I only want to migrate the profiles on a computer and nothing else from the C:\ drive. What arguments for scan/load state could accomplish this?
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USMT scan/load state arguments
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disable comments in Task Sequence wizard screen
Hi MDT guys,
In the Task Sequence editor you have a comment field. We use this comment field for holding a changelog of changes made to the task sequence.
Those comments typed in that field are showed in the Choose a task sequece Wizard Screen.
How can i disable these comments from displayed in the Task Sequence Wizard screen? We use descibing names for our Task Sequences so we don't use the comment function for descriptions
I know much of it is coded in the XML file (DeployWiz_SelectTS.xml) but i can't find the code for the comment field.
Thanks in advance
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WSUS updaes not working in MDT image deploy
We have set up a WSUS server to for windows updates during image deployment. We have added the WSUS server value WSUSServer=http://WSUServer in the CustomSettings.ini. When we do a deployment everything works as normal but the updates are not being applied from the WSUS server. I have looked for the ZTIWindowsUpdate log file in the C:\MININT\SMSOSD\OSDLOGS and it is not there where else can this file be so we can find out why the updates are not working. Is something else that needs to be configured to get the updates to work from the WSUS server?
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autologon failed after windows7 deployment with mdt2012 ,winxp is working fine
I get a problem that autologon failed after windows7 deployment with mdt2012 ,the error message is about incorrent user name or password , I notice that the windows logon as the domain\administrator instead
of local\administrator , then I manually click ok and type administrator and password ,then it is working ,and proceed the application installation
etc..
then I try to deploy windows xp ,.winxp is working fine,system could logon automatically with local administrator account and then deploy application
does anyone who knows the reason for help ? thanks
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MDT 2010 stuck at log on screen - perhaps not what you might think
Of 8 different makes and models of PCs/laptops I'm able to successfully build, some new Samsung laptops I have get stuck at the log on screen. It's trying to log on with an account it calls .\Administrator.
We do use group policy to rename the Administrator account and, when I enter these credentials it logs in and finishes off the build and restarts. Although the build isn't properly finished as I still have the C:\MININT folder there (I believe it's supposed to delete this on completion)
I know it looks like the GP thing is going to be the issue but it works ok on every other make/model of PC I build including a very similar Samsung model (I'm having issues with the 400B4B but the 400B2B works fine).
I'm not quite sure why the others work fine though. It seems to be that for whatever reason the GP to rename the Administrator account on everything else isn't applied/taking effect until after it's logged on and done it's final reboot (I have a finishaction=restart setting in my customsettings.ini file).
When it works it seems to build the image, add to domain, reboot, it then installs a load of software by GP, I get to the 'You must accept the firm's security policy before loggin on' screen on which I just press enter (I'm happy doing this) and then it logs on with the local admin account, finishes off and then does it's final reboot. On the troublesome Samsungs, after I press ok to accept the security policy, that's when it's unable to automatically log on.
I look in C:\MININT and the log files aren't in there so it did get as far as moving them at least. It leaves a folder called Tools only in MININT with a folder called X86 which contains so .dlls in that.
In the log files (in C:\Windows\Temp\Deployment Logs aside from the smsts log in the admin profile) I can't see anything obvious in any of them - if anyone has any idea what to look for & in which log I'd be grateful for any suggestions.
Many thanks.
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Dirty Environment error.
Is there a fix for this message that comes up "an existing in progress deployment was found but is not in an expected state. Would you like to ignore this in progress deployment and start a new one? I used the HIDESHELL=YES command but I'd
like to be able to see the background that I had set up for my light touch deployment. I am using the full version of MDT 2012.
Brother's and Sisters all Rise!
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\device\harddisk1/dr1
I do not know how to get rid of this popup. What is device\harddisk1\drive and how do I fix or get rid of it?
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MDT with WDS PXE Booting: Can you boot both x86 and x64 by choice?
I have managed to get MDT to work with WDS PXE boot with x64 images.
All of our hardware is x64 capable, but we need to sometimes deploy 32-bit Windows XP even though the hardware supports 64-bit. If WDS is "detecting" the hardware architecture, it would always detect 64-bit and we cannot have that if we are not going to use an x64 OS on that specific system.
Is there any way to set this up so WDS has both boot images available and you are given a menu choice so you can choose whether it will PXE boot into x86 or x64 mode on a case by case basis?
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MDT 2012 - Update Deploymentshare: Unable to open the specified WIM file
Hi @ all
wie have updated our Litetouch boot image using DISM and know we try to update the deploymentshare but we get the following error.
