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Scripting Dell TouchPad configurations
Nick Moseley put a post about dealing with Dell TouchPad configurations.  Read his post here. We recently received the new Dell E6320 and E6420 laptops...
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Save time (and avoid pain) - Create a MDT test environment
To quote Johan, this is an “oldie but goodie”. I’ve got an older post here that talks about the same principal, but always a good thing to read and practice...
Configuration Manager MPCERT and MPLIST Returning HTTP Error 500–Internal Server Error
I recently had an issue with my hyper-v lab where my MP quit working.  It’s a test lab so I’m making changes all the time.  So no big surprise...
Microsoft Deployment Toolkit–Controlling The Task Sequence Progress Bar And Individual Step Status
Huge thanks to Keith Garner for answering my questions and showing me this function. Thanks Keith! I was recently working with a client that had some custom...
Show User Notification from Package or Task-Sequence
Read the article here. Credit to Roger Zander for this nifty trick. A way to show a simple user notification message from a Task-Sequence or a Software...
Active Directory Group and ConfigMgr Collection Creation HTA
This information is provided as-is, you at your own risk. Updated my HTA for creating AD groups and collections with a few tweaks and wanted to post the...
System Center Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr)–Updating Package Source Paths
The information provided in this post is provided as-is, this is most likely unsupported, proceed at your own risk. There are times when you may need to...
Optimizing Windows 7 Images For Use In VDI
Great post over on The Deployment Guys blog that talks about a VDI Optimizer tool that creates a VBScript that can be used to customize Vista and above...
Customizing the MDT Task Sequence Editor
Great article over on The Deployment Guys Blog that talks about customizing the MDT Task Sequence Editor to allow your own custom actions as menu options...
Reading and Modifying INI Files with Scripts
Michael Murgolo has a nice post on modifying INI files with scripts over on The Deployment Guys Blog.  “The initialization or INI file format has...
Using Command Shell Scripts with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT)
Michael Murgolo has a nice post over on The Deployment Guys Blog about using command shell (CMD) scripts within MDT.  “OK… I’ll admit it, I like to...
Uninstalling iSeries Legacy Client Access
If you have legacy iSeries Windows Client Access and need to do an upgrade to the latest 6.1 version, it can be a little challenging to get the old version...
Making Sure A ConfigMgr Task Sequence Has All The Packages It Needs To Continue Part 2
I had previously posted on a blog where Michael Niehaus created a powershell script to check for the necessary packages for a task sequence. Jason Schefelmaer...
MDT 2010 – Testing customsettings.ini rules
There is a very slick/simple way to process your customsettings.ini to see if your rules are processing the results you want. All you need to do is create...
Custom Boot Wizard – Maximizing the window
I had previously done a bunch of work on making my custom boot wizard a certain size and centered, and it just didn’t always look as good as I wanted it...
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