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  1. GarthMJ
    1. SW Metering will only work if you create rules for each SW title. Generally most people have a few at best. 3. without looking at the app it is hard to say what is the best way to manage it. Honestly you should talk to the vendor and ask them. And if their answer is to scan the file. You should tell them this is NOT a good options and they should work on creating a better option for enterprise environment. 4.2 This will have no effect on anything that is not using SW inv. 4.3 only 3rd party software is the only other option.
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    Why do you think that? I never recommend using Software Inventory (SW) as it is just too unreliable and there are too many good alternatives such as HW and AI data. Heck even CI will do a better job of this, it does mean work on your part but...... Please provide an example. Are you SURE that it is not listed within ARP? Very, very, very little doesn't add an entry into ARP, most exe are a wrapper for MSI, and all MSI are listed within ARP. Honestly there isn't much you can do, you can submit these SW titles to AI for them to normalize but I wouldn't hold my breath that it happen soon. You can also look at 3rd party software to do this but it will cost $$s.
  3. GarthMJ
    Have you tried to do this from the SSRS website instead of within CM console? What version of SQL (SSRS) are you running? Did you know that there is less overhead access report via the web interface than via the CM console?
  4. GarthMJ
    The error tells you what the problem is. there is not object called managementpackdim for the dataset listed.
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    No there is not and it doesn’t make sense to create a report for this too. Why you ask because there is an ave of 186 items in ARP per computer. With 60 computer that would be 186*60= 11,160 rows of data. Or 11,160/80 = 140 pages of text! There is no way anyone will ever read this report. Instead you should look at Software 01A - Summary of installed software in a specific collection and use those results for your needs. I’m sure that you can write a script to export a cvs or excel sheet but I’m also fairly sure that you can export 60 items faster than writing the script too. BTW, if you really want to do this this is more of a SSRS powershell question than a CM question.
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    The policy will get refreshed at the next policy cycle. aka every 60 minutes by default. Or to can manually force the download computer policy
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    SCCM MAC address report

    GarthMJ replied to kesh's question in Reports

    Because you didn't tell the query to limit to a collection. Look at my blog post link as your starting point.
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    SCCM MAC address report

    GarthMJ replied to kesh's question in Reports

    No only will it duplication the data, it will give you old data. There are two network folders.. try them.
  9. GarthMJ
    You should do your testing as CM will deploy it. Therefore once you solve it using the psexec trick, it will work for CM too. https://verbalprocessor.com/2007/12/05/running-a-cmd-prompt-as-local-system/
  10. GarthMJ
    How exactly are you deploying this? With what settings?
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    SCCM MAC address report

    GarthMJ replied to kesh's question in Reports

    Your query is not written to limit the results to a collection. This sample query will get you started. http://sccmug.ca/2014/01/13/limiting-a-report-to-a-collection/ BTW, you will get interesting results with that query. aka you will get more than 1 IP address for a computer. Why not look at the built-in reports for this?
  12. GarthMJ
    My quick look at this suggest the problem is with the script. Basically unless there is an encrypted file on Z:\ nothing will show up. So you need to go back to the drawing board and re-write you script.
  13. GarthMJ
    Printer are a user setting, not a system setting. TS will run as the local system account, therefore you are adding the printer to the local system account and not the computer itself.
  14. GarthMJ
    I would think that you could do this with a script and therefore create a SCOM rule for it.
  15. GarthMJ
    What do you mean by this question? Are you trying to protect against a virus?
  16. GarthMJ
    How would anyone else fix a problem with that software other than the vendor? Why wouldn't you contact them?
  17. GarthMJ
    Contact the company that make it and tell them that there is a problem.
  18. GarthMJ
    Computers will only download the SU they need, not the whole SU packages. If BranchCache is enable they will download it from a local computer (assuming it exist).
  19. GarthMJ
    If setup correctly, even without a DP, this will use the same or less network bandwidth, than you do today with WSUS or worse yet to MS directly.
  20. GarthMJ
    SCUP is used by most people. If you are looking for 3rd party tools and cost is an issue, then PatchMyPC is the only option.
  21. GarthMJ
    This is not best practice. You should use the Computer or Network Access account to access the DP.
  22. GarthMJ
    Yup that right.. You beat me to it. :-)
  23. GarthMJ
    No that is not correct. You need to test your batch file using the PSexec to confirm that the batch file setup correctly. When you execute your batch file on your PC (or any other PC) does the batch file does what it should? My guess it that it will but for the LOCAL SYSTEM account. But that is not what you want, you want it for the locally logon user. Hence why you think that the batch file is failing when executed by CM. Once you confirm this step, you should be able to change the security context to the user security context and ultimately solve your problem.
  24. GarthMJ
    You need to test your batch file using psexec -i -s batchfilename.bat command. This is how CM will run your batchfile.
  25. GarthMJ
    Let me fix the typo above. Since CM uses the local system account to do just about everything, test your script using this process. https://verbalprocessor.com/2007/12/05/running-a-cmd-prompt-as-local-system/, When it works using this process it will work within CM too.
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