Reply:
As this thread has been quiet for a while we will be changing the issue type to 'Comment'.
If you wish to return to this question you can go ahead and change the type back to 'Question'. Then you can edit your initial post and change the radio button at the top of the post editor window.
If the issue has been resolved, we'd love to hear your solution. By sharing your experience you can help other community members facing similar problems.
Thanks!
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Sincerely,
Guozhen Wang
Microsoft Online Community Support
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Internet access in proxy server environment
I have moved to Steady State from SCT in our department's classrooms which connect to the internet through the school's proxy server.
Previously, with SCT, I had disconnected the internet because of lack of precise control but the promised capability of Steady State to allow access to a predetermined list of websites seemed ideal.
So I prohibited internet access except for a list of sites.
However the sites are not available. Although the browser is set to access the internet through a proxy server the request for credentials (a prerequisite for access to the internet) is not made, and neither the specified home page nor other permitted pages are accessible. I note that the list of permitted sites has been transferred to the "do not use proxy for" setting in Connections-Lan Settings-Advanced. As these addresses are not sent to the proxy it seems that Steady State is blocking what it allows!
This seemed strange until I read another message posted here which stated that Steady State is not designed for proxy server environments and that the proxy server mechanism had been used to allow/restrict sites.
Clearly this is a great disappointment to us. Is there no workaround? We would be most grateful to learn of it.
Many thanks
Jim
Reply:
Hi Jim,
This is an expected issue. When you set the "Prevent Internet access (except Web Sites below)" option, the system will set the proxy server in IE to a non-exist one (NoInternetAccess) and add web sites allowed to the "Exceptions". The "Use the same proxy server for all protocols" option is checked. In this way, all web site access except for those allowed sites are blocked. Based on the design of SteadyState, this option will not work under environment where already has a proxy server. As you have learned that, your proxy server already has options to block/allow websites.
For your reference, to only allow some specific websites, you can use IE's Content Advisor feature. Please refer to the following thread:
http://forums.microsoft.com/WindowsToolsandUtilities/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1909916&SiteID=69
Note: You can add websites from Approved Sites tab and uncheck "Users can see websites that have no rating" option under General tab to block other websites.
Best Regards,
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Reply:
Thank you Shawn.
I have realised that Content Advisor may offer the best workaround and have started using it, particularly when I discovered that the use of a wildcard e.g. *www.bbc.co.uk gives permission to access all pages on the specified website. (Interestingly I couldn't find information about the use of wildcards on any of the MSoft documentation.)
However, once Content Advisor has been set up, it is of very limited use because each computer in the cluster needs to be identically configured as all students should have access to the same resources. Content Advisor will only allow changes on a per computer advisor.
I (and others I am sure) work by creating and replicating an image, a procedure which takes a minimum of several hours. This effectively means that I have to attempt to predict, for weeks in advance, which sites are going to be required.
Would it be possible to consider some additional functionality for Steady State in a future version to allow for what I think would be a fairly typical school situation whereby groups of like-configured computers have different internet access requirements.
What is required is a means by which the computers in particular cluster can be quickly given access to a new website. If a set of computers under control of Steady State could get their permissions list from a central site, e.g. the teacher's computer, that would be ideal. Immediately the teacher learns of a new web resource that would be helpful (or wants to block an existing one) they would just add it to an appropriate list.
As you mention the school's proxy server does have the ability to block and permit individual sites. However the procedure required, contacting the site administrator by email, is too slow.
Thanks for considering this and for the improvements which have been provided in the new version of SCT/SS.
Jim
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Reply:
Hi Jim,
Thank you for your sharing and suggestions on this issue.
If these clients are in a domain, you can use the [User Configuration\Windows Settings\Internet Explorer Maintenance\Security\Security Zones and Content Ratings] policy to deploy Content Advisor settings. However, please understand that SteadyState is client based program and no centrally manage option is provided. Thus, you need to change this kind of configurations manually on every computer. If the access list will be updated frequently, SteadyState may not be a proper solution.
Regards,
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Reply:
Thank you Shawn.
The more I use Steady State the more I like it and I will try to make it work for us.
We aren't logging into a domain at present for this purpose.
Two possible mechanisms occur to me.
The first is whether it would be possible to create our own content advisor like the ICRA3.
The other is if there is registry hive which I could replicate from one computer to the others.
Your thoughts would be welcomed.
Jim.
