September 2011 - Posts
Create standalone Media in Windows 7 fails if USB media >32gb ?
I've seen this time and time again and the only solution that worked for us was to create this media on a Configmgr console installed on a Windows XP computer. Today however I tried to create another key (64GB) in Windows 7 with the Configmgr Console by choosing Create Standalone Media and pointing it to the drive letter that the USB key (64gb) had taken, the process bombed out quite soon in the...
using SCCM 2012 beta 2 in a LAB - Part 12. Test Deploying Windows 8 Developer Preview
Side Note : This is a break from the normal LAB we've been doing. As the Build version of Windows 8 Developer Preview was released yesteday I wanted to test Deploying it, I will use the same Build and Capture Method as we used below in Parts 6-9 but not go into the same detail, in addition, we will disable the capture part as it just doesn't work.... right now. If I can workaround the issues...
using SCCM 2012 beta 2 in a LAB - Part 11. Deploying Software Updates
In Part 1. of this series we Installed SCCM 2012 , in Part 2 we started to configure it. In Part 3 , we configured Beta 2 some more by enabling Active Directory discovery methods, adding some site system roles , configuring the computer client agent and client push settings and finally doing a manual client installation to verify it all worked, in Part 4 we looked at installing an application using...
using SCCM 2012 beta 2 in a LAB - Part 10. Synchronizing Software Updates
In Part 1. of this series we Installed SCCM 2012 , in Part 2 we started to configure it. In Part 3 , we configured Beta 2 some more by enabling Active Directory discovery methods, adding some site system roles , configuring the computer client agent and client push settings and finally doing a manual client installation to verify it all worked, in Part 4 we looked at installing an application using...
How can I retrieve my BitLocker recovery key from MBAM in Windows PE
If you are using MDOP and BitLocker then you are more than likely aware of MBAM . Microsoft BitLocker Administration and Monitoring (MBAM) is a tool used amongst other things, for storing the BitLocker keys used in your Enterprise. This means that you can have a central repository for your MBAM client agents to talk to, and they do this via Group Policy settings. To make things simple, once your computers...
How can I determine if there's a TPM chip on my Lenovo system for BitLocker ?
If you haven't don'e so already check out my similar post on verifying if there's a TPM present for Dell systems here . Using similar logic (it works after all :-)) I've changed the script to look for the Lenovo programmed response and edited my task sequence to load the required Lenovo drivers in the order they must be placed, the Lenovo Check for TPM group will only run based on a...
