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Create Report in SCCM with Computer Information

This how-to shows how to create a report in System Center Configuration Manager with computer information like serial number etc.

Open the Management Console. Navigate to Reporting. Right click on Reports and select New –> Report.
Give it a name. Select the category under which the report will be displayed. (eg Hardware – General) Click on: Edit SQL Statement.
Paste the Statement(displayed and the bottom of this blog post.) in the SQL Statement box. Remove the default statement.
Run the report and it will display al kind off useful stuff. Like the Serial Number.

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By Jeroen Tielen, 12 years ago

SCCM Remote Control for Servicedesk

Within SCCM there is a functionality to remote control desktops. Because all the desktops and laptops have a SCCM client installed, it’s the logical way to use this feature. So no extra third party software must be installed/deployed. On the site server the are two files named: rc.exe and rdpencom.dll Read more…

By Jeroen Tielen, 12 years ago

SCCM

Choose to install specific software during OSD Task Sequence

During an OSD task sequence, I want the option to select if certain software is installed. This can be done by third party software solutions (like OSD++) but with ‘variables’ it’s possible direct in SCCM. In this example I’m using the Windows XP Task Sequence which is advertised to the Read more…

By Jeroen Tielen, 12 years ago

Tips and Tricks

Create Bootable USB stick to install Windows 2008/Vista/7

Update2: (On top of this post, just for your convenience) There is a much easier way Open an elevated command prompt on Windows 7 Open Diskpart List volume (remember the volume number of the usb stick) Select volume # (3 = the number of the usb stick) Clean (This will Read more…

By Jeroen Tielen, 13 years ago