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Reply:
Hi Jim,
Based on my further research, Content Advisor information were stored in the following place. You may setup it on one computer and then replicate the registry keys to other computers.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\Ratings
Regards,
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Reply:
I recently installed SteadyState. I am using only one computer. So i made another account named Check Mail. I checked the "Prevent Internet Access (except Web sites below)" and in entered yahoo.com;gmail.com;swissmail.net;hotmail.com; but when i logged into Check Mail, i can't access any of them including the homepage (http://www.google.com.ph)
I did not do anything with proxies etc. What did i do wrong?
I'm using a Cable Modem conncted through LAN.
Thanks!
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Reply:
Hi Janix,
You can try the suggestions in the following thread:
Blocking all but selected websites
http://forums.microsoft.com/WindowsToolsandUtilities/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=2068409&SiteID=69
Regards,
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Inside Microsoft Exchange 2007 Web Services is off to the printers!
The last work on the book is done and it should be publicly available around 11/28.
SMS 2003 to ConfigMgr 2007 Migration Whitepaper Available for Download!
I am pleased to announce that we have just published a whitepaper that provides guidance for customers transitioning from SMS 2003 Patch Management to System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Software Updates Management. The paper was written by Michael Schultz, a Senior Consultant at Microsoft, in coordination with the Configuration Manager Product Team and Writing Team (moi).
You can download the paper from here:
Here is a description:
While the release of System Center Configuration Manager 2007 has been accompanied by robust functional and procedural product documentation, the integration of WSUS introduced two additional challenges:
¾ Successful migration of SMS 2003 environments to Configuration Manager while maintaining the existing software update levels of service.
¾ Clarifying a dramatic shift in a fundamental process in the minds of experienced SMS 2003 administrators.
This whitepaper provides guidance on how to migrate software update management from SMS 2003 to Configuration Manager, how to operate in the transition period while maintaining ongoing software update deployments for both SMS 2003 and Configuration Manager clients, and best practices for managing software updates using Configuration Manager.
This document assumes that the reader has experience with both SMS 2003 and the Inventory Tool for Microsoft Updates (ITMU). Additionally, it is beneficial for the reader to be familiar with the operational processes associated with enterprise software update management.
CozyRoc SSIS+ 1.2 Beta 1
It is November 1 and a perfect day to announce Beta 1 of CozyRoc SSIS+ 1.2 library. We have included some really powerful components, which will serve as foundation for other advanced components:
- Package SSIS Connection Manager - Provides access to the current or different package at runtime.
- Data Flow Source SSIS Data Flow Component - Very fast, non-blocking, in-memory data read from another data flow.
- Data Flow Destination SSIS Data Flow Component - Exposes data from a data flow for in-memory read in another data flow.
We will soon blog about the performance of these new components. Our preliminary tests show they match the performance of the raw data file source/destination components, but there is one important difference. Our components do not need to go thru intermediate file write/read step. They are reading/writing in parallel and the process is not sequential as the Microsoft recommended solution for transferring data from one data flow to another. You can try it for yourself by downloading the package.
And don't forget to check the Package SSIS Connection Manager. It makes possible the access of the package object at runtime from other components and tasks. If you miss the ability to access the package object model once upon a time in DTS, you will love this new feature.
And of course the beta is available for download here.
Tell us about the way YOU repackage applications AND be eligible for a prize drawing
Folks,
We are trying to understand the motivation and practices behind SMS/SCCM application repackaging. As you know (by reading Ed's post) we have a problem today, which we are trying to remedy. It would be great if you could shed some light on the process you use, and share some information that will help us understand this better.
To that end, here are some leading questions. Feel free to diverge from them and post additional information which you deem relevant.
- Why do you repackage applications?
- What rules/best practices do you follow when repackaging an application?
- What parameters do you modify when you repackage applications (e.g. ARP, MSI Code, title etc.)?
- Looking at all the packages you have, how many are repackages (%)?
- How often do you repackage applications (# of new packages per week/month)?
- If you had a way of manually categorizing a repackaged application within SCCM (let's say via UI) and that manual tag would be reflected in reports, would that be an acceptable solution to this problem?
- If you have SMS 2003 SP3 or if you are test SCCM '07 RTM --what % of applications appear as uncategorized and how many of those are repackaged? (This can be an actual number of %)
I'd like for us to have a discussion around this topic. We'll start with you sharing this information and then we will discuss possible solutions, with pro/con analysis and get your feedback on it.
