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May 2008 - Posts

Thursday, May 29, 2008 10:57 AM

New command option available in Windows AIK 1.1's BOOTSECT.EXE to update MBR

Windows AIK 1.0 included a BOOTSECT.EXE tool that could update the boot sector to either a Windows Vista/Server 2008 (/nt60) or a Windows XP/Server 2003 (/nt52) version. But it didn't provide a way to update the master boot record (MBR). If you wanted
Posted by mniehaus | 0 Comments
Thursday, May 29, 2008 10:36 AM

Want to move from two partitions to one as part of your OS deployment?

In the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit refresh scenario (back up user state from current OS, boot to PE, wipe old OS from disk, install new OS image, boot into new OS, restore user state) we normally don't support any type of disk repartitioning or reformatting
Posted by mniehaus | 7 Comments
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 11:55 PM

Sysinternals tools directly from a file share

Wow, no more separate downloads and archive files - just grab them from \\live.sysinternals.com\tools . (If for some reason this doesn't work for you, try http://live.sysinternals.com .) I see a new XCOPY command in my standard computer installation process:
Posted by mniehaus | 0 Comments
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 9:59 PM

TechEd 2008 is rapidly approaching

In the US this year, they are trying something different: a two-week TechEd conference with the first week (June 3-6) focusing on developer topics and the second week (June 10-13) focusing on IT Professional topics. (Don't worry, you will register for
Posted by mniehaus | 2 Comments
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 6:24 PM

ConfigMgr 2007 hotfix for adding new supported platforms

See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950527 for the ConfigMgr 2007 hotfix that adds new supported platform entries for: Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) Windows Server 2008 Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2) Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) These
Posted by mniehaus | 2 Comments
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 3:29 AM

Different types of mass storage drivers?

Yes, in fact there are two different types: Class=SCSIAdapter. Until recently, most mass storage drivers specified class "SCSIAdapter," which doesn't mean that they are actually SCSI-based. Drivers for many IDE/ATA and RAID controllers also fall into
Posted by mniehaus | 12 Comments
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 6:09 PM

Need new SYSPREP for Windows XP SP3? (Updated)

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit includes a check in the Lite Touch script LTISysprep.wsf to ensure that you are using the right version of SYSPREP when preparing your Windows XP image for capture. With the release of Windows XP SP3, that means you need to
Posted by mniehaus | 2 Comments
Thursday, May 08, 2008 9:20 PM

Using the ConfigMgr 2007 "Install Software" step to install a dynamic list of packages

For those of you familiar with how BDD 2007 and MDT used the SMS 2003 OSDSWDEXEC.EXE program to install packages specified via CustomSettings.ini or in the BDD/MDT database. That same capability is present with ConfigMgr 2007 using the built-in "Install
Posted by mniehaus | 3 Comments
Friday, May 02, 2008 8:04 PM

Getting Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2008 to install updates from WSUS

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit contains a script named ZTIWindowsUpdate.wsf that can be enabled to run during Lite Touch OS deployments. By default, it will talk to the Microsoft Update site on the internet to get the latest updates needed for your Windows
Posted by mniehaus | 10 Comments
 
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