Has anyone noticed with USMT5 that wifi profiles back up correctly (scanstate), i.e. this location, "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Wlansvc\Profiles\Interfaces".

But do not restore (loadstate) correctly. i.e. they restore to this location, "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Wlansvc\MigrationData\Profiles\Interfaces"

Hello everyone,

I have successfully configured a new MDT 2012 environment from Release-To-Web versions of MDT. (Clean environment, no remnants of MDT 2010, etc.)

1 - I have copied the DaRT 7.0 Tools.cab file from both an x86 and x64 installation of Windows 7 Enterprise from the tutorial posted here:

http://blogs.technet.com/b/mniehaus/archive/2011/11/28/mdt-2012-new-feature-dart-integration.aspx

I enabled DaRT, updated my boot WIMs, and tried PXE booting to my deployment share. I connect to my deployment share with no issues.

I then open the DaRT toolset from the intro menu.

Problem: The Standalone System Sweeper fails to run. Clicking on it displays "The tool failed to run. Try choosing another tool." The only option is to click OK and takes you back to the main DaRT menu selection.

Tests I have performed so far: For kicks and giggles, I have also rebuilt the boot WIMs with all of the contents from (Admin PC's hard drive) C:\Program Files\Microsoft DaRT 7\v7\ folder into the X:\DeploymentShare\Tools\(x64 or x86)\ . I thought "Sweeper.cab" might do it, but no success.

Also, I know DaRT is partially working. Remote Connection starts automatically when the PC is booted to WinPE. I also know my DaRT media is not corrupted because I was able to generate a DaRT.iso image on my admin PC, extract the .WIM from the ISO and PXE boot that with NO issues. (Everything in that DaRT media works without issues, which leads me to believe it is something in MDT 2012.)

FYI, if it helps any, the "Version.txt" file from the DaRT 7.0 installation says: 7.0.291.0

I have my scratch space on my WinPE media set to "128"

My WAIK version is 7.1 (7.0 with SP1 Supplement)

Also to the MDT 2012 team: Thanks, this version is much more polished out-of-box versus the 2010 initial release. I don't have to use extra scripts to clean up the "dirty" environment at the end of a Task Sequence anymore (it just works now), and I don't get the odd partitioning scheme that 2010 used (BitLocker reasons). So, thumbs up!!!

Thanks,
stealthfield

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MDT 2010

Trying to package up NIC drivers for the Dell models:  Latitude E4300/E4310/6400/6410 and Precision M4400/4500.  I've downloaded the drivers (R244198 and R267025) and extracted them into separate folders. When I point MDT to those folders for importing, I get a bunch of errors. 

No other drivers have this problem. Can anyone else confirm? Anyone know of a fix (other than wait for Dell to provide updated/fixed drivers)?

Thanks

Hi,

Is it possible to deploy Win 7 Embedded with MDT 2010 U1 ? Is it supported by MS ?

Thanks,

Regards.

Hello, we are moving from Ghost to MDT. We have one machine that is NOT joined to the domain and has 3 accounts. I'd like to export the policies for a given "local (kiosk)" account. Can I do that even if I am not logged on as the "kiosk" account. I noticed the "User Policies" are different if I were to log on as "administrator" vs "kiosk" account.

Can someone please guide me in the right direction? I am continuing my search on Google as well.

This has been happening on every version of MDT that ever existed.  Never found a solution. Newer versions of MDT have been failing more frequently. Now it fails every single time:

Scanning directories for the count of INFs to import.
Performing operation "import" on Target "Out-of-box drivers".
Creating new item named Realtek Semiconductor Corp. MEDIA HDAADC.inf 6.0.1.5985 (2) at DS002:\Out-of-Box Drivers\Windows 7 x86\Dell Inc.\Optiplex 7010.
Creating new item named Realtek Semiconductor Corp. MEDIA HDAADCMA.inf 6.0.1.5985 at DS002:\Out-of-Box Drivers\Windows 7 x86\Dell Inc.\Optiplex 7010.