I think it will be an interesting thread :-)
We are looking forward to reading your responses,
Reply:
Folks,
To make things more interesting and a bit more lively, let's have a little competition here.
We'll offer a prize to one of the first 10 people to post answers to the questions above. This means that we'll randomly select one individual out of the first ten and send him/her a nice 1 GB USB memory stick with a Microsoft logo.
Given that one of the ten will win, the odds are pretty good :-) and the information will help us ship a better product. So don't be bashful, take a few moments to think about the question and then post a response. As soon as we have 10 posts, we'll draw a name and post a note for the winner to follow-up with us for shipping details.
Looking forward to reading the responses and sending out the prize,
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Reply:
- Why do you repackage applications?
We try *not* to repackage applications as much as possible, because we found the repackaged applications tend to be quite "brittle" - deployment and re-deployment success rates are lower than the solution we use most often: we edit the MSI database (we use InstallShield AdminStudio, but VS Orcas would probably work too). Answering your question ("why"): to enforce standard naming conventions (for the Add/Remove Programs name), to set default values that make more sense in our environment, set license keys, suppress reboots (we prefer letting SMS control the reboots), turning off "customer experience"/auto-update/EULA display, removing crazy stuff the developers put in that can cause problems (such as custom actions in the MSI), etc. Yes, a lot of this could also be done with an MST, but why bother? The work is the same and I don't have to worry about some tech double-clicking the MSI and forgetting there is an MST that goes with it. When an application install comes as an EXE, generally we can extract the MSI from it and do all that.
- What rules/best practices do you follow when repackaging an application?
We don't, but in editing the MSI, rule #1 is "no custom actions". We always try to enforce naming conventions that make asset tracking and reporting easier, and we have a formal document that outlines the guidelines that internal/contracted developers must adhere to. Before deploying anything with SMS, we QA it to make sure the guidelines are adhered to.
- What parameters do you modify when you repackage applications (e.g. ARP, MSI Code, title etc.)?
It varies, but, as I mentioned before, we remove custom actions, we change the Add/Remove Programs title, we change the licensed user/organization to a standard value, apply volume license keys.
- Looking at all the packages you have, how many are repackages (%)?
I'd say less than 5%.
- How often do you repackage applications (# of new packages per week/month)?
We have about 2,000 packages, and we do maybe 10-20/month, although it varies a lot. A business unit migrating to Vista, for instance, would cause more than 100 packages to be produced in that month.
- If you had a way of manually categorizing a repackaged application within SCCM (let's say via UI) and that manual tag would be reflected in reports, would that be an acceptable solution to this problem?
Absolutely not! I have chills down my spine just by thinking of the labour cost!
I'd suggest the cleanest solution would be to use the software (MSI) ID to, since it does not change if the title is changed and it could be plugged into the MSI in the case of a repackage, instead of a hash that can change easily. Failing that, I'd prefer a tag that clients would need to add to the MSI of repackaged applications and would point back to the original application in the Asset Intelligence catalogue. My rationale is that the repackager knows the application; the SMS/ConfigMgr administrator may not. These two groups by the way may be in entirely different parts of the organization, or even different organizations, in case of outsourcing. I believe the role of SMS/ConfigMgr is to be the enabler, the platform. But identification of each application should be owned by the MSI.
- If you have SMS 2003 SP3 or if you are test SCCM '07 RTM --what % of applications appear as uncategorized and how many of those are repackaged? (This can be an actual number of %)
That report does not come out of the box (hint: future enhancement)! Under v_GS_INSTALLED_SOFTWARE_CATEGORIZED, we have 13,036 Normalized Products. Of these, 2,370 are uncategorized and 7,640 are unidentified.
I hope that helps!
Bernard
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Bernard, this certainly helps - thank you for taking the time to share this with us.
Please send your contact and mailing information to 15beta@microsoft.com and I'll send you a pretty Microsoft USB key :-)
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Reply:
The email bounced!
This is an automatically generated Delivery Status Notification
Delivery to the following recipient failed permanently:
15beta@microsoft.com
Technical details of permanent failure:
PERM_FAILURE: SMTP Error (state 13): 550 5.1.1 User unknown
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Reply:
I assume a spam filter kicked-in. Can you give me an email address? I'll ping you directly and delete the post with your address.
