About Garth Jones

SQL Query Troubleshooting Tip

by Garth Jones | Feb 18, 2016 | SQL Server Reporting Services, Tips

Before starting to write a SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) report, you need to create a SQL query that will be used within the report. I always recommend that you create your query within SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). Microsoft Endpoint Configuration...

SQL Agent Service is Not Running

by Garth Jones | Feb 16, 2016 | ConfigMgr, How-To, SQL Server Reporting Services, Tips

As a Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager (MEMCM / MECM / SCCM / ConfigMgr) Administrator, I wear many hats, Including SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) and SQL Server Administrators. But what you you do when you get and error message about SQL Agent Service is...

Are You Watching the Clock?

by Garth Jones | Feb 9, 2016 | Tips

There’s a new stopwatch feature in Windows 10 and I love it! I was doing some performance testing and I needed to know how long a particular task took. In Windows 7, I would have clicked the time icon in the system tray, recorded the time, performed my task, recorded...

Changing the DPI Resolution with Snagit

by Garth Jones | Dec 17, 2015 | How-To, Tips

I am in the process of finishing up a book on ConfigMgr and SSRS report writing, and my publisher requires all screenshots to be 300 DPI. For those to what to see the book it has been release already System Center Configuration Manager Reporting Unleashed. This book...

Cleaning-up My Hard Drive

by Garth Jones | Dec 9, 2015 | Tips

Back in October I tweeted that my hard drive was down to 89.9 MB free!! In this blog post I’ll tell you how I cleaned it up. Here’s a bit of background. I wanted to test Windows 10, so I did everything possible to clean-up my hard drive. I removed my offline files, I...