System.Management.Automation.CmdletInvocationException: Index was out of range. Must be non-negative and less than the size of the collection.
Parameter name: index ---> System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException: Index was out of range. Must be non-negative and less than the size of the collection.
Parameter name: index
   at System.Collections.Generic.List`1.get_Item(Int32 index)
   at Microsoft.BDD.PSSnapIn.Verifier.AddDriver(String theInfFile)
   at Microsoft.BDD.PSSnapIn.ImportDriver.ImportDrivers(String thePath)
   at Microsoft.BDD.PSSnapIn.ImportDriver.ImportDrivers(String thePath)
   at Microsoft.BDD.PSSnapIn.ImportDriver.ImportDrivers(String thePath)
   at Microsoft.BDD.PSSnapIn.ImportDriver.ImportDrivers(String thePath)
   at Microsoft.BDD.PSSnapIn.ImportDriver.ProcessRecord()
   at System.Management.Automation.CommandProcessor.ProcessRecord()
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   at System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.PipelineBase.Invoke(IEnumerable input)
   at Microsoft.BDD.Wizards.DriverProgress.WizardProcessing()
   at Microsoft.BDD.Wizards.WizardProgress.InitiateWizardProcessing()

Tried full cab driver packages, single drivers, this one was just a single Audio driver.

It appears MDT is no longer supporting drivers of any kind.

Hi all,

I realize that there are some issues with capturing a thick image that's domain joined, but I am trying to see if there are suitable solutions for what I am trying to achieve.

I am making a thick image for deployment to over 200 desktops. The image is then deployed with multicast (which fast). Some of the software I am installing, in order to configure it correctly, requires it to be domain joined.

Thus, I have a base reference image (built using a separate TS), I have a deployment share and TS that builds the thick image and captures that and then a third deployment share actually deploys the thick image and does a few small things that don't like being cloned.

The issue I run into is that after deploying the OS, the TS isn't logging on automatically as local Administrator. Instead, on the Windows logon, it shows <DOMAIN>\Administrator. When I log on manually as .\Administrator, the TS picks up and finishes successfully.

So, ideally, there is some smart workaround that would make it possible for the TS to logon as .\Administrator instead of getting stuck trying to log on as DOMAIN\Administrator...

When I used to run sysprep manually (using my previous deployment technology), sysprep removed the machine from the domain and it just got rejoined using the unattend file. This seems to be happening, because the machines are joined to the domain with their new names.

I haven't verified it, but it seems as simple as there not being a correct domain name set in the registry key for autologons?

I know I could try the alternative of installing the software, capture the image and in the actual deployment attempt to configure it, but there are some many dependent pieces of software that I wouldn't really have the thick image I am after.

Thanks for any suggestions,

SA.

I try to add BGInfo to the Windows PE background, which is only used to install new computers from an USB drive. I have tried several things without success:

- using a ExtraFiles folder in deployment root folder, and adding the folder in Windows PE settings in MDT. Then copied relevant files to that folder (BGInfo64.exe and the .bgi file and a custom .vbs script for sorting IP's). Also tried to add files to subfolder in the ExtraFiles folder (Windows\System32\)

- In Task Sequence in MDT 2012 I then add a Run Command under Initialization. I have tried several paths in here:
%DeployRoot%\...
X:\Windows\System32\...
E:\Windows\System32\...

Also tried adding the files to Scripts folder and the call them with the %ScriptRoot% path.

So my question is, how can I run BGInfo64.exe in Windows PE during Initialization using MDT 2012? I would prefer not to introduce the unattend.xml file for this. I am trying to keep most settings in the MDT Task Sequence and the customsettings.ini file.

Rayo_Muchacho

Hi
i have SCCM 2012R2 up and running and wanted to integrate it with MDT 2013.
Just out of curiosity, once MDT has been installed, do we really need to download and install WAIK?

What is the benefit of having it in MDT? i can see under MDT Components the status is: Required.

Thanks, M@

Making my first attempt to capture user state and keep running into the same error. I'm following the sample in the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit Samples Guide that I downloaded with MDT 2013. Any hints on where to look for the cause of this would be greatly appreciated.

