Archive for October, 2010

Adobe warns of Shockwave Player zero-day vulnerability

2 years ago

by Ronni Pedersen

Adobe has warned of a critical zero-day vulnerability in its Shockwave Player.

It warned that the vulnerability (CVE-2010-3653) could cause a crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system. While details about the vulnerability have been disclosed publicly, Adobe is not aware of any attacks exploiting this vulnerability to date.

Specifically, Shockwave Player 11.5.8.612 and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh are affected. Adobe said that it is currently working on determining the schedule for an update to address this vulnerability.

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Unleash the Power of MDT 2010 Lite Touch, November 23-24

2 years ago

by Ronni Pedersen

Want to learn more about deployment from some the top deployment masters?

Johan Arwidmark and Mikael Nystrom (Microsoft MVP’s in Setup & Deployment) will be in Copenhagen on November 23 – 24, presenting the “Unleash the Power of MDT 2010 Lite Touch” class. In just two days you will learn what you need to build a superior deployment solution based on MDT 2010 Update 1.

2 days with real information from real world deployment experts
A workbook packed with guidance and additional material
Videos of the demos that you can play over and over again

For more information and registration: “Unleash More >

New Hotfix: Importing duplicate drivers in ConfigMgr

2 years ago

by Ronni Pedersen

One of the challenges with managing drivers in Configuration Manager is related to way drivers are imported into ConfigMgr. Duplicate drivers are ignored by default, so they don’t get put into the specified categories.

The System Center Configuration Manager team has made a hotfix available that changes the driver import behavior.

The hotfix is available here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2213600.

I’m not 100% sure if this will change from the way we handle drivers today, but I need to to back to my lab and figure that out…

System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R3 RTM!

2 years ago

by Ronni Pedersen

The System Center team is very excited to announce the release of System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R3. This release is a significant accomplishment for the engineering team for a lot of reasons. Not only does ConfigMgr R3 drive new scenario support to existing world class capabilities, it raises core functionality to new levels of industry leading status.

Download the evaluation here.

Full story here.

TechNet Virtual Labs: ConfigMgr v.Next is now Available!

2 years ago

by Ronni Pedersen

Step into the System Center Virtual Labs for Free It’s simple: no complex setup or installation is required to try out System Center running in the full-featured TechNet Virtual Lab. You get a downloadable manual and a 90-minute block of time for each module. You can sign up for additional 90-minute blocks any time.

Start here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/virtuallabs/bb539977.aspx

MMS 2011- Registration is Now Open!

2 years ago

by Ronni Pedersen

Registration for the Microsoft Management Summit 2011 is now open!

Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) 2011 will empower you with the insight, solutions and networking opportunities to succeed in your job today while preparing for the future. MMS is the premier event of the year for deep technical information and training on the latest IT management solutions from Microsoft, Partners, and Industry Experts. Reserve your place at Microsoft Management Summit 2011.

Register here: http://www.mms-2011.com/

Unfortunately I was unable to attend last year as a result of travel complications from the More >

Exploring the User State Migration Toolkit (USMT) 4.0

2 years ago

by Ronni Pedersen

Richard Smith has created a great video on how to get started with USMT 4.0.

View the video online here:

About this Video

User State Migration Tool (USMT) 4.0 is a scriptable command-line tool that provides a highly-customizable user-profile migration experience for IT professionals. USMT includes two components, ScanState and LoadState, and a set of modifiable .xml files: MigApp.xml, MigUser.xml, and MigDocs.xml. In addition, you can create custom .xml files to support your migration needs. You can also create a Config.xml file to specify files or settings to exclude from the migration. In More >