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Hi I'm new to the forum
I am brand new to this forum and I just wanted to pass through and say hello to everyone.
Thanks for reading and have a great day!
David
Bye Steady State
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Hi Texkonc,
Just for your information, the new version, Windows SteadyState 2.5 beta will be released soon. It will fix the slow logon issue, and Vista support will also be added. Please feel free to try it if you have interest.
Regards,
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Reply:
Hi Shawn,
do you already know what is responsible for the slow logon? Is it an internal SteadyState error?
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Reply:
Hi,
This is a known issue after installation of Steadystate. SteadyState Service will take a long time to start. Please see these threads:
http://forums.microsoft.com/WindowsToolsandUtilities/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1792708&SiteID=69
http://forums.microsoft.com/WindowsToolsandUtilities/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1798447&SiteID=69
http://forums.microsoft.com/WindowsToolsandUtilities/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1806565&SiteID=69
http://forums.microsoft.com/WindowsToolsandUtilities/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1853779&SiteID=69
Regards,
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Reply:
Hi Shawn
I have tried a workaround that reduced the logon time with 90 seconds.
I have set the "Windows SteadyState Service" to manual startup, then made a registry entry under
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] that starts the service.
Do you se a problem with this?
Thanks
Kristian
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Reply:
Hi Kristian,
This service is responsible for many features of SteadyState. It's not recommended to make changes to it. For more information about this service, you can refer to the following thread:
Possible Workaround? for Slow Boot (Windows SteadyState Service hung)
http://forums.microsoft.com/WindowsToolsandUtilities/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=2300751&SiteID=69
Best Regards,
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Hi Shawn
I am aware of the importance of the service and its responsibilities as you describe, thats why I am trying to find a workaround so I can have both decent logon time and the benefits the service provide.
My logon time (from power on) with the service set to Automatic startup is 3 min. 45 sec. with my workarround it is 2 min. 15 sec. but I am not sure which functions the service provide won´t work when the service is started after the user is logged on. Referring to your answer to Mirandra I assume number 6 and 7? The functions I need is number 1, 2, 3 and 4.
I have tried the possible solution you refer to, but the wscsvc service (Security Center service) is a dynamic service which only starts when needed, that means the SteadyState service doesn`t start, well - not on the machines I tested.
I also tried the suggested solution with cleanboot, but as far as I can see, this set the SteadyState service to Disable.
Restrictions are configured through Group Policy.
The short question is, do you think functions 1, 2, 3 and 4 will work using my workarround? I know you cant garantie but I would like your opinion.
Thanks,
Kristian
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Hi Kristian,
Although everything works in my test, please understand that this method is not recommended. You can keep the current status and continue monitoring it. If problem is encountered, please post here for further discussion.
Regards,
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IE7 Has stopped working with OmniPageSE in Vista Home Premium
Warning!
IE7 refused to start with the titled indecipherapble message. Searching this forum found a similar problem with SharePoint, whatever that is. In the forum people mentioned having similar problems with OmniPage. So did I. Uninstalling it seems to have fixed things.
Two other points...
1) I installed OmniPage as part of my Canon Pixma 650 package. Vista DID WARN me that there were unstated compatability issues. I plunged ahead. Don't!
2) I tried to find an IE7 download site, and Microsofts doesn't seem to know about Vista!
The download site: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/downloads/ie/getitnow.mspx
gives several operating system options, but no Vista options. Probably just as well, as if I'd not had this conundrum, I wouldn't have stumbled upon this forum and the real answer to my problem.
Vista sure is Touchy!
Good luck.
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Same here. I installed it on one system (Vista) and suddenly IE7 wouldn't work. Befuddled, I moved to the next computer in the office and installed it there, same results. Uninstalling OmniPage Pro 12 took care of the issue.
One day I might come to like Vista. I love the email program in Vista. But the rest of it seems more aggravation and video slowdown than necessary.
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Got A Fix
Ok took a LONG time searching Microsoft's forums but I found it. The Winsock got screwed up. The fix is as follows incase anyone else has this issue.
1. Click Start , type cmd in the Start Search text box, and then
press ENTER.
2. Type the following command, and then press ENTER:
netsh winsock reset
3. Restart the computer.""
NOTE: Must use cmd as admin
Hope this can help someone. After a bit of searching I found the problem many times but only one post with a solution that does not involve a clean install of Vista.
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So what was the problem that you were having?
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