With the recent problems caused by monthly Windows Update, knowing how to massively uninstall Windows Update with SCCM is a must! This action is not available by default in SCCM. There are 2 ways to uninstall a Windows Update. Both solutions require the command line utility WUSA.exe, that as been around since Windows Vista/Windows Server 2008 era. In this post, we will detail both solutions to uninstall a Windows Update with SCCM. If you are looking for how to manage Windows update with SCCM, see our SCCM Software Update Management Guide for complete instructions. Prerequisites SCCM any version Windows 7 and up Windows 2008 R2 server and up SCCM Uninstall Windows Update One method is to use a Custom Task Sequence with a run command line. The advantage of using this method is the ability to use the same task sequence on both OS Architecture. The second method involves having … Read More
Automatically Uninstall Unused Applications with SCCM
Do organizations pay too much for your software licensing? Paying more licences than you use doesn’t make your company really effective, especially when we talk about IT Cost Transparency. Do you know how much money your company spends on software licensing versus their utilization? Using inventory, SCCM detects if an application is installed, it also monitors usage using Software Metering and uninstalls the application using deployment mechanisms. Combining all, you can deliver a great solution to minimize licences cost to your organization. Software metering is a great feature that is not always well known by the business. The company must take the advantage of monitoring the usage and automatically uninstalling applications that are unused. For more details about Software Metering, read this TechNet post. This post shows how to automatically uninstall unused applications with SCCM witch is also part 5 of the Asset Intelligence Blog Series. Pre-Requisites The first thing … Read More
SCCM 2012 R2 Application Uninstall Button is Grayed Out
I’ve found a bug in the latest SCCM release. SCCMÂ 2012 R2 application uninstall button is grayed out An application cannot be uninstalled using Software Center when it contains more than one deployment type. I created an application to deploy Acrobat Reader using the msi The application contains 2 deployment type (Install for User) One DT has a requirement for English OS, the other DT is for French OS The installation is successful but it can’t be uninstalled using the Software Center (The uninstall button is grayed out) When a DT is deleted, the application can be uninstalled This scenario has been reproduce with other applications I recreated the same scenario in SCCM RTM version and the uninstall button is available even with 2 DT. I have submitted the bug to Microsoft through the connect portal, I’ll be following on this bug in this post. Stay tuned. Update Nov.18: Microsoft has … Read More