using vNext in a LAB Part 1. Installation
This guide is for a beta product, namely vNext Beta 1. You might be wondering why I'm installing it from scratch and not using the VHD provided by Microsoft , the reason why is because I want to experience everything that is required to get vNext running in my Lab from installation, configuration and management. This is Part 1 of a series, more coming soon. Get your Lab Ready. My vNext Lab is hosted...
while editing a task sequence you receive an error "Unable to Store Task Sequence"
I had this problem today so thought i'd blog about it, as it's so annoying. Imagine you are editing your masterpiece and you make a change to the task sequence and click apply. The ConfigMgr console reports back an error similar to this: Error: The task sequence can not be created. Please see following error information or log file to resolve the issue. - An error occurred when storing the...
Preventing Task Sequence Reboot After Software Install which produces a 3010 exit code
This is one that you'll deal with sooner or later, Windows XP Service Pack 3 is a valid example (requires a reboot after install and therefore produces an exit code of 3010 or 0x80070bc2 Your task sequence will interpret the return code and act upon it by restarting your install before continuing but this may not be your desired result. To get around this you need to wrap the original program in...
How can I get my task sequence to prompt for a password ?
Ever wanted to prompt a user for a password prior to the Task Sequence doing it's job, well you can and this is how I do it [ in WinPE ] create a blank text file in notepad called promptforpassword.wsf paste the following into it <job id = "PromptForPassword" > <script language = "VBScript" > Dim env , oTSProgressUI , MyPass Set env = CreateObject ( "Microsoft...
Possible Domain Join Failure when specifying OU and Domain Level is Windows 2000
I saw this today on Technet and wanted to share it, blog it, long story short a guy was having problems joining his Windows 7 computer to the domain, he was specifying an OU and we later found out, his domain level was Windows 2000 native. After requesting to see his netsetup.log file (which logs domain join failures into c:\windows\debug\) the following was observed 07/21/2010 08:30:58:226 NetpMapGetLdapExtendedError...
Sent out an advertisement you wish you hadn't ?
I think this will happen to most of us sooner or later, you send out an advertisement of an application or even worse an OSD deployment and it targets more than you bargained for, end result, mayhem and panic ensues. In the midst of the panic you might do something that will make figuring out who is affected by this even harder so to save you some grief i'll tell you: DO: * do keep the advertisement...
summary of points taken from the keynote MMS 2010
I didn't get to MMS 2010, but I made sure to watch the keynote by Bob, and here are some fairly random points I've taken from the Keynote, if they don't make sense then apologies, I took these while watching it on my TV at home , so was typing and listening and tweeting at the same time please watch the keynote again @ http://www.studiosevent.com/newscenter/?id=mms The Cloud So far there's...
WEBCAST #2 - Dynamically Installing Applications in SCCM
hi all, here is webcast #2, Dynamically Installing Applications in SCCM . This webcast references the following post: Dynamic application Installation You can download the webcast here (73MB), please do me a favor and leave your feedback/suggestions/comments about the webcast. cheers niall
Network Printers not migrating in Offline Mode ? - Network printer mapping
You are using Offline mode in Windows PE and you notice it's not migrating your network printers . Don't worry, windows-noob is here to help, add the following XML file to your existing USMT 4 package. Please note: the following has been tested successfully with this guide . Please also note that this will migrate the network printers settings but not the printer drivers. Add the printers.xml...
Wallpaper not migrating in Offline Mode in SCCM via a Task Sequence ?
ok you are using Offline mode in Windows PE and you notice it's not migrating your wallpaper amongst other things . Well all hope is not lost, you can simply make some new XML files and add them to your existing USMT 4 package to migrate the additional stuff, in this example we will migrate the wallpaper. Please note: the following has been tested successfully with the guide here : Add the wallpaper...
Using Update Lists when deploying Monthly Updates
I've put together some posts over on windows-noob explaining how you can utilise Update Lists when deploying updates , there are more parts coming but I wanted to give you a look all the same, right now there are 3 parts (i'll update this post when there are more) and it should be enough to get even the most inexperienced patcher up to speed quickly, introducing the concept of using an Update...
Creating Standalone Media can produce an error if packages on the selected dp are not available at package source
I came across this while building a USB key to do a standalone deployment and the error produced wasn't so helpful so I thought i'd document how to resolve it. Error: Some required packages are not available in selected distribution points. Please select more distribution points. Ok, based on the error I tried to select all dp's but still it failed with the same message, meaning i could...
Webcast: Offline Mode in Windows PE using USMT 4 via a task sequence in SCCM 2007 SP2
I know a lot of you have asked for more details and clarification so here it is, it's Offline Mode in Windows PE and references the following post . I hope the webcast brings some clarity into how the process works in SCCM. You can download the webcast: Offline Mode in WinPE - here cheers niall
How can I Deploy Applications based on AD security group membership for Computers using a Task Sequence Step by Step
The following guide is based upon a post by Daniel Oxley on The Deployment Guys blog where he showed a MDT Task Sequence which could install applications based on Active Directory queries, I have modified the script provided and created a brand new Task Sequence for System Center Configuration Manager 2007. All you have to do is to import the Task Sequence into ConfigMgr and start dynamically installing...
Migrate XP to Windows 7 using Offline mode in Windows PE - screenshots describing the process
I've been testing scanstate in Offline mode while in Windows PE in the last few days for Windows XP to Windows 7 migrations and it's impressive and fast, so I thought this would be a good way of showing you how the process works using some screenshots and links to info. First of all we start with a Windows XP desktop, nothing fancy, I’ve just dumped 2.5GB of data onto the desktop for the Demo...
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