=== Making sure the deployment share has the latest x86 tools ===
=== Processing LiteTouchPE (x86) boot image ===
Building requested boot image profile.
System.Management.Automation.CmdletInvocationException: Unable to open the specified WIM file. ---> System.Exception: Unable to open the specified WIM file. ---> System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception: The system cannot find the file specified
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at Microsoft.BDD.Core.BDDWimFile..ctor(String wimPath, Boolean forUpdate)
at Microsoft.BDD.PSSnapIn.UpdateDeploymentPoint.UpdateBootImage(String template, String platform, String dpPath, Boolean createISO, String isoName)
at Microsoft.BDD.PSSnapIn.UpdateDeploymentPoint.ProcessRecord()
at System.Management.Automation.CommandProcessor.ProcessRecord()
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.Management.Automation.Internal.PipelineProcessor.SynchronousExecuteEnumerate(Object input, Hashtable errorResults, Boolean enumerate)
at System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.LocalPipeline.InvokeHelper()
at System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.LocalPipeline.InvokeThreadProc()
Unable to open the specified WIM file? The image ist is stil in the boot folder.
Anybody an idea or an solution for that problem?
Thank's
Adrian
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MDT Admin database - security rights required
I've setup MDT 2012 integration to Configmgr 2012 in lab. Created the Admin database and, as recommended, using Named Pipes. SQL is on a dedicated VM from Configmgr
When I ran through the wizard I chose NOT to setup a SQL Share - since it was optional
Testing and it cannot access the SQL database (called MDT 2012). Reading a few threads I setup a shared directory on the server called MDT2012$ with everyone full control access. I then manually updated customsettings.ini as below
[CSettings]
SQLServer=LONSQL01
Database=MDT 2012
Netlib=DBNMPNTW
SQLShare=MDT2012$
Table=ComputerSettings
Parameters=UUID, AssetTag, SerialNumber, MacAddress
ParameterCondition=OR
[CPackages]
SQLServer=LONSQL01
Database=MDT 2012
Netlib=DBNMPNTW
SQLShare=MDT2012$
Table=ComputerPackages
Parameters=UUID, AssetTag, SerialNumber, MacAddress
ParameterCondition=OR
Order=Sequence
[CApps]
SQLServer=LONSQL01
Database=MDT 2012
Netlib=DBNMPNTW
SQLShare=MDT2012$
Table=ComputerApplications
However still getting problems - this is bdd.log
Validating connection to \\LONSQL01\MDT2012$ ZTIGather 15/08/2012 10:21:42 0 (0x0000)
Already connected to server LONSQL01 ZTIGather 15/08/2012 10:21:42 0 (0x0000)
OPENING TRUSTED SQL CONNECTION to server LONSQL01. ZTIGather 15/08/2012 10:21:42 0 (0x0000)
Connecting to SQL Server using connect string: Provider=SQLOLEDB;OLE DB Services=0;Data Source=LONSQL01;Initial Catalog=MDT 2012;Network Library=DBNMPNTW;Integrated Security=SSPI ZTIGather 15/08/2012 10:21:42 0 (0x0000)
ZTI error opening SQL Connection: Cannot open database "MDT 2012" requested by the login. The login failed. (-2147467259) ZTIGather 15/08/2012 10:21:42 0 (0x0000)
Unable to establish database connection using [RADMINS] properties. ZTIGather 15/08/2012 10:21:42 0 (0x0000)
Do i need to specify any specific permissions to the SQL database - Presumably Named Pipes means you don't have to do this ?
Also does it use a "named account" to connect to the SQL database?
Thanks
Ian Burnell, London (UK)
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MDT 2012 asks for product key during deployment of XP
When setting up the task sequence to deploy Windows XP, I specified the OEM CD Key I use to use with MDT 2010. I am using Dell OEM media on Dell Hardware with a Dell OEM Key. I can enter the key when prompted during the deployment, but it will not automatically be used during the deployment.
Mark
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FAILURE (5615) Error message when USB boot drive is plugged in
I have set up an MDT 2012 deployment share and am able to deploy Win7 images successfully using a USB WinPE drive. However, it only works properly if I disconnect the USB drive before starting deployment. If the USB drive is left connected during the "Format and Partition Disk" task in the Preinstall group, it proceeds with OS install, but fails with this error before the expected reboot:
FAILURE (5615): False: Boot Drive was not found, required?
