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ROI Analysis - Wondering what vPro can do for you?

Posted by michelegartner May 30, 2008

Here's a ROI analysis paper that provides a real-world example of how vPro helped a company save money. This one is about a company named ValueSpace and details how their vPro implementation is making a huge impact on help desk services for their iCafes.

ROI Analysis - Substantial savings and revenue gains via 65% to 98% faster remote help-desk services

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How to put the AMT version into the Registry

Posted by josh.hilliker May 30, 2008

I witnessed our Internal IT guys defining a BKM that I thougth was very relevant to share out to the community, therefore let me explain.

Challenge: How can you use a mgmt console to read the AMT version so you can write a report in your mgmt console?

Output: You need to have a value placed into the registry that has data whether it's all of the BIOS, MEBx, SOL, HECI, etc.. driver versions, then you can read this data into a mgmt report.

Solution: run MEInfowin.exe and redirect the output to a text file using the “>” operator
Example --

Then you need the write a program in your favorite language such as VB script or C# to read through that text file and write the desired into to the registry.

Then use your mgmt console to read these values & report out. The internal IT guys are doing this to check versions.

Thanks Intel IT folks for the BKM.

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Setting up certificates? Check out this guide.

Posted by michelegartner May 28, 2008

Here's a guide that provides step-by-step instruction for purchasing a VeriSign certificate and then importing it into Internet Explorer for use with LANDesk 8.8.

Installing VeriSign Certificates on LANDesk 8.8

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Updates to "Order an Activation-Ready PC": Panasonic & Acer

Posted by michelegartner May 20, 2008

I just posted new information to Order an activation-ready PC. This version includes a notebook offering from Panasonic and the desktop systems from Acer. Information on Acer notebooks is on its way!

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Getting even better - new content on the Activation wiki!

Posted by michelegartner May 5, 2008

A few new things are up on Activation Cheat Sheet. Find links to Microsoft System Center resources, as well as new training module videos.

Videos are now available for these modules:

Module 7: 802.1x, NAC, and Wireless Profiles

Module 8: Remote Configuration

Module 9: Best Practices & Troubleshooting Tips

Happy Learning!