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Changes to built-in collections are overwritten when you upgrade to System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1

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This article provides a workaround for the issue that built-in collections that are changed in Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager are reset to the default settings when you upgrade to System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Service Pack 1 (SP1).

Original product version:   Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager
Original KB number:   2739984

Symptoms

Consider this scenario:

  • You have System Center 2012 Configuration Manager installed.
  • You change one or more of the built-in collections.
  • You try to upgrade to System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1.

In this scenario, you receive the following warning message during the prerequisites check:

One or more of the built-in collections has been modified. If you ignore this warning, these modifications will be overwritten by Configuration Manager setup.

If you proceed with the upgrade, the built-in collections are reset to the default settings during the upgrade process.

Cause

This issue occurs because built-in collections are read-only and cannot be changed in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1.

Note

In System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, some built-in collections can be changed by administrators.

Workaround

To work around the issue, copy the changed built-in collections before you upgrade to System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1, and then re-create the deployment after the upgrade process is complete.