Internal Consistency Evaluators Internal consistency evaluators also called ICE’s are custom actions written in VBScript, JScript or as a DLL or EXE. When these custom actions are executed, they scan the database for entries in database records that are valid when examined individually but that may cause incorrect behavior in the context of the whole [...]

Example of Creating an Internal Consistency Evaluator (ICE) using Orca Whilst the ICE list is pretty comprehensive there will be a point where you need to validate information that is not covered by the standard ICE unit tests, to do this you will need to add your own Internal Consistency Evaluator. Here is an example [...]

How to prevent users from connecting USB storage devices To stop users connecting USB storage devices The following items must be carried out to ensure that the USB storage driver cannot be accessed, in cases where the USB storage driver has been installed the services should be disabled. Deny Access to usbstor.inf and usbstor.pnf Disable [...]

MSI2SMS tool imports MSI and MST packages into Systems Management Server 2003 creating Package, Programs, Advertisement and desired settings without the need to use SMS console, the information is extracted directly from the MSI Package. The MSI2SMS import tool not only saves time and effort it also ensures that a standard naming convention is used [...]