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• Script to Rename Computer During OSD

  In assisting a recent customer implement an upgrade from WinXP to Win7, they requested that the names be changed to fit a new standard as part of the in-place imaging process. In this particular case, all of the computers had a name that ended with a... Posted Feb 16 2013, 10:47 AM by t3chn1ck Filed under: Scripting, VBScript, Task Sequence, ConfigMgr 07, ConfigMgr 12

• Standalone Imaging Solution

  I’ve been in a situation a couple of times where a client was going to use a third-party vendor to image hardware offsite, but didn’t have Microsoft deployment tools (WAIK, WDS, MDT, SCCM, etc.) for deploying the standard WIM image that was... Posted Nov 14 2012, 09:14 PM by t3chn1ck Filed under: Scripting, How-To, VBScript, Windows 7, ConfigMgr 07, ConfigMgr 12, WSIM

• VBScript to Delete HKCU values or keys

  Based upon my VBScript to create HKCU registry keys and/or values, I’ve created a script that does the opposite of deleting keys and/or values. This code was also updated to locate the default user profile path for Windows 7 (and newer). '=... Posted Nov 12 2012, 08:31 PM by t3chn1ck Filed under: Scripting, VBScript

• VBScript to delete Novell registry keys

  Recently I created a script for a colleague that will recursively delete some Novell registry keys if found in HKEY_USERS. It doesn’t check if the key exists first, it’ll just try to delete it. However, if the key does exist and does have... Posted Jun 02 2012, 09:50 AM by t3chn1ck Filed under: Scripting, VBScript

• Hiding a task sequence progress UI

  If you have a custom HTA or dialog box as part of a task sequence, the dialog box could get in the way. And it’s quite annoying to manually drag it out-of-the-way every time. A workaround to this is to hide that task sequence dialog box altogether... Posted Apr 09 2012, 09:43 AM by t3chn1ck Filed under: Scripting, VBScript, Task Sequence, The Power of Task Sequences

• VBScript to Run SCCM Software Updates Scan

  A challenge with installing software updates during a task sequence is that it may occur where not all updates are applied on the first pass. The workaround is run software updates, run a VB Script or PowerShell script to force another scan, then run... Posted Jan 26 2012, 03:04 PM by t3chn1ck Filed under: SCCM, OSD, VBScript, Task Sequence, Software Updates

• Workaround for Installing Office Updates During an Image Build

  Ran into an interesting situation with an image build. I created a custom Office 2010 SP1 install using the OCT. During execution of my image build task sequence, Software Updates was not detecting any of the updates for Office. Further diagnosis revealed... Posted Jan 04 2012, 05:58 PM by t3chn1ck Filed under: SCCM, Troubleshooting, OSD, VBScript

• OSD Options Chooser v2

  The following custom HTA can be used during OSD when imaging computers with SCCM 2007. It has been updated from my previous version and will do the following: Section 1 – for the name to be give to the computer. Section 2 – for the technician... Posted Sep 22 2011, 01:53 PM by t3chn1ck Filed under: Scripting, SCCM, OSD, HTA, VBScript

• Script to delete specific IE cookie

  We had a recent need to delete IE cookies from a specific website throughout the organization. ‘========================================================================== ‘ NAME: DeleteIeCookies ‘ AUTHOR: Nick Moseley , http://t3chn1ck... Posted Aug 19 2011, 10:36 AM by t3chn1ck Filed under: Scripting, VBScript

• USMT workaround for BGInfo desktop wallpaper

  If you use BGInfo on your computers and migrate a user’s profile to a new computer, you’ll soon discover that the BGInfo of the new computer is overlaying BGInfo from the old computer, creating a very ugly desktop wallpaper. The reason for... Posted Jun 24 2011, 03:07 PM by t3chn1ck Filed under: Scripting, SCCM, VBScript, USMT

• Workaround for KB2444193 with USMT 4

  There is a known issue when migrating to Windows 7 with USMT. If a computer is deployed using an AutoUnattend.xml, then after migrating a user to the new computer, when the user launches IE they receive the message “A program on your computer has... Posted Jun 24 2011, 12:03 PM by t3chn1ck Filed under: Scripting, SCCM, VBScript, USMT

• Script to Check Devices Without Drivers

  This is a quick script that I wrote to identify if a remote computer has a device without a driver installed. ‘========================================================================== ‘ NAME: DevicesWithoutDrivers ‘ ‘ AUTHOR... Posted Mar 30 2011, 03:38 PM by t3chn1ck Filed under: Scripting, VBScript

• Setting HKCU Array Values

  This was a request from someone on an example for creating array registry values for all users on a computer. I hope it us useful to others! ‘========================================================================== ‘ NAME: HKCU_array.vbs... Posted Aug 10 2010, 03:14 PM by t3chn1ck Filed under: Scripting, VBScript

• SMS Installer versus VBScript/PowerShell

  I was putting this information together for an architecture document. Thought I’d share it because this shows why I love SMS Installer! Microsoft SMS Installer Usage: Installation “wrapper” to automate tasks such as initiating installation with... Posted May 19 2010, 11:57 AM by t3chn1ck Filed under: VBScript, SMS Installer, Miscellaneous Ramblings

• Fix SCCM Client Scan State

  If you have a client system that is incorrectly reporting it’s Software Updates scan state, you can use the follow script to force the client to do a full report of the compliance scan state. It has worked for me thus far! ‘ Script from http... Posted Jan 11 2010, 02:17 PM by t3chn1ck Filed under: SCCM, Troubleshooting, VBScript