Litetouch deployment failed, Return Code = -2147467259 0x80004005
Failed to run the action: Install Operating System.
Unknown error (Error: 000015EF; Source: Unknown
The execution of the group (Install) has failed and the execution has been aborted. An action failed.
Operation aborted (Error: 80004004; Source: Windows)
Failed to run the last action: Install Operating System. Execution of the task sequence failed.
Unknown error (Error: 000015EF; Source: Unknown)
Task Sequence Engine failed! Code: enExecutionFail
Task sequence execution failed with error code 80004005
Error Task Sequence Manager failed to execute task sequence. Code 0x80004005
I tried rebooting the system after this to see if it had completed successfully anyway. The system attempted to boot to PXE as if there was no bootable OS on the drive.
If USB drive is unplugged beforehand, the whole deploy process completes with no errors.
How can I fix this so the USB can be left plugged in? I wouldn't mind having to unplug the drive but I am trying to set this up for helpdesk users who may forget to unplug and waste time having to redo the process.
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MDT-Deployment Workbench -MSXML 6.0- WAIK error
Hello, I have installed MDT 2010 update 1 on a Win 2008 R2 64bit server(Virtual Machine). WAIK has also been installed. When I check the deployment workbench MSXML 6.0 is showing a status error and WAIK Queued. HOw can I resolve this. Kind regards
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A connection to the deployment share cannot be made. Connection OK. Possible cause: Invalid Credentials.
I'm hoping that someone out there can help me resolve this problem that I am having. I have worked on this for several days now, tring almost anything that I could find in the posts here as well as any other message board.
The problem is this: I am trying to do a PC refresh of an existing XP machine to Windows 7 using the MDT 2010 Update 1 toolkit. I have imported a base OS into the workbench, added applications to the workbench, added out of box drivers, and created a task sequence. I then updated the deployment share.
On the XP machine that I want to "refresh", I have started the LiteTouch.vbs script and it runs through completion in the XP environment. It captures the user state (I opened up Windows explorer and could see files being created under the MiniNT folder of the users profiles) and completes that process and reboots.
Here is where the problem starts. After rebooting and "starting Windows 7", upon getting to the flashy "Microsoft | Solution Accelerators" screen I get a popup error stating "Connection to deployment share (\\servername\DeploymentShare$) cannot be made. Connection OK. Possible cause: Invalid credentials." Then you get three options to Ignore, Abort, Cancel. I believe that the "Ignore" and "Abort" options will put you out into a command window.
So when in that window, I have tried various things to see if I have connectivity as well as the IP settings (just to make sure that I am really communicating on the network). An IPCONFIG/ALL shows that I have indeed pulled a valid IP address from the DHCP server and a ping of the server IP does result in returned traffic. Even a ping by servername returns packets, so it's not a communication problem.
When trying to do a net view servername it returns an "System error 5 occurred Access denied". I don't understand why this is happening since I have the DeploymentShare shared out using the default when the installation created the share "Everyone/Full control" share permissions and the NTFS permissions are "Users, Read, Execute, List, and Special Perm's Create files and folders". The account that I used initially to connect to the share worked just fine as it downloaded all the files to the "refresh" machine without any issues. I even tried creating a local user on the MDT 2010 server and using that account and still no luck.
So if the account that you intially tell MDT 2010 to use to connect to the network shares is ok and working fine, what account is it using to complete this process when it boots into the Windows 7 installation?
Any help would be greatly appreciated as this is driving me nuts!
Thanks in advance to your suggestions and responses.
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MDT 2010 set Registry Key
Hi,
Can i add a .reg file to make speciffic changes during the build of the machine?
thanks
Steve
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command line security
how to disable all command line security
authantication
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incorrect username/password
Here is the problem, I have successfully made an image using Deployment Toolkit and I have burned the <st1:stockticker w:st="on">ISO</st1:stockticker> to a <st1:stockticker w:st="on">DVD</st1:stockticker> and the booted to the <st1:stockticker w:st="on">DVD</st1:stockticker>, the Solution Accelerator page comes up and I choose to run the deployment wizard then when I am prompted for username, password and domain I enter the information that is authorized to connect to the network shares, but it keeps telling me that the information I provided is wrong incorrect username and password I have tried this about 5 times, but still the same error message. I am in the network administrator group so the credentials should not be a problem, I am the one who made the deployment share and I have given myself full control to this share. What do you think could be the problem?
