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MDT Connect Site being retired on April 5, 2013
This just in… In order to give you a more convenient and consolidated location to file bugs and feature requests for Client Management products and services such as System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, Windows Intune and the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit, we’re retiring the MDT Connect Site effective April 5, 2013. At that time any active feedback on the MDT Connect...
A Look At The ZTIGather Flow and The CustomSettings.INI File
"I don't understand the CustomSettings.ini file." I hear this from a high percentage of clients who use MDT in their environment. If they started with an MDT-only deployment position, I will often see a rules file that was primarily configured by MDT and then some light additions, but they often do not have a clear understanding of how the processing...
A QuickStart Guide to Using Web Services in MDT / SCCM
A baker doesn’t have the same job as an accountant who doesn’t have the same job as a painter: different tools, different working environment, different products. Whereas you wouldn’t dream of developing a working environment for one of those users and forcing the other two to use it, this often is the base premise for corporate desktops; a one-size-fits-all approach...
SCCM 2012 SP1 Uber Console
How would you like to install the SCCM 2012 SP1 Console/Help files/Toolkit, MDT 2012 Update 1, DaRT 8.0, PowerShell Right Click Tools, and the SCCM Client Center all with one click? I have created a task sequence that will do just that. Deploying out the SCCM administration tools can be difficult for new users of SCCM. A big part of...
Script for migrating and remapping print queues for Windows 7 upgrade deployments
You may have missed it, so I’ll highlight it here, but Kaushal Pandey, an Associate Consultant with Microsoft Global Delivery, and Guest Blogger for the Deployment Guys blog, has written up a great post detailing an issue and a scripted solution. The issue Kaushal sees quite a bit is that customers have trouble remapping printer queues during a deployment from...
Deployment Image Servicing Management (DISM) – Removing An Injected Update From The Image
The following commands are used to identify and remove an update that has been injected into the image. The DISM commands need to be executed from the Deployment Tools Command Prompt. This is part of the Windows AIK. First, we need to get some information on the image so we can properly mount the image [...]
Ditching the Windows 8 Start screen for OS deployments
On the MDT/OSD email list over the past few days there’s been discussion about the Windows 8 Start screen and how to deploy the OS so that it boots directly to the old, familiar Windows shell instead of the Start screen. The idea is that, by doing this, the new OS can be deployed now and the end-user is given...
One to be aware of: McAfee Access Protection and MDT 2012
There have been reports that a DISM Error:5 error is being exhibited when building a boot ISO with the Microsoft Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (WADK) 8 and Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2012. After some tiered escalations, it has been identified that McAfee’s Access Protection is the culprit. Access Protection is a security feature within VirusScan Enterprise that provides zero-day...
New Dell driver cabs for WinPE 3 and WinPE 4 available
Warren Byle just announced that there are new Dell driver cabs available for WinPE 3 and WinPE4. Here’s the announcement with the link to the Dell TechCenter: New #Dell driver cabs for WinPE 3 and WinPE 4 available on @delltechcenter dell.to/V4qBKW #configmgr #mdt #sysctr — Warren Byle (@WarrenByle) January 7, 2013
Corporate Identity / OEM Branding in Windows 8
I’ve deployed corporate desktops since Windows 95 and I can’t recall a single client that wanted us to build desktops with the default Microsoft-provided images. As Microsoft released new versions of Windows, they introduced new components that clients wanted customized as well; first the lock screen when the NT line rolled out, then Help & Support page when 2000 became...
ConfigMgr 2012 Packages Fail When Set to "run program from distribution point"
If you are seeing the error “No accessible source location found for the content” in execmgr.log on your ConfigMgr 2012 clients just after an entry such as “Executing program setup.exe” you have configured your package and deployment in a way this makes it impossible for the package to install. It seems strange to me that the product will even allow...
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DC: I look forward to hearing Brad at TechEd 2013...
DC: I just entered. Wish me luck :)...
johnny: this is bs...
Rod Trent: That happens. Its a false positive because there are scripts in the zi...
Tim: Virus detected for the Right Click Tools Link!!...