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Sometimes people like to turn off BITS as a security lockdown. When that happens SMS can have issues. Here's a quick and dirty script sample to do the job. ----Begin VBScript---- On Error Resume Next For i = 1 to 30 If Len(i) = 1 then number = "0" & i If Len(i) = 2 then number = i computerName = "name of your computer" Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & computerName & "\root\cimv2") WScript.Echo computerName & " " & Err If Err = 0 Then Set colServiceList = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_Service where Name = 'BITS'") If Err = 0 Then WScript.Echo computerName & vbCrLf For Each objService in colServiceList errReturnCode = objService.Change( , , , , "Automatic") WScript.Echo vbTab & "Changed " & objService.Name & " to automatic" objService.StartService() Next End If Set colServi...

Simple VBScript for setting the client cache size. ----Begin VBScript---- On Error Resume Next ' Declare Variables Dim checkCacheValue Dim setCacheValue ' Set the Cache Size to check for (less than or equal to) checkCacheValue = 1024 ' If less than or equal to the checkCacheValue ' set the Cache Size to this setCacheValue= 1024 Dim oUIResourceMgr Dim oCache Set oUIResourceMgr = CreateObject("UIResource.UIResourceMgr") Set oCacheInfo = oUIResourceMgr.GetCacheInfo ' Set it if it's less than or equal to checkCacheValue if oCacheInfo.TotalSize oCacheInfo.TotalSize = setCacheValue end if 'Return the error so SMS can report it WScript.Quit(Err) ----End VBScript---- About the Author Emmanuel Tsouris is a Systems Management veteran and Developer Advocate specializing in PowerShell and Cloud Automation. He maintains DotVBS to preserve legacy knowledge for the "archaeologist admin." ...

A few things to try... Make sure you've selected the DP to receive the package Check the status messages ( SMS _DISTRIBUTION_MANAGER is one component to check) Check the logs on the SITE server ( sms \logs\ distmgr .log) About the Author Emmanuel Tsouris is a Systems Management veteran and Developer Advocate specializing in PowerShell and Cloud Automation. He maintains DotVBS to preserve legacy knowledge for the "archaeologist admin." Ready to move from VBScript to the Cloud? Check out his book, Pro PowerShell for Amazon Web Services . Visit EmmanuelTsouris.com for his latest projects. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases at no cost to you.