Andy

Here's the last bit of my bdd.log -

------ Processing the [DEFAULT] section ------    ZTIGather    6/12/2014 11:27:50 AM    0 (0x0000)
------ Done processing \\PONYO\MDTDeploy$\Control\CustomSettings.ini ------    ZTIGather    6/12/2014 11:27:50 AM    0 (0x0000)
Remapping variables.    ZTIGather    6/12/2014 11:27:50 AM    0 (0x0000)
Property TaskSequenceID is now = WIN7_X64_CAPUSR    ZTIGather    6/12/2014 11:27:50 AM    0 (0x0000)
Property DeploymentType is now = REPLACE    ZTIGather    6/12/2014 11:27:51 AM    0 (0x0000)
Finished remapping variables.    ZTIGather    6/12/2014 11:27:51 AM    0 (0x0000)
ZTIGather processing completed successfully.    ZTIGather    6/12/2014 11:27:51 AM    0 (0x0000)
Unable to yield a target Partition (Special Recovery option for Litetouch).    ZTIUserState    6/12/2014 11:27:51 AM    0 (0x0000)
DestinationDisk and Partition did not yield a target Partition.    ZTIUserState    6/12/2014 11:27:51 AM    0 (0x0000)
FAILURE ( 5456 ): Unable to determine Destination Disk, Partition, and/or Drive. See BDD.LOG for more information.    ZTIUserState    6/12/2014 11:27:51 AM    0 (0x0000)
Removing AutoAdminLogon registry entries    LTICleanup    6/12/2014 11:27:53 AM    0 (0x0000)
VSSMaxSize not specified using 5% of volume.    LTICleanup    6/12/2014 11:27:53 AM    0 (0x0000)
Logs contained 8 errors and 0 warnings.    LTICleanup    6/12/2014 11:27:53 AM    0 (0x0000)
No Windows PE image to delete.    LTICleanup    6/12/2014 11:27:53 AM    0 (0x0000)
Checking mapped network drive.    LTICleanup    6/12/2014 11:27:53 AM    0 (0x0000)
testing drive Z: mapped to \\PONYO\MDTDeploy$    LTICleanup    6/12/2014 11:27:53 AM    0 (0x0000)
Disconnecting drive Z: mapped to \\PONYO\MDTDeploy$    LTICleanup    6/12/2014 11:27:54 AM    0 (0x0000)
testing drive Y: mapped to \\PONYO\Logs$    LTICleanup    6/12/2014 11:27:54 AM    0 (0x0000)
Cleaning up E:\MININT directory.    LTICleanup    6/12/2014 11:27:54 AM    0 (0x0000)
Cleaning up TOOLS, SCRIPTS, and PACKAGES directories.    LTICleanup    6/12/2014 11:27:54 AM    0 (0x0000)
Removing E:\MININT folder (final log entry)    LTICleanup    6/12/2014 11:27:54 AM    0 (0x0000)

