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Customising Windows 7 deployments - Part 6. Adding multiple keyboard layouts and multiple languages
This post is an addition to Part 4 where we installed Language packs on a one-by-one basis (i.e. one language pack selected, one installed, one keyboard layout selected, one installed). What if you want to install multiple Language packs and multiple Keyboard Layouts well this is how to do it...but before we continue, make sure you have successfully completed Part 4 before attempting this. To make...
Invalid character in unattend.xml file causing Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Offline Language Pack installation failure
I came across this problem yesterday and after troubleshooting it for a few hours (initially thought it was related to a language pack package versioning issue) the eureka moment arrived, all thanks to reading the logs on the client. First of all let me describe the issue, it was a fairly standard task sequence to install Windows 7 Enterprise X86 Service Pack 1 with Offline Language Packs and it was...
How can I setup a Distribution Point in ConfigMgr 2012 on a Windows 7 computer?
In this guide we will troubleshoot the installation of the distribution point role on a Windows 7 X64 computer, we presume that you have added the Windows 7 computer as a new site system server by doing as follows on your Configuration Manager server. In the Configuration Manager console, click Administration . In the Administration workspace, expand Site Operations , and click Servers and Site System...
Introducing: The BitLocker Frontend HTA
The next logical step for the windows-noob.com FrontEnd HTA which I released back in April 2011 was to add support for BitLocker , and I've added it along with some bugfixes, a new clean look, and some new functionality. What does it do ? first of all what does this HTA do ? it allows you to PXE boot into Windows PE (yes, PE) and do three types of common scenarios for migrating your computers to...
Introducing the windows-noob.com FrontEnd HTA ver 1.0 multipurpose HTA
Introduction: After a lot of development and testing and countless changes it's time to release version 1.0 of the windows-noob.com FrontEnd HTA. This HTA can be used by Network administrators/techs to quickly make choices about Deployment Type (Backup, Reinstall, New Computer) for their migrations from Windows XP to Windows 7 . The HTA comes with pre-written scripts that do the hard work for you...
Customising Windows 7 deployments - part 4. Deploying Language Packs Offline
If you live in Europe you'll most likely need to deploy some additional languages on top of English Windows 7. To achieve this we can add them at the Build and Capture stage or indeed in our Deploy Windows 7 Enterprise task sequence. All installations of Windows® 7 contain at least one language pack and the language-neutral binaries that make up the core operating system. Licensing requirements...
Build and Capture Windows 7 sample task sequence adding windows updates by specifying the SLP
During Build and Capture you'll most likely want to have the latest Windows Updates in your Capture Image and as part of the Build and Capture process , your computer will be in a Workgroup . This presents some challenges in that the client won't know where to go for windows updates etc, but we can help it find those updates with a Server Locator Point by Installing that role on our SCCM server...
Customising Windows 7 deployments - part 1. Changing the keyboard layout using unattend.xml
This is a very common question, how can I change the regional, keyboard, locale etc in Windows 7, so I'll try and explain how i do it in this post. In this example we will make the Italian keyboard layout (it-IT) the default keyboard layout for Windows 7 login screen, location, keyboard layout. Now of course you can add many more changes to your Unattend.xml file and use them all together to apply...
