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Tim ? nope, but for deploying Configuration Manager 2012 if you are interested.

if netsetup.log is not updating then i'd suggest it fails before trying to join the domain, does the smsts.log hint at that ? i've seen the 1878 year before and laughed, can't recall the reason, but it's probably a bug.

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read this post on the subject http://blogs.technet.com/b/askpfeplat/archive/2014/07/14/bitlocker-pin-on-surface-pro-3-and-other-tablets.aspx

look at the recommended reading at the bottom of the post, i've a bitlocker section there

it is way easier to create ONE image on Virtual Hardware (keep it driver free) and then deploy that captured image to different hardware types using custom apply driver package steps based on hardware model detected, you can see how to do that in this post.

thanks ! I'd recommend you build the images in Virtual hardware and avoid 2 partitions, it will only cause you problems sooner or later, keep everything on the one partition as bitlocker, and UEFI will make you glad you did so later... anyhow, if you captured the image with two partitions it probably has index(s) of those images, one being the os, the other the 'data' drive, use the apply data image step to apply the D: drive, for network join, make sure you've got an apply driver package step containing network drivers for the hardware you are installing this image on to and verify if theres network connectivity after the restart after applying the os, if not, you need network drivers.... good luck

create some steps at the end of your task sequence to delete the bg backgrounds cmd.exe /c reg delete "HKU\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop" /v TileWallpaper /f cmd.exe /c reg delete "HKU\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop" /v Wallpaper /f

have you tried adding the WSUS role, what issue are you having exactly ?

i don't use robocopy, but you could try /copyall

have you looked at locationaware from rob marshall ? http://www.smsmarshall.com/Pages/LocationAware.aspx secondly, the recently released CU3 has some MP features added, http://blogs.technet.com/b/jchalfant/archive/2014/09/22/management-point-affinity-added-in-configmgr-2012-r2-cu3.aspx

maybe you are missing some robocopy switches ?

no you don't need Server 2012 for PXE boot to work, I've tested it just fine using Server 2008R2, what you do need is Configuration Manager 2012 R2, (or at least sp1). cheers niall

your problems are all related to the fact that your management point is down, have you reviewed any of the logs related to the management point to see why it's failing ?

hi, you posted this in Part 3 of the guides which is all about discovery methods and boundaries and nothing to do with your question, therefore i've pulled your post and raised it as a separate question (which is the right way of doing things...) cheers niall

when learning Configuration Manager having a lab to mess with is a wonderful thing indeed, that way you can test your theories without affecting production, I've been to places where they've had the following setup Production Pre-Production Lab and all three were separate anyhow, if the poster wants to test via psexec, then sure why not, but i still think he won't get the information he needs that he'd get in a lab, deploying test packages in a production environment is fine if you know what you are doing, but it's dangerous indeed if you don't. One last point, when people google/bing this topic in the furture they'll find this link to setup a lab get confused about what to do.. the topic after all was "Test Lab Setup For Software Deployment Troubleshooting..."

hi Garth that will only show him how apps can install using the system account it wont show him how to test the new features of the application model such as dependencies etc, so if simple application installation is all he needs it may be enough, but if he wants to understand how applications are created, targeted, deployed, managed, then he'll need a proper lab

these are the main guides, fyi, i'm sure it'll cover most of what you need for now... http://www.windows-noob.com/forums/index.php?/topic/4045-system-center-2012-configuration-manager-step-by-step-guides/

if you want an application to install and you want it to install any prerequisite applications first, then you have to make them dependencies in the applications deployment type your screenshots are of a PACKAGE and that is the legacy way of doing things in Configuration Manager, take a look at this post to learn how to create an Application (which allows for dependencies...)

just start off with two servers, one for Active Directory (dns and dhcp) and one for CM12, if you want some tips on setting up AD then look at this old post, it'll help (steps 1 and 2 are all you need pretty much), that was for server 2008 but it'll give you some ideas. once AD is setup install CM12 using the guides, once that is done, work your way through the guides as it'll teach you to deploy Windows 7 (or 8) and that's how you create your clients. as always, if you are setting things up and stuck post here and i'll help, i can do teamviewer too cheers niall

"At the end of my 'install task sequence' I do a sysprep&shutdown so users can choose their own username, etc." huh, i don't get what you mean by this, are you sysprepping your Deploy task sequence ? the only sysprep that should happen is in the capture image, not the other way around

glad to hear that you figured it out !

well you can use hyperv in Windows 8.1 to create virtual machines for this lab on a reasonably new laptop/desktop with lots of ram (16gb) create a Private network and add your vm's in there, that way your production network won't be affected in any way if you want help with that i can help no problem via teamviewer, just setup hyperv on a machine and be ready to rock

in the lab it's SCEP only, where did you see errors exactly ?

have you looked at this post, http://www.windows-noob.com/forums/index.php?/topic/5683-using-system-center-2012-configuration-manager-part-5-adding-wsus-adding-the-sup-role-deploying-the-configuration-manager-client-agent/ I've setup my hierarchy lab that way and the software updates worked just fine as you can see by later guides in that series shown below http://www.windows-noob.com/forums/index.php?/topic/4045-system-center-2012-configuration-manager-step-by-step-guides/