Don’t forget about PowerCFG :)

Checkout PowerCFG…

just a few examples:

Changes plan to “High Performance”

powercfg -s 8c5e7fda-e8bf-4a96-9a85-a6e23a8c635c

also works from task sequence – cmd.exe /c “powercfg -s 8c5e7fda-e8bf-4a96-9a85-a6e23a8c635c”
just a few exampes:

powercfg /change “always on” /standby-timeout-ac 0
powercfg /change “always on” /hibernate-timeout-ac 0
powercfg /setactive “always on”

Read more at: Using PowerCfg to Evaluate System Energy Efficiency

Cannot Access Your DVD Drive After Installing Windows 7?

Solution 1:

Firmware update the DVD drive with latests firmware, maybe it supports Adaptive Link Power Management.

Solution 2:

Just disable the Adaptive Link Power Management ..

Run the following commands:

powercfg.exe -setacvalueindex 8c5e7fda-e8bf-4a96-9a85-a6e23a8c635c 0012ee47-9041-4b5d-9b77-535fba8b1442 DAB60367-53FE-4fbc-
825E-521D069D2456 0

powercfg.exe -setdcvalueindex 8c5e7fda-e8bf-4a96-9a85-a6e23a8c635c 0012ee47-9041-4b5d-9b77-535fba8b1442 DAB60367-53FE-4fbc-
825E-521D069D2456 0

powercfg.exe -setacvalueindex 381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e 0012ee47-9041-4b5d-9b77-535fba8b1442 DAB60367-53FE-4fbc-
825E-521D069D2456 0

powercfg.exe -setdcvalueindex 381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e 0012ee47-9041-4b5d-9b77-535fba8b1442 DAB60367-53FE-4fbc-
825E-521D069D2456 0

powercfg.exe -setacvalueindex a1841308-3541-4fab-bc81-f71556f20b4a 0012ee47-9041-4b5d-9b77-535fba8b1442 DAB60367-53FE-4fbc-
825E-521D069D2456 0
powercfg.exe -setdcvalueindex a1841308-3541-4fab-bc81-f71556f20b4a 0012ee47-9041-4b5d-9b77-535fba8b1442 DAB60367-53FE-4fbc-
825E-521D069D2456 0

Configuration Manager 2007 supported SQL Versions

Following is an overview of the Configuration Manager 2007 support for the different SQL Server versions:

SQL Server 2005:

  • ConfigMgr RTM and SP1 support SQL 2005 SP2 and SP3. Currently, no hotfix is required.
  • ConfigMgr R2 supports SQL 2005 SP2 and SP3, with hotfix 959975.

SQL Server 2008:

  • ConfigMgr RTM supports upgrading an existing SQL 2005 site database to SQL 2008, with hotfix 955229; but does not support new installation using a SQL 2008 instance to host the site database.
  • ConfigMgr SP1 supports SQL 2008, with hotfix 955262.
  • ConfigMgr R2 supports SQL 2008, with hotfix 957576 and 959975.

SCCM Right Click Tools a Trojan? – Symantec’s Virus Definitions Have Gone Crazy…

After a look at the forums, it seems that Symantec’s virus definitions dated June 21, 2010 r2 have identified various components of the awesome SCCM Right Click Tools (which i personally couldn’t survive without) as “Trojan.Gen” Since this is a generic detection name “for many individual but varied Trojans for which specific definitions have not been created. A generic detection is used because it protects against many Trojans that share similar characteristics” this has to be a false positive. This is just another example of how definition based anti-virus tools are a out dated concept.

Add Office 2010 KMS Key to your KMS Server

Office 2010 will require either a MAK (Multiple Activation Key) or a KMS Key (the new volume lenience key, since Vista/Server 2008). You will only need one KMS server for your organization to serve out activations for both Windows Operating Systems and Office 2010.

1.

Download your Office Product and KMS Key from Microsoft Licensing

www.microsoft.com/licensing

2.

Download the Microsoft Office 2010 KMS Host License Pack

Download this .exe from Microsoft and install it on your current KMS server. It will ask you for your Office 2010 KMS key and then activate it against Microsoft’s Activiation Servers.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?
displaylang=en&FamilyID=97b7b710-6831-4ce5-9ff5-fdc21fe8d965

The Host Service Pack can only be installed on Server 2003, Server 2008 R2 or Volume Licence edition of Windows 7.

Once the key has activated you will receive a message indicating that the activation was successful.

3.

Let your clients with Office 2010 activate to the new KMS host key

You’re all set, your clients should now activate to your KMS server.

Conclusion

The KMS Host key for Office 2010 is somewhat different than that of the client OS’s, as it will only take 5 users running Office 2010 for the KMS to activate them, as compared to the 25 hosts required for client OS’s.
Also, if a client is off of the network and does not contact the KMS server after 180 days the user will receive a message when they open Office stating that the product is unlicensed, however, it will continue to work with no loss of functionality. Once the user connect to the network with the KMS host the error will go away and the re-activation process will be transparent to the end user.

How to Block/Disable Browser Choice Screen on Windows

Browser Choice Screen/Browser Ballot Screen

Microsoft Browser Choice Screen

How to Block/Disable Browser Ballot Screen on Windows 7

1. Open Run Command by pressing Win+r keyboard shortcut

2. Navigate to following Registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareBrowserChoice

3. Now create new registry with

Value name: Enable

Value type: DWORD

4. Now if you do not want to display the Browser Choice update then enter value of above key as “0″

and If you want to display the Browser Choice update (default) set value to “1″

See KB2019411