How to Export Members of Exchange Distribution List

I came across this nice VB script to export the list of members of a distribution list of exchange :

'Script begins here

Dim objGroup, objUser, objFSO, objFile, strDomain, strGroup, Domain, Group

'Change DomainName to the name of the domain the group is in
strDomain = Inputbox ("Enter the Domain name", "Data needed", "Default domain name")
'Change GroupName to the name of the group whose members you want to export
strGroup = InputBox ("Enter the Group name", "Data needed", "Default group name")
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'On the next line change the name and path of the file that export data will be written to.
Set objFile = objFSO.CreateTextFile("C:\Bin\" & strGroup & " - Members.csv")
Set objGroup = GetObject("WinNT://" & strDomain & "/" & strGroup & ",group")
For Each objUser In objGroup.Members
    objFile.WriteLine objUser.Name & " - " & objUser.Class
Next
objFile.Close
Set objFile = Nothing
Set objFSO = Nothing
Set objUser = Nothing
Set objGroup = Nothing
Wscript.Echo "Done"
Wscript.Echo "Please check the c: for your output file"

Note: The script will ask you the domain name and the group the distribution group for which member list to be created.

What’s new in SCCM2012 SP1

MS has introduced some cool features in the latest release of SCCM2012 SP1. The major new thing I am interested is support for Linux and MC OS.

This blog article summaries the overall changes which has been added. Also there is the announcement from MS on there Channel 9 website: http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechEd/NorthAmerica/2012/MGT309

Cannot click desktop icons in Windows7

I recently came across an issue where I Cannot click desktop icons in Windows7 computer. After some research I found this solution:

1. Open Task Manager
2. Kill explorer.exe process
3. Now go to File—>New Task –> type in explorer.exe and click OK

It will load the desktop again and you will be able to click desktop icons

You cannot import a new version of driver SCCM if one or more driver files in the package are already imported into the site

Problem: When you try to import a new version of driver which was imported earlier , SCCM gives this error:  The selected driver has already been imported at this site.

Solution: Microsoft has launched a hotfix to resolve that issue, it can be downloaded from this location: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2213600 

After installing the hot fix you will be able to import a new version of driver which was imported earlier .

Java installation error 25099

While installing java you may come across this error “Error 25099. Unzipping core files failed”

To resolve Java installation error 25099 follow these steps:
1 . Restart your system
2 . Delete folder “java” from delete content of the following directory:  C:\Program Files\ or C:\Program Files( x86)

Does a Maintenance Window in SCCM apply to sub-collection?

SCCM interview question: Does a Maintenance Window in SCCM apply to sub-collection?
Answer: Maintenance window do not apply to sub-collections but off course it is possible that a computer have multiple maintenance windows applied to it when the client is a member of multiple collections.

Question: Can we track the activities of SCCM users?
Answers: Yes we can check the Audit Logs by going to System Status--> Status Message Queries-->"All Audit Messages from a Specific Site"

SCCM Interview questions- Online SCCM2007 Quiz

If you want to prepare for SCCM Interview , there is a nice web based quiz application for SCCM 2007 which has many questions and their answers on different topics ranging from Installation, Troubleshooting, OSD, DCM, SUP etc.

Here is the link: http://quizapp.cloudapp.net/configmgr2007.aspx

I hope this will help many folks who are looking for a resource to prepare for SCCM 2007 Interview Questions.

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