As part of the Configuration Manager 2012 installation you need to download the latest Configuration Manager update files as a pre-requisite to the installation. If you don’t have internet access on your server this can be a problem. Luckily you can pre-download the files using a utility file found in the installation media. Use the…
Nowadays with the advent of Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 you no longer require WAIK for use with Configuration Manager 2012 SP1. Instead you should download and install ADK. Be aware that this download is effectively a web installer, once you run adksetup.exe you are given the option to download on the fly or store…
A quick post here for one I’ve come across a few times. When trying to enable to .Net Framework 3.5 in Windows Server 2012 you get the message that you are missing source files as below: Essentially you need to provide Windows with the installation media to be able to install .Net Framework 3.5. That…
I fell foul of this problem this week whereby I had been installing a System Center Configuration Manager 2012 SP1 site server. This was a new build Windows Server 2012 but as I began the installation a handy error message alerted me to the existence of an SCCM client. It became apparent that the existing Configuration…
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