and this is my smsts.log -

Command line for extension .exe is "%1" %*    TSManager    6/12/2014 11:27:51 AM    1472 (0x05C0)
Set command line: cscript.exe "%SCRIPTROOT%\ZTIUserState.wsf" /capture    TSManager    6/12/2014 11:27:51 AM    1472 (0x05C0)
Start executing the command line: cscript.exe "%SCRIPTROOT%\ZTIUserState.wsf" /capture    TSManager    6/12/2014 11:27:51 AM    1472 (0x05C0)
!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------!    TSManager    6/12/2014 11:27:51 AM    1472 (0x05C0)
Expand a string:     TSManager    6/12/2014 11:27:51 AM    1472 (0x05C0)
Executing command line: cscript.exe "%SCRIPTROOT%\ZTIUserState.wsf" /capture    TSManager    6/12/2014 11:27:51 AM    1472 (0x05C0)
Process completed with exit code 5456    TSManager    6/12/2014 11:27:51 AM    1472 (0x05C0)
!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------!    TSManager    6/12/2014 11:27:51 AM    1472 (0x05C0)
Failed to run the action: Capture User State.
Unknown error (Error: 00001550; Source: Unknown)    TSManager    6/12/2014 11:27:51 AM    1472 (0x05C0)
Sending status message . . .    TSManager    6/12/2014 11:27:51 AM    1472 (0x05C0)
Executing in non SMS standalone mode. Ignoring send a task execution status message request    TSManager    6/12/2014 11:27:51 AM    1472 (0x05C0)
Set a global environment variable _SMSTSLastActionRetCode=5456    TSManager    6/12/2014 11:27:51 AM    1472 (0x05C0)
Set a global environment variable _SMSTSLastActionSucceeded=false    TSManager    6/12/2014 11:27:51 AM    1472 (0x05C0)
Clear local default environment    TSManager    6/12/2014 11:27:51 AM    1472 (0x05C0)
Let the parent group (State Capture) decides whether to continue execution    TSManager    6/12/2014 11:27:51 AM    1472 (0x05C0)
The execution of the group (State Capture) has failed and the execution has been aborted. An action failed.
Operation aborted (Error: 80004004; Source: Windows)    TSManager    6/12/2014 11:27:51 AM    1472 (0x05C0)
Failed to run the last action: Capture User State. Execution of task sequence failed.
Unknown error (Error: 00001550; Source: Unknown)    TSManager    6/12/2014 11:27:51 AM    1472 (0x05C0)
Sending status message . . .    TSManager    6/12/2014 11:27:51 AM    1472 (0x05C0)
Executing in non SMS standalone mode. Ignoring send a task execution status message request    TSManager    6/12/2014 11:27:51 AM    1472 (0x05C0)
Execution::enExecutionFail != m_eExecutionResult, HRESULT=80004005 (e:\nts_sms_fre\sms\client\tasksequence\tsmanager\tsmanager.cpp,767)    TSManager    6/12/2014 11:27:51 AM    1472 (0x05C0)
Task Sequence Engine failed! Code: enExecutionFail    TSManager    6/12/2014 11:27:51 AM    1472 (0x05C0)
****************************************************************************    TSManager    6/12/2014 11:27:51 AM    1472 (0x05C0)
Task sequence execution failed with error code 80004005    TSManager    6/12/2014 11:27:51 AM    1472 (0x05C0)
Cleaning Up. Removing Authenticator    TSManager    6/12/2014 11:27:51 AM    1472 (0x05C0)
Cleaning up task sequence folder    TSManager    6/12/2014 11:27:51 AM    1472 (0x05C0)
DeleteFileW(sVolumeIDFile.c_str()), HRESULT=80070002 (e:\nts_sms_fre\sms\framework\tscore\resolvesource.cpp,508)    TSManager    6/12/2014 11:27:51 AM    1472 (0x05C0)
DeleteFileW(sVolumeIDFile.c_str()), HRESULT=80070002 (e:\nts_sms_fre\sms\framework\tscore\resolvesource.cpp,508)    TSManager    6/12/2014 11:27:51 AM    1472 (0x05C0)
Successfully unregistered Task Sequencing Environment COM Interface.    TSManager    6/12/2014 11:27:51 AM    1472 (0x05C0)
Command line for extension .exe is "%1" %*    TSManager    6/12/2014 11:27:51 AM    1472 (0x05C0)
Set command line: "X:\Deploy\Tools\X64\TsProgressUI.exe" /Unregister    TSManager    6/12/2014 11:27:51 AM    1472 (0x05C0)
Executing command line: "X:\Deploy\Tools\X64\TsProgressUI.exe" /Unregister    TSManager    6/12/2014 11:27:51 AM    1472 (0x05C0)
==========[ TsProgressUI started in process 1668 ]==========    TsProgressUI    6/12/2014 11:27:51 AM    1672 (0x0688)
Command line: "X:\Deploy\Tools\X64\TsProgressUI.exe" /Unregister    TsProgressUI    6/12/2014 11:27:51 AM    1672 (0x0688)
Unregistering COM classes    TsProgressUI    6/12/2014 11:27:51 AM    1672 (0x0688)
Unregistering class objects    TsProgressUI    6/12/2014 11:27:51 AM    1672 (0x0688)
Shutdown complete.    TsProgressUI    6/12/2014 11:27:51 AM    1672 (0x0688)
Process completed with exit code 0    TSManager    6/12/2014 11:27:51 AM    1472 (0x05C0)
Successfully unregistered TS Progress UI.    TSManager    6/12/2014 11:27:51 AM    1472 (0x05C0)
g_TSManager.Run(), HRESULT=80004005 (e:\nts_sms_fre\sms\client\tasksequence\tsmanager\tsmanager.cpp,657)    TSManager    6/12/2014 11:27:51 AM    1472 (0x05C0)
Error Task Sequence Manager failed to execute task sequence. Code 0x80004005    TSManager    6/12/2014 11:27:51 AM    1472 (0x05C0)
Sending error status message    TSManager    6/12/2014 11:27:51 AM    1472 (0x05C0)
In non SMS staqndalone mode.Ignoring SendStatusMessage request    TSManager    6/12/2014 11:27:51 AM    1472 (0x05C0)
Finalizing logging from process 1468    TSManager    6/12/2014 11:27:51 AM    1472 (0x05C0)
Finalizing logs to root of first available drive    TSManager    6/12/2014 11:27:51 AM    1472 (0x05C0)
LOGGING: Setting log directory to "E:\SMSTSLog".    TSManager    6/12/2014 11:27:51 AM    1472 (0x05C0)
Process completed with exit code 2147500037    TSMBootstrap    6/12/2014 11:27:51 AM    1456 (0x05B0)
Exiting with return code 0x80004005    TSMBootstrap    6/12/2014 11:27:51 AM    1456 (0x05B0)
==========[ TsProgressUI started in process 1692 ]==========    TsProgressUI    6/12/2014 11:27:52 AM    1696 (0x06A0)
Command line: "X:\Deploy\Tools\X64\TSProgressUI.exe"  /Unregister    TsProgressUI    6/12/2014 11:27:52 AM    1696 (0x06A0)
Unregistering COM classes    TsProgressUI    6/12/2014 11:27:52 AM    1696 (0x06A0)
Unregistering class objects    TsProgressUI    6/12/2014 11:27:52 AM    1696 (0x06A0)
Shutdown complete.    TsProgressUI    6/12/2014 11:27:52 AM    1696 (0x06A0)

