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if you are not building a reference image (that is what this post is about) then please raise a NEW topic explaining your issue, what you've tried and how you are trying it, thanks. this post is all about building a reference image of Windows 8 .... reference images should be built on virtual machines to keep them clean of drivers.

Paul Thurrot can now confirm that most of the rumored coming changes to the Start experience in Windows 8.1 “Blue” are correct. And he's got a few screenshots to help demonstrate how these changes are implemented. First up, please be sure to read Coming in Blue: Boot to Desktop, Start Button, and More. In that post, he describes a set of very credible rumors about some of the changes that Microsoft is making to the Windows 8.1 update. Since posting that, he has been able to confirm a number of the details that Mary Jo Foley initially revealed. Start buttonIt’s back, baby. And if you are familiar with how Start 8 looks and works, this will look awfully familiar. Here, confirmed for the first time, is the Windows 8.1 Start button. Note: Because you will ask: No, this wallpaper is not part of Windows 8.1. And here’s a new detail that was hinted at in Mary Jo’s post: When you hover over Start button, the button changes color, with a black background and the accent color used on the flag logo. Yes, it looks exactly like the Start Charm, with similar animations. And when you activate the Switcher app switching utility, the Start button will appear at the bottom as the Start tip does today, and has Start text in the box, as it does now. Finally, in the Milestone Preview (MP) build of Windows 8.1, at least, there is no way to turn off the Start button. That could change. Desktop wallpaper on the Start screenAs Mary Jo reported, you’ll be able to use your desktop wallpaper as the Start background too. It looks like so: However, this is off by default and needs to be enabled. More as it comes in, though Boot to desktopYep, it’s in there. And it’s off by default. Enjoy! via > http://m.winsupersite.com/windows-8/blue-start-experience-changes

pretty much, you could create folders for the Groups above and then have collections for those corresponding groups contained within.

your problem is here this post is about building a reference image, is that what you are trying to do ? are you using virtual hardware or a real computer ? have you verified it has a valid ip address and can ping the fqdn of the management point

can you clarify this have you configured WSUS ? you shouldn't, you should let ConfigMGr do all the configuring of WSUS via the SUP

did you examine the SQL logs mentioned ?

have you tried reinstalling IIS on that box ?

does the step run ? have you checked what the smsts.log file reveals ?

you can do so via a custom HTA calling on Maik Kosters webservices to add the computer to a deployment collection

if you drill down further into either of the reports what does it tell you ?

the smsts.log file is on the CLIENT computer that you are having issues with, press F8 to bring up a command prompt when you see the error on screen, browse to X:\windows\temp\smstslog you should find the smsts.log file there

there is nothing wrong in that log file, are you sure it's the correct one and that is is just before the problem occurs ?

what does the netsetup.log file tell you it's in c:\windows\debug

yes

do you see any Unknown computer objects (not collections, but machine objects) in Devices ?

which version of vsphere client are you using and which version of CM12 ? have you verified the package content status ?

ok then if they are unknown and you get pxe aborted then are you sure you've deployed a task sequence to the unknown computers or not ?

that error is what the client is generating because it's booted to your hard disc and theres no boot files on the hdd probably due to a previously failed deployment, are you saying that you get AbortPXE errors just prior to this ? if so have you tried deleting the Unknown computer object in configuration manager and pxe boot again ?

so all your pacakges have been updated to the dps ? how many dp's ?

as above, plus here's more reasons NOT to use a CAS http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/configmanagerdeployment/thread/d1daed7f-82d7-4f7c-8de2-9bfd81d74558

this matches with what i've already stated here and i quote it doesn't mention Windows 7 Professional there now does it ? I can edit the post to make it clear cheers niall

it should be more or less immediate in a standalone site, what site hierarchy do you have and how are you testing the changes exactly ?

so are you saying that you couldnt install language packs offline in Windows 7 Professional ? if so what was the error ?

if you are using Configuration Manager 2007 then you should use this HTA for BitLocker, this one is purely for Configuration Manager 2012

perhaps your computers need a reboot as part of the process, do your logs reveal anything ?