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26Aug/070

error code is 80070005

I'm sure you've seen this error in your travels, here's how to fix it:
MSI: Setup failed due to unexpected circumstances The error code is 80070005

24Aug/070

Check for reboot

call checkpendingstatus
sub CheckPendingStatus
Set ComputerStatus = CreateObject("Microsoft.Update.SystemInfo")
If ComputerStatus.RebootRequired Then
wscript.echo "This computer has a pending reboot."
Else
wscript.echo "this computer does not have a pending reboot."
End If
End sub

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23Aug/071

Response Buffer Limit Exceeded

Ever get this error:
Response object error 'ASP 0251 : 80004005'
Response Buffer Limit Exceeded

Here's the fix:

9Aug/070

Ping a list of machines from txt

This vbscript pings machines from a text file:

change the two variables for your input and output txt files:
strPATHout = "C:\pingstatus.txt"
strPATHin = "C:\pinglist.txt"

6Aug/070

WinZip count with version

SELECT ProductName0 AS Product, VersionMajor0 AS Version, COUNT(*) AS Count
FROM dbo.v_GS_INSTALLED_SOFTWARE
GROUP BY ProductName0, VersionMajor0
HAVING (ProductName0 = 'winzip')

1Aug/070

VMware / MS VM / Real / Total Count

Garth writes some very useful SMS web reports so I copy them here sometimes:
http://smsug.ca/blogs/garth_jones/archive/2007/08/01/528.aspx

1Aug/070

SMS Site Status

This is a "dashboard" report that shows the current SMS site status.

1Aug/070

# of updates per month

This report shows you the number of updates that were released each month for each product.