Hi,

I am trying to create a reference WIM image of Windows 8.1. I would like to embed some security updates in the image. How can i do that? In which node i need to add the Updates and how can i use in task sequence. Please help.

Regards,

MTM

don't know where to start really, here goes

we have ben using sccm 2012 r2 but had no end of issues most of all the 02 error when trying to image just errors out randomly with no reason nothing in solawinds monitoring etc.

So I have decided to try MDT 2013 then push the sccm client out as a application....this is where ive started to run into issues MDT side, the images I have made in sccm wim files MDT doesn't like when I go to add them into WDS I get the following error"The file does not contain a valid install image"

I have made sure the location where the image are currently and the destination has sufficient right to allow adding images....I can confirm the images do work they have worked in sccm on deployment when this hasn't been giving me the run around bombing out.

so fellow IT people do you have any advise for me or is it something to do with the images set to sccm? 

Does anyone have any tips or ideas to share for building a Kiosk image using MDT?

This machine will have a "kiosk" user and would like to have local GPO's restrict access to desktop etc. for"kiosk" user only.

If i sysprep and capture, I have read that it doesn't take over the "user configuration"policies that have been set. Any help is appreciated.

Hi, everyone:

I recently  update for xp to Win7 use MDT 2012 Update 1. Everything looks can be, but except for some individual strange question. 

Details are follows: 
The original xp partition C: is Primary partition, also system disk; other is extended partition, including D and E drive. 
After performing MDT task sequence (disabled "format and partition disk" step for only format C:),  this machine D drive formatted and put wim applied to the D drive. 