Thanks
Actually the error message is Invalid credentials network path not found, did I setup something up wrong and if so where? Another thing this may shed some more light on the problem, Windows 2008 R2 is hosting the share, so like I said I ran the deployment wizard and completed it. The folder I have made is a hidden share called \\computername\deploymentshare now if I try to browse to that folder on the local machine I can, but if I try and browse to that folder on a different machine I cannot, even thou both machines are on the same domain and subnet. Now the only thing file service tells me is that there is a problem trying to share a folder but cannot, this folder I did make, but have deleted it because it was wrong and have since made a new one the one we are currently working on. Now there seems to be no problem with sharing the deployment share folder and this folder has the appropriate permissions which should allow me to connect to it. And file services tells me that the folder deploymentshare is being shared. I am guessing this is why I cannot connect to the share in the deployment wizard because there is something wrong with the file sharing?
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Connection to the deployment share could not be made (network driver not installed)
Hi guys! i bought the new laptop Dell Latitude E6510 and try to install the enterprise image but i got the error:
"A connection to the deployment share could not be made. The deployment will not proceed. The following networking device did not have a driver installed PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_10EA&SUBSYS_040B1028&REV_05."
I look on internet and i found out that it is the intel network card driver missing. So i get the driver from Dell website and i added this drivers in the MDT console.
Then i have updated the deployment share to rebuild the boot images. Everything went fine but i always get this error.
Am I missing something ?
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Computer Description in AD through MDT
Hi
I would need to set the computer description in AD during my deployment. below is the script which i have written and im not sure where it is failing but was not able to set the description during the deployment. i dont have a webservice installed and running on my environment and would need to without that. kindly confirm how do i perform withoout a webservice
i have also made the changes on the Deploywiz_Definiton_ENU.XML for entering the description.
<job id="ZTISetComputerDescriptionInAD">
<script language="VBScript" src="ZTIUtility.vbs"/>
<script language="VBScript">
Option Explicit
Dim WshShell
Dim objConnection, objCommand, objRecordSet, strDN, objComputer, desc, message
Dim strComputerName, strSite, domainController
Const ADS_SCOPE_SUBTREE = 2
strComputerName = oEnvironment.Item("OSDComputerName")
strSite = oEnvironment.Item("destSite")
domainController = oEnvironment.Item("nearDom")
Set objConnection = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
Set objCommand = CreateObject("ADODB.Command")
objConnection.Provider = "ADsDSOObject"
objConnection.Open "Active Directory Provider"
Set objCommand.ActiveConnection = objConnection
objCommand.Properties("Page Size") = 1000
objCommand.Properties("Searchscope") = ADS_SCOPE_SUBTREE
Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
If oEnvironment.Item("ComputerDescription") = "" Then
oLogging.CreateEntry "No Computer Description set...", LogTypeWarning
Else
oLogging.CreateEntry "Computer Description variable set to: " & oEnvironment.Item("ComputerDescription"), LogTypeInfo
Set dso = GetObject("LDAP:")
Set oGroup = dso.OpenDSObject("LDAP://" & domainController & "/" & oEnvironment.Item("sourceSite"), oEnvironment.Item("DomainAdminDomain") & "\" & oEnvironment.Item("DomainAdmin"), oEnvironment.Item("DomainAdminPassword"), ADS_SECURE_AUTHENTICATION
+ ADS_SERVER_BIND + ADS_FAST_BIND )
oGroup.Put "description", oEnvironment.Item("ComputerDescription")
oGroup.Setinfo
If Err Then
oLogging.CreateEntry "GetObject Error: " & Err.Number & ") (Error Description: " & Err.Description & ").", LogTypeError
oLogging.CreateEntry "Could not update object, most likley due to missing permissions in Active Directory. Configure this action to run as a user with permissions to update computer accounts in Active Directory (select to Load the users profile).",
LogTypeError
End If
End If
</script>
</job>
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Driver problem?
I have a question we have MDT and WDS working and we have been able to image machine correctly over the network.
Here is another problem we are trying to push our image to a Dell OptiPlex 390’s and a Dell Laptop. When we press F12 to boot off the NIC then press F12 again for network boot, we get an error message right away even before you are asked to start the
wizard. I have included the screenshot. So we thought it was a driver issue, so we went to Dell’s website and download the CAB files for that machine, and properly extracted them and placed the drivers in our out of box
drivers, and then we updated the deployment share in MDT. So then when tried to load our network image and we get the same error as before at the same time.
Is this screenshot related to a driver issue and am I doing the procedure of uploading our drivers correctly?
Now other machines are able to successfully connect and image but these three have given us trouble.
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