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Friday, December 12, 2008 10:00 AM

"Easy" List Items for the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit

In MDT rules processing with CustomSettings.ini, some of the items that can be configured are List Items. List Items are essentially multi-valued custom properties. Examples of items that are List Items are Applications in LTI and Packages in ZTI. To
Posted by DeploymentGuys | 0 Comments
Attachment(s): EasyListItemExit.zip
Thursday, November 20, 2008 9:57 AM

Back to basics #3 – Branding the deployment and fixing the 0xc000000e problem

Two more tips for the blog. Actually, one is a tip and the other is the solution to a common problem I see! During the execution of a task sequence in MDT (normally while creating an image, or deploying one) the computer will display the Installation
Posted by DeploymentGuys | 7 Comments
Friday, October 17, 2008 10:48 AM

Back to basics #2 – 7 Things you shouldn’t do in a LiteTouch Deployment

The below list is a list of the most common mistakes made when creating a LiteTouch task sequence. While not an exhaustive list, it might help to improve your deployment experience when using MDT to create LiteTouch deployments. 1.) Hard-code paths to
Posted by DeploymentGuys | 6 Comments
Wednesday, October 01, 2008 8:26 AM

Back to basics #1 – Locking the computer during deployment

This is the first post in a series that will cover some of the more simple/basic tricks that you can do with MDT, but that are often overlooked.  I’ll be the first to admit that a couple of them I only learnt recently, even though I have been using
Posted by DeploymentGuys | 9 Comments
Sunday, August 17, 2008 6:53 AM

Documenting Your Task Sequences Automagically

Often times, after creating an MDT or SCCM task sequence, you need to document it for yourself or your customers. Usually, this involves creating a table with the groups and steps, extracting their descriptions, identifying conditions and denoting the
Posted by DeploymentGuys | 8 Comments
Attachment(s): tsDocumentorv1.xsl
Monday, July 28, 2008 8:59 PM

Task Sequence logic tricks using MDT variables

In my particular part of the Microsoft organization (the CTS testing lab), we install just about every OS, at every service pack level, on both major platforms. Because of this, I created a master template that is used to create dozens of task sequences
Posted by DeploymentGuys | 3 Comments
Wednesday, July 09, 2008 10:41 AM

MDT Script Explanations

I get quite a few emails from people asking if there is a help file that details all of the scripts that are supplied with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT). The scripts form the engine of a deployment and can also help you to develop a framework for
Posted by DeploymentGuys | 1 Comments
Monday, July 07, 2008 5:59 PM

Useful Script Number 6 - Pausing the Task Sequence

Have you ever wanted to pause the task sequence in MDT 2008 or ConfigMgr 2007 for a few seconds while something catches up...? I had a requirement to do this recently where I ran a task to close and cancel the Windows Sidebar at the start of the State
Posted by DeploymentGuys | 5 Comments
Monday, May 12, 2008 7:40 AM

Expanding the Scratch Space in Windows PE 2.1

Recently, I have had to create a bigger scratch space (the MDT X: drive) in Windows PE to deal with the injection of a largish driver during a Windows Vista deployment. The driver in question is the NVidia driver for the Lenovo P60 and P61 and because
Posted by DeploymentGuys | 4 Comments
Wednesday, April 30, 2008 8:25 PM

Useful Script Number 4 - Silent Installation of Windows AIK 1.1

One of the things that you may need to do - particularly if you are tying to automate the creation of a deployment server in a lab environment - is install the Windows Automated Installation Kit. You may think that because Windows AIK is supplied as .msi
Posted by DeploymentGuys | 3 Comments
Friday, April 25, 2008 8:42 AM

Getting help when you are really stuck

A lot of people think that because BDD and MDT are free products they are not eligible for support from Microsoft. This question seems to crop up quite often and people are often surprised when I point out the truth! So, in true A-Team spirit (i.e. "If
Posted by DeploymentGuys | 3 Comments
Friday, April 18, 2008 7:58 PM

Updating System Center Configuration Manager 2007 for Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2008 Deployment

The SCCM 2007 Operating System Deployment components use the Windows Automated Installation Toolkit (WAIK) for creating, managing, and deploying Windows Imaging (WIM) images. SCCM 2007 setup installs the Windows Vista RTM WAIK (WAIK 1.0) during installation
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Attachment(s): ExportDefaultBootImages.zip
Monday, March 31, 2008 11:10 AM

"Up-ping" the uptime of your Lite-Touch server

I like the lite-touch installation (LTI) feature of MDT, it think it's great and is very impressive as it allows clients to easily see the benefit that they will gain by using MDT to create and deploy their images. I can go on-site with a customer to
Posted by DeploymentGuys | 3 Comments
Wednesday, March 19, 2008 11:33 AM

Useful Script Number 2 - Move the Task Sequence Window

Have you ever created a build and had to pop up a message to the user/technician? - or had to start an HTA application to request some kind of user input during the build or deployment process? If you have then you will know that the task sequence window
Posted by DeploymentGuys | 9 Comments
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 10:24 AM

Lite-Touch Deployments - Making them a bit more scalable

Take a look at the image below, which is a fairly common scenario for a company; let's call them Contoso. Contoso has multiple offices around the country that all connected to their head office, some with high-speed network connections and others with
Posted by DeploymentGuys | 22 Comments
 
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