On xp running wmic results are as follows:

 C:\>wmic path win32_diskpartition get bootable,bootpartition,caption,description

Bootable  BootPartition  Caption                Description
          FALSE          Disk #0, Partition #0  Extended w/Extended Int 13
TRUE      TRUE           Disk #0, Partition #1  Installable File System

diskpart: 

Finally, I found that if  the disk 0,partition #1 is C driver, the task  sequence will fail.

Anyone have a solution?  Thanks. 

howdy,

so, I am running mdt 2013 and attempting to image some asus t100 tablets over a local network with a customised windows 8.1 using usb NICs.  however once the boot image has finished loading, all usb devices stop working (keyboard dock and NIC) and I receive an error stating: "no networking devices were found on this machine!"

all drivers I can find are injected into the image.

cheers

I have a lot of conditional installations and configurations in my task sequence so that I can apply a sequence to many different types of machines. Such as checking to see if a machine is touch capable and then using DISM to import application associations as one example. In the picture below I added a condition to check if a machine is a desktop and then overwrite the file associations so that desktop apps will be the default even if it is touch capable. However when it comes to All-in-One computers, they report as a chassis type of 13. You can find the SystemEnclosure class here. I plan on editing the ZTIGather.wsf file (code located below) and simply adding 13 to the desktop list. I assume that's all that is needed but wanted to have any other MDT gurus weigh in with their thoughts on it.

' Get the SMBIOS asset tag from the Win32_SystemEnclosure class

		Set objResults = objWMI.InstancesOf("Win32_SystemEnclosure")
		bIsLaptop = false
		bIsDesktop = false
		bIsServer = false
		For each objInstance in objResults

			If objInstance.ChassisTypes(0) = 12 or objInstance.ChassisTypes(0) = 21 then
				' Ignore docking stations
			Else

				If not IsNull(objInstance.SMBIOSAssetTag) then
					sAssetTag = Trim(objInstance.SMBIOSAssetTag)
				End if
				Select Case objInstance.ChassisTypes(0)
				Case "8", "9", "10", "11", "12", "14", "18", "21"
					bIsLaptop = true
				Case "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "15", "16"
					bIsDesktop = true
				Case "23"
					bIsServer = true
				Case Else
					' Do nothing
				End Select

			End if

		Next
		If sAssetTag = "" then
			oLogging.CreateEntry "Unable to determine asset tag via WMI.", LogTypeInfo
		End if

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While attempting to implement the computer naming UserExit script technique found here:

blog.primaryschooltech.co.uk/2013/02/mdt-naming-trick-show-machines-existing.html

and here:

social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/a59e16f9-16e3-44cf-9e33-85bf6c16ecfe/mdt-and-computer-name?forum=mdt

I found the scripts failing to run with the error "Unable to parse the user exit script file:  Invalid character (1032)".

After much troubleshooting I discovered I am unable to execute any script via the UserExit script option in CustomSettings.ini.  All scripts fail with the exact same error regardless of content or deployment share. 

Has anyone else seen this?

We normally use PXE boot and deploy images across the network even though is seems slower since many computers are on a 100Mb connection due to sharing their network port with a 100Mb VOIP phone. We do this for convenience mostly because of the big hassle of updating multiple flash drives whenever the image or task sequence is updated.  

We could use multicast if we were doing many simultaneous deployments of the same image, but the majority of the time, we are reimaging one-off machines one or two at a time.

However, I just saw some hardware and software that seems like it could make using offline media more manageable if they were used together.

Instead of copying the Content folder manually one stick at at a time to USB flash media, is there any reason you cannot just mass clone multiple copies of the LiteTouchMedia.iso file to multiple bootable usb drives using ImageUSB http://www.osforensics.com/tools/write-usb-images.html and a USB hub like this?

This software copies the ISO as if burning a DVD.  It does not copy the Contents folder files the way you would manually create USB media for MDT.

If this works, then updating as many USB sticks as we can get on a hub wouldn't be much more difficult than just updating one USB stick.