I am trying to execute a macro in Visual Studio with the SHIFT+CNTRL+P key sequence. But whenever I do that, SCCM gives me a pop-up that it is going to scan my computer. So is this a case where MS had created software that is mutually exclusive?

ConfigMgr doesn't "scan" computers on demand in any way so I'm not sure what you are talking about in reference to "SCCM"; can you post a screenshot? Hotkeys in general are delivered to whatever application currently has focus though and global hotkeys for resident applications are usualy configurable also.Jason | http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/jsandys | http://blogs.catapultsystems.com/jsandys/default.aspx | Twitter @JasonSandys

The popup says "SCCM will now scan your machine for vunerabililties in the background. You may continue to work and you will be notified if your machine needs updating". It doesn't matter which program I have in focus, SCCM always sends this message in reponse to CTRL+SHIFT+P. I've looked into SCCM configuration and found now utility for defining hotkeys. The reponse I get from our SCCM champion is ... (sounds of crickets).

SCCM doesn't scan for vulerabilities at all. Can you post a screen shot of the message? John Marcum | http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/jmarcum |

I have never heard of that. Ever. So, that implies to me that you have some kind of custom image, where the hotkey of Shift/ctrl/P is defined. Based on the popup message, it sounds like perhaps a custom script to invoke the action "Software Update Scan", i.e., scan for any deserved hotfixes. To me, that sounds like it was possible something done on purpose for helping with rapidly deploying the image, and ensuring that hotfixes were scanned for and installed by a local tech after imaging. You may want to check with the team that builds your image, or possibly ask someone who habitually reimages computers in your office; if that's something on their checklist. I have a feeling it's something on your image.Standardize. Simplify. Automate.

There are no crickets; what you seeing is not from ConfigMgr itself. Also note, there is no product from Microsoft called SCCM and thus a message with "SCCM" in it would never get past marketing. Perhaps this is something your local IT folks have impmented or a piece of malware (my money is on the malware).Jason | http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/jsandys | http://blogs.catapultsystems.com/jsandys/default.aspx | Twitter @JasonSandys

It doesn't appear that a screen capture can be pasted into this window.

Use image shack or flickr or some other service and paste the URL here please.Jason | http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/jsandys | http://blogs.catapultsystems.com/jsandys/default.aspx | Twitter @JasonSandys

http://www.flickr.com/photos/26384794@N02/5139990185/ Thx, Hal

"this photo is private" Standardize. Simplify. Automate.

Yoiks! Now it's public.

Bring up taskmanager and see which process generated that window. You can also have a look at execmgr.log to see if it was initiated by ConfigMgr. It must be something custom; the pictures does not show a default ConfigMgr window.

Nothing in Execmgr.log. I do see Wscript.exe briefly executed in Taskmgr upon activating the hotkeys ... but no idea who is issuing that.

wscript launches? Yeah, and that box completely looks like a msgbox from wscript. Here's what I would do if I were you... it might take a while. from a cmd prompt (or from desktop search) search for *.vbs Hopefully there won't be too many .vbs scripts on your system. open them up in notepad, and see which one might have that msgbox inside of it. And... if you are *extremely* lucky, the person who wrote that vbscript put in comments somewhere who the author was, or why it's needed. Or maybe you can tell by the folder it is stored in. But the whole routine sounds very customized; something very specific to your image, your computer, your company. I'd contact your internal helpdesk, personally, and ask them about it. We aren't going to be able to help you with internally-designed custom processes...Standardize. Simplify. Automate.