SMS / SCCM helpful forums

Here a few of the places I haunt to give or received information

SCCM Forum

SMS Newgroups

MyITForum

Vbscript behavior

Wscript Method wscript x.vbs



Cscript Method cscript x.vbs


Do you have right click tools that run in a command (DOS) box. And you have an "Enter" key function so it will stay open so you can see the data.

There are 2 things you can do.
1. Run with a wscript xxx.vbs
This will force it to use the wscript method and data will be placed in a nice popup box
2. Set the default method for vbscript to wscript
wscript /H:WScript
A popup will tell you that the default is now wscript do the same with a cscript to change it back


This will make some of the right click tools that display information alot easier to read and gives it a more professional look.

SMS OU to Collection Tool

Edit: 12/2008 I have the tool on myITforum under the beta section SCCM OU Collection Creator - Matthew Hudson

Well I have a new tool that I might give to the community to test. I have finished but it is very rough. The basic idea came several years ago when I was creating our SMS collections. We have a collection called Departments. In it I have the different OU represent so I can do limits or deployments. The problem is that we have many departments so I only make a collection as needed. The new tool will query your AD via LDAP. It will look to your SCCM control file for the correct ldap path. It will then give you the structure for you to click on for import. Once you have all your OUS you click import and about 4 to 6 seconds later you have your entire AD struction in SCCM with the queries written for it as well. I have a few bugs to work out but I hope to give it to some people for testing. I think it would be a good tool. Granted most people might only use it 1 or 2 times.

When it gets posted it will most likely be via MyITforum.