April 5, 2012 in MDT, MDT 2010, MDT 2012, Microsoft Deployment Toolkit, Operating System Deployment, OS Deployment, OSD, PowerShell, Scripting, VBScript, Windows 7, WinPE by Jase T. Wolfe
Often in desktop deployment, many environmental conditions are assumed and taken for granted. This can result in a great deal of head scratching when those elements are suddenly taken away. One of the biggest [...]
by Rod Trent
March 29, 2012 in Windows, Windows 7 by Rod Trent
Windows XP support ends on April 8, 2014 – per the Citrix post. That right there is plenty reason to get your Windows 7 migrations planned, started, and completed in the next 2 years [...]
by Jay Connor
March 29, 2012 in Microsoft Deployment (MDT), SCCM 2007, System Center Configuration Manager, Windows 7 by Jay Connor
We recently had this error happen when reimaging a Windows 7 machine. %_SMSTSMDataPath% is chosen during OSD by finding the largest drive. The problem is that the variable %_SMSTSMDataPath% is not re-evaluated just before [...]
by Jay Connor
March 29, 2012 in Windows 7 by Jay Connor
According to Microsoft you will get this error when you try to activate if your KMS Server hasn’t been patched to accept win 7 clients. I found out you will get this error if [...]
by Rod Trent
March 21, 2012 in Microsoft Deployment (MDT), SCCM 2007, System Center Configuration Manager, Windows, Windows 7 by Rod Trent
From James Avery: Problem My goal was to allow a third party company to Migrate user state from XP to Windows 7 during our Windows 7 Migration project. Doing this tasks through SCCM console [...]
February 16, 2012 in Group Policy, PowerShell, Security, Windows 7 by Matt Benninge
This part will describe how the XML created in Part 1 can be merged into an existing GPO. The manual process for doing this is described here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee791754(v=ws.10).aspx Before launching the application you should [...]
January 24, 2012 in Windows 7 by Chris Nackers
Posted in Windows 7
Nice to know: A simple branding kit for your Windows 7 deployment Mikael Nystrom Mon, 23 Jan 2012 23:40:16 GMT Even if this is anything else but important, branding your OS could sometimes be needed for fun or for profit. The basic concept is to replace some of the images in Windows with your [...]
by Nick Moseley
January 13, 2012 in OSD, Windows 7 by Nick Moseley
For those whom need to add language packs to a Win7 image build/deployment, but only have SCCM infrastructure (without MDT integration), a TechNet forum posting gives the answer (which I’ve posted below). Create a package and copy each lp.cab file into the root (Just rename each cab so they can all exist in the same [...]
by Greg Ramsey
January 9, 2012 in Windows 7 by Greg Ramsey
I ran across these the other day and thought I’d share. None appear to be ‘deep dive’ sessions, but may be helpful to share with a family member, or learn about a new topic…. [...]
January 9, 2012 in Windows, Windows 7 by Admin for myITforum.com
In November 2011, Don Jones gave a Webcast on Windows 7 migrations, entitled: “A Windows 7 Migration is the Perfect Time to Normalize, not Standardize.” Why this snuck by me, I have no idea, [...]
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