The Inventory Office reports do not include Office 2007

Some reports need to be updated to include Office 2007. These reports were found in the console at Reports\Assets and Inventory\Inventory\Windows\Software/Applications\Microsoft Applications.

The reports are

• Computers with MS Office 97_2000_XP_2003 by Domain
• Computers with Multiple Installations of MS Office
• Count of Microsoft Office Products Installed
• Count of MS Office 97_2000_XP_2003 Components

You can download a zip file from this link, unzip and import them into your Notification Server. They have a new GUID so they will not replace your existing ones.

Using WinPE 2.1 with VMWare virtual machines

You must use Intel E1000 network card emulation instead of AMD pcnet network card emulation. See http://juice.altiris.com/tip/2919/tweaking-vmware-work-winpe-2x-and-microsoft-vista for instructions.
Excerpts from the link:

The following works for VMware WorkStation 5.5 and 6.0 and VMware Server 1.0+. By make the following alterations, WinPE 2.x will work seamlessly with network drivers.

1. Make sure VMware is not running. Stop any virtual machines running and close VMware.
2. Browse to the Virtual machine files and open the .vmx file with your favorite text editor.
3. Add the following to the <Path to VM> .vmx file:
   ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000"

   This is right after the ethernet0.present = "TRUE".

4. Save the changes.
5. Start your virtual machine.

Virtual machines with installed operating systems such as Microsoft Windows Vista or Microsoft Windows XP might have an issue with the drivers after this change. Change the network drivers and point to c:\windows\system32 for the drivers. Or download the latest e1000(Intel) driver.

Nice site on packaging with tips and trics

Link to site

How can I disable Simple File Sharing centrally?

Question
How can I disable the Simple File Sharing setting centrally, rather than having to go to each client?

Answer
If the clients are part of a Windows* domain, you can apply a Group Policy to the clients that need to have this setting disabled.
To configure the Group Policy to disable this setting, browse to the following in the Group Policy Editor on a domain controller:
Local Computer Policy\Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policies\Security Options\Network access: Sharing and security model for local accounts
Set this policy to Classic - local users authenticate as themselves.
When this policy applies to the client, it sets the following registry key to 0:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa\forceguest