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SCCM and Deployment week in New York
17 March 10 09:15 AM | rodtrent | with no comments

TrueSec offers a deployment and SCCM fest in New York City the week of April 13-15. Three of the most prominent deployment masters are in New York to each...

Filed under: Microsoft Deployment, System Center

Download details: HPC Pack 2008 SP1 Fix for excessively large boot.wim
17 February 10 08:31 AM | rodtrent | with no comments

  After installing HPC Pack 2008 Service Pack 1 the "boot.wim" file on the headnode may slowly grow to an excessive size. Apply this update...

Filed under: Microsoft Deployment

NIC devices that require a special driver for WinPE may cause a ConfigMgr Task Sequence to fail if a Vista or newer OS is being deployed via an Operating System Install Package
09 February 10 07:50 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

  If separate NIC drivers are offered by an OEM manufacturer for use in Windows PE vs. the full Windows OS, the Task Sequence may fail if the Windows...

Filed under: Microsoft Deployment, System Center, ConfigMgr 2007

User Driven OSD Deployments with Modena
08 February 10 02:10 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

  Microsoft Code-named “Modena” is one of the project internal names that was founded to deliver a enterprise-ready Configuration Manager 2007 Operating...

Filed under: Microsoft Deployment, System Center, OSD, Modena

Solution - Status 0xc0000001 when deploying Windows 7 via OSD in ConfigMgr 2007
04 February 10 03:46 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

  When deploying Windows 7 via OSD in SCCM 2007 SP2, upon rebooting from the WinPE stage to Windows 7 Mini-Setup, Windows may not start The Configuration...

Filed under: Microsoft Deployment, System Center, ConfigMgr 2007, OSD

New Solution Accelerator Beta Available
01 February 10 07:15 AM | rodtrent | with no comments

  The beta version of the Configuration Manager Dashboard is now available on the Connect website. Michael Niehaus' Windows and Office deployment...

Filed under: Microsoft Deployment, Solution Accelerator

Support added through a couple hotfixes for 802.1x in Windows PE
15 January 10 07:18 AM | rodtrent | with no comments

  Since the dawn of time, Windows PE (WinPE) has not had any support for the 802.1x authentication protocol. This meant that any network deployment...

Filed under: Windows, Microsoft Deployment

The Deployment Guys : Setting MDT Time Zone Variables from the Source OS Time Zone
11 January 10 04:59 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

  System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Operating System Deployment has the ability to migrate the time zone from the source operating system to...

Filed under: Microsoft Deployment, System Center, ConfigMgr 2007

The Deployment Guys : Creating a SID Mapping File with Windows PowerShell
15 December 09 08:13 AM | rodtrent | with no comments

  Before I became a “Deployment Guy”, I used to be an “Active Directory Guy” and worked on quite a few Active Directory deployments and migrations...

Filed under: Scripting, Microsoft Deployment, Windows PowerShell

The Deployment Guys : Awesome feature with a catch
11 December 09 03:20 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

  Windows Vista (and later) all have IPv6 enabled by default. However, in Windows Vista/Server 2008 (SP2 or earlier) the IPv6 adapter is reinstalled...

Filed under: Microsoft Deployment, System Center

Ask the Core Team : Windows 7 Useful Links
08 December 09 03:01 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

  Below is a list of useful links when it comes to Deployment (MDT 2010 and SCCM), USMT 4.0, Activation, Application Compatibility, and Boot to VHD...

Filed under: Microsoft Deployment, System Center, ConfigMgr 2007, Windows 7

Michael Niehaus' Windows and Office deployment ramblings : Workaround posted for ConfigMgr SP2 issue with USMT 4.0
02 December 09 07:15 AM | rodtrent | with no comments

  Levi Stevens posted a blog entry today describing a workaround for an issue with ConfigMgr SP2 and USMT 4.0 that causes USMT to not capture all...

Filed under: Microsoft Deployment, System Center, ConfigMgr 2007

The Deployment Guys : Windows 7 RTM Issue with Group Policy Enforced Wallpaper
25 November 09 06:34 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

  I was asked by our Support folks to let you know about an issue that effects Windows 7 when you try to set the desktop wallpaper through Group Policy...

Filed under: Microsoft Deployment, Group Policy, Active Directory, Windows 7

Understanding USMT with MDT 2010 « Xtreme Deployment
20 November 09 06:10 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

  The User State Migration Tool (USMT) is an extremely powerful and essential piece of an Operating System Deployment.  With the release of the...

Filed under: Microsoft Deployment

Installing Office 2010 Beta with MDT 2010 « Xtreme Deployment
18 November 09 04:35 PM | rodtrent | with no comments

  The Office 2010 Beta went public late last night so you might be wondering how to deploy it with MDT 2010. Installing Office 2010 Beta with MDT...

Filed under: Office, Software, Microsoft Deployment, System Center