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as you've had the WMF 3.0 update installed can you verify if WMI errors exist in your event viewer ?

well if you want to learn you've come to the right place, as we cover both Configuration Manager 2007 with MDT and Configuration Manager 2012 with MDT (2012...) have a look at this index for starters..

check if KB2506143 is installed, if so it's probably part of your problem, have you tried removing that update ? do you have configuration manager 2012 SP1 installed yet ?

yup have a great year ! here's to all the challenges that await us in 2013 :-)

are you seeing errors in event viewer like this ?

that's the RTM release of Configuration Manager 2012, Configuration Manager 2012 Sp1 is the only version that supports SQL Server 2012 ..

you shouldn't have to use a gpo as when you enable software updates via client settings your client will get a local policy pointing to the SUP and any domain group policy may cause you issues, what does your windowsupdate.log tell you ? and wuahandler.log ? have you tried removing the GPO's altogether or changing it to point to the FQDN of your SUP on the primary server ? (and not the netbios name)

are you managing updates using Configuration Manager ? did you previously manage them via WSUS ? did you uninstall WSUS and remove any GPO's prior to enabling the SUP role in ConfigMgr ? are the configmgr clients in a collection targetted with client settings to enable Software Updates ?

i don't see any screenshot, can you repost the screenshot please, note that SQL Server 2012 is only supported with Configuration Manager 2012 SP1

of course you can do it both ways, it's up to the user/customer to decide how they want it done, i'm just saying that in general terms, deploying a large customized image (say 10gb or more) may have network impact's in a global environment, however in a small office having a large WIM file containing many packages/changes may not be a problem due to no WAN issues. there are other advantages to keeping your build and capture image simple however such as how often you need to change it, if it's very customized then making changes to it often (think windows updates and hotfixes) may require a lot of work and time in capturing and then updating that image to several dp's, ultimately, you decide how simple or complex you want your images to be

what was released on MSDN and Technet is not GA (General Availability), so while some of you may be able to download Service Pack 1 already, you are not allowed to upgrade your production environments to Service Pack 1 until General Availability, let's wait for the official statement from Microsoft, cheers niall

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I havnt tried it but will later tonite and see what happens

you could run it as a Run Command Line step in the task sequence, you could modify files in the MDT toolkit by referencing the file(s) itself via the MDT path called %scriptroot% (where the scripts are stored) or %toolroot% (the root of the MDT toolkit package) however I havnt tried modifying files directly in there, it might be best to point to an 'external' path and modify a file there instead as every time you use the toolkit package any modified files would be replaced with those from the MDT toolkit itself

have you seen the post below yet ? Setting computername during deployment Using the OSDComputerName variable

did you do this ? read the end of (step 1) Note: Repeat the above (installation of the WSUS server role) on your Primary server P01. and as a side note, this guide is (so far) specifically for the RTM release of Configuration Manager 2012 and therefore Server 2012 is not supported, you need Configuration Manager 2012 Service Pack 1 for that...

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why has it two partitions ? if it's a VM then it doesn't need a bitlocker partition, alternatively if you insist on doing two partitions in this build and capture, and i can't see why...then make sure that the OS partition is formatted, can you show the task sequence you are using (screenshot..) for the partition disk 0 step...it should look like this have you tried following my build and capture post here ?

why are you using HTTPS for all communication ? in my guide i covered HTTP communication only, do you have any specific reason for doing it twith HTTPS ? (it adds more complexity to the situation) James describes the process for using build and capture in HTTPS mode here

i don't recall testing deploying Windows 7 with RIS however here's how to setup WDS on Server 2003, and it can deploy both XP and Windows Vista so Windows 7 should also be possible however, i'd recommend you use MDT 2010 update 1 (or a later version) to deploy Windows 7 if you cannot use Configuration Manager 2007/2012.

diskpart your disk and create a partition on it, then try the task sequence again

if you want to do it that way in production go ahead, but you'll have a hard time keeping track of what is going out to your systems and when, by setting it to Last one day and scheduling it to occur just after patch tuesday once per month, you are deciding when and where your systems get patched.

yes you have to create that folder manually, it's simply there to store the contents of the Windows 7 Updates for the windows 7 deployment package simply add a space or fullstop or rename the original ADR slightly to get the desired result, no you are not doing anything wrong, mine has an extra space (from memory..) you are welcome

you create the ADR to create the deployment package, once done you disable the ADR and recreate it as before, except this time you re-use the previously created deployment package, this is to avoid recreating the deployment package every time the ADR runs...

are you clicking on the Update button in the SCEP console or are you letting it update itself as per policy ?