Windows RE for Windows 7 in MDT 2013
Hi, I have Windows 2012 R2 installed with MDT 2013, I need to deploy some Windows 7 machines and I need the option "Run the Windows RE" at boot, I only get "Run the Deployment Wizard" and "Exit to...
View ArticlePossible Restart in Preinstall phase WinPE MDT 2012 Update 1?
This may be a quick question. I want to know if its possible to place a restart in the preinstall WinPE phase in MDT 2012 Update 1 using a USB flash drive and resuming the task sequence? For example,...
View ArticleChange order of applications, task sequences?
Back in MDT 2010 I was able to download a third party tool to reorder the applications and task sequences in order of priority when imaging. The tool does not work in MDT 2012 Update 1. Any advice?
View ArticleWhat's the best way to see what drivers were installed?
I'm doing some housework on my Out-Of-Box Drivers and want to see what drivers are installed for given system. Is checking ZTIDrivers.log the best way to see what get's installed?Orange County District...
View Articlemove computer to different OU MDT 2013
How to move computer to staging OU without web service and after reimage to different OU.I followed this script http://ccmexec.com/2010/12/move-computer-to-the-correct-ou-during-deployment/ but no...
View ArticleRebuilding indexes on a replicated database
Hello there,I am planning to rebuild the highly-fragmented indexes on my db which has both transaction and merge replications on many of its tables in addition to a number of indexed views....
View ArticleBitlocker preparation - bdehdcfg?
Greetings, We have a scenario where laptops with a C and D drive must be rebuilt preserving the D drive. My task sequence deletes everything except the D drive. It then creates a hidden drive (no...
View ArticleLTI OEM Task Sequence usage
I'm trying to achieve the following; 1) Deploy a captured image to a laptop in a remote configuration center using USB media without network access. This means that a Join Domain step is not...
View ArticleMDT 2012 U1 infinite reboot --> No networking adapters found.
Hi,I am Running a Windows Server 2012R2 Guest (hostname MDT2012 192.168.3.105) on a Windows 8 Hyper-V. I installed MDT 2012 U1 on the 2012 R2 Machine. I created a deploymentshare on drive E: My goal is...
View ArticleMDT 2013 UDI install Application list SCCM 2012 R2
Hello,did anyone have an idea how i can add all my application from sccm to the mdt udi install application list ? I don´t want to add every single application.
View ArticleSysprep & Capture completed successfully but did nothing
New MDT 2012 install with two Deployment shares, One used for Deployments the other for Captures. Trying to capture a Freshly deployed reference computer with Win7 only that was never joined to the...
View ArticleRefresh Failed. But I saved the USMT Data (Hardlinked), how can I manually...
XP to 7 refresh. USMT 5 with MDT 2012. ScanState (hardlinked) completed successfully, loaded WIN7, But somehow WIN7 went into reboot cycle over and over. I yanked out the hard drive, which saved all...
View ArticleMDT 2013 - Litetouch deployment failed, Return Code = -2147467259 0x80004005
I'm attempting to deploy an image that I have recently captured with MDT. I was able to capture the image without any problems and after capturing, it booted up properly. But now when I go to deploy...
View ArticleMDT 2012 - Update Deploymentshare: Unable to open the specified WIM file
Hi @ allwie 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...
View ArticleDiskpart and MDT - Configuring additional partitions.
Hi Everyone,I'm currently working on implementing a WINRE strategy and I'm noticing something weird about MDT's Partitioning. Up until recently I was letting MDT configure the OSDisk and then create...
View ArticleUSMT 5 ScanState in Offline Mode and /efs:copyraw is not migrating the EFS...
Hi, I am trying to get USMT 5 Scanstate to work in offline mode from WinPE for an XP to Win7 migration. Most everything is working except for the /efs:copyraw command. This is supposed to migrate any...
View ArticleCaptured Image comes with Error
Hey Guys,I've been trying to Build and Capture an Image for Windows 7 with MDT 2012 Update 1 and MDT 2013. The Task sequence seems to run just fine but when I try to deploy the image thru Config Mgr...
View ArticleRetrieve data from gridview into excel
I have a gridview which fetches its data from SQL server, The code that i have used is shown below using which i want to export the data into an excel sheet, but it throws the following exception...
View ArticleStep by Step Guide Windows 7 Deployment
I am looking to Deploy Windows 7 using MDT 2013, Windows Server 2008 R2, VMware Workstation 10. What is the proper configuration for the servers? I cannot get AD DS, DHCP and DNS to communicate. Any...
View ArticleBranch office WDS still pullinh image from main site
Hi,I'm trying to configure a WDS on our branch site.what i did was open a new folder named DeployFilesFromMaster on the branch office server and replicate the DeploymentShare from main to branch office...
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