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have you verifed that the patch has installed on the clients ?

have you tried adding a SLP (server locator Point)

so you have pushed the client with the hotfix again ? or what have you done exactly ? where are you checking for the version of the client ?

why not just create a run command line step called Add Local Admin which does as follows:- cmd /c net localgroup "Administrators" "DOMAIN\%USERNAME%" /add you can get the %USERNAME% via a frontend HTA by prompting the user at the start of the installation, or via computer variables or other methods...

well i think it's cleaner and more efficient (less prone to error) to add/remove users/computers to the respective Active Directory Security Group , what if you have to add say 100 new computers ? 1000 ? hopefully othes will add their opinion here also

you need the clients patched as well, if they are not, then the client version will be reported at the SP2 level... see below:- Configuration Manager 2007 R3 System Requirements Primary and secondary site servers in the hierarchy, remote Configuration Manager consoles, and remote providers must install the update described in Article 977384 (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=199896) at the Microsoft Support site before you install Configuration Manager 2007 R3. Other than the hotfix, Configuration Manager 2007 R3 does not introduce significant changes to supported site system and client requirements from those required for Configuration Manager 2007 R2 and Configuration Manager 2007 SP2. Configuration Manager 2007 R3 Client System Requirements To use power management in Configuration Manager 2007 R3, you must first install the update described in Article 977384 (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=199896) at the Microsoft Support site to client computers in your organization. Other than the hotfix, the Configuration Manager 2007 R3 client requirements and supported operating systems are the same as the Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 client requirements. For more information about client requirements, see Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 Supported Configurations. to automatically add the hotfix required you can use this method http://blogs.technet.com/b/deploymentguys/archive/2010/08/13/automatically-populate-the-patch-property-for-the-configmgr-2007-client-installation.aspx or use the Patch property as described here, here and here sample patch property in a ts below:-

yup do that, i'm pretty sure i reference the ports needed to be opened in the guides... i'll recheck

hi and welcome !

and how are you adding computers/users to the collection ?

the advantage is that you set the collections up (one time) and create the appropriate queries for those collections, all you have to do after that is add (or remove) computers (or users) to the respective Active Directory Security Group, this makes things Dynamic in nature and needs a lot less work in the ConfigMgr console than if you were adding computers/users manually to the collections and/or advertising the software to those resources separately

great work ! and glad it's working now

using psexec, try running the install script as SYSTEM, do you see the same problem ? here's how http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/jmarcum/archive/2010/08/25/150872.aspx cheers niall

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During Build and Capture you'll most likely want to have the latest Windows Updates in your Capture Image and as part of the Build and Capture process, your computer will be in a Workgroup. This presents some challenges in that the client won't know where to go for windows updates etc, but we can help it find those updates with a Server Locator Point by Installing that role on our SCCM server. Note: You must have created a Deployment Management Task containing windows updates applicable for the OS you are installing in your Build and Capture task sequence, and the Deployment Management Task must be targetted to a collection that your build and capture computer will be in during OSD deployment. A suitable collection would be the Deploy Windows 7 Collection Note: You need only one server locator point for the Configuration Manager 2007 hierarchy, even if you have multiple sites. In a multi-site hierarchy, install the server locator point in the central site. If you install a server locator point in the middle of the hierarchy, it will have no knowledge of sites above it in the hierarchy. From Technet:- Planning and Deploying Clients for Configuration Manager 2007 How to Assign the Fallback Status Point to Configuration Manager Client Computers How to Specify the Server Locator Point for Configuration Manager Client Computers How to Create a Server Locator Point in Configuration Manager To install the Server Locator Point Role In the Configmgr console, Expand Site Database, Site Management, <Site Name>, Site Settings, Site Systems, highlight your site server. Check to make sure that the role does not already exist on one the site system that you are going to install it on. If it does then you do not need to install it (and it won't show up in the list of new roles that can be installed). To Install the role, right click the server that you want the role installed on and select New Roles, click Next, Select the Server Locator Point Role, Click Finish. The Build and Capture Task Sequence Now that the SLP role is installed we'll need to create a Build and Capture task sequence. I will supply you with one I've made for Windows 7 X86. Build and Capture Windows 7x86 with SLP.xml You can import this task sequence directly into SCCM and simply change the packages that it references:- So let's take a closer look at the task sequence, first of all it wipes the computer, and installs Windows 7, then it applies some windows settings, all standard stuff, next it joins a Workgroup in the Apply Network Settings step. Do not join a domain here, we are creating a master image here so we want it clean. The next step is where the magic happens, here we specify some switches for the Setup Windows and ConfigMgr step, Specifying the SLP, FSP and MP during Client Installation. You may be wondering why we are also specifying the Management Point and Fallback Status Point. If you have extended the Active Directory schema for Configuration Manager 2007, many client installation properties are published in Active directory and read automatically by the Configuration Manager 2007 client. For a list of the client installation properties published in Active Directory, see About Configuration Manager Client Installation Properties Published to Active Directory Domain Services. However as we are in a workgroup, we cannot query the AD site, we want our client to know where the Management Point is and also the Fallback Status Point (to report any client installation failures.) Our next step simply installs some software, Mozilla Firefox in this example task sequence, in your production environment that could be several steps (Installing Office 2010, Symantec Antivirus, etc), and this is followed by the actual Install Software Updates step. Note: If we don't specify the SLP in the Setup windows and ConfigMgr step then this step will simply time out and do nothing except generate an error in our Task Sequence. How can I see that the SLP is correctly defined ? Look on your client and find the LocationServices.log file (typically c:\windows\system32\ccm\logs), it should reference the following line (obvioulsy your SLP will be different to mine) If you don't specify the SLP in the Setup Windows and ConfigMgr step then you'll see the following errors (note the RED) If you enter the SLP but enter it incorrectly (spelling mistake or other) then you'll see something like this References:- Server Locator Point Determine If You Need a Server Locator Point for Configuration Manager Clients - Technet How to Create a Server Locator Point in Configuration Manager - Technet How to Specify the Server Locator Point for Configuration Manager Client Computers - Technet Fallback Status Point Determine If You Should Install a Fallback Status Point for Configuration Manager Clients - Technet How to Create a Fallback Status Point in Configuration Manager - Technet How to Assign the Fallback Status Point to Configuration Manager Client Computers - Technet Management Point Configuration Manager Client About Configuration Manager Client Installation Properties - Technet Forums Install and Capture fails if specified any windows updates or software to install, 0x00000004 - Microsoft Technet forums ConfigMgr "Install Software Updates" task failing when building a reference machine - CoreWorx's blog

is the os 64bit ? what does your smsts.log file say

if you enable command support in your boot image, press f8 and get a look at your smsts.log, what does it asay

yup try that, and let us know how you get on cheers niall

from your log Failed to install SMS Client (0x80092024) that's pretty serious, so did you create the SCCM client package from definition and then update it to the distribution points ?

can you attach the SMSTS.log file please

here's how to find the SMSTS.log file http://www.windows-noob.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=546 post the file here and we'll have a look. are you adding the Windows 7 product key to your task sequence ? if so remove it and try again

did you check your network access account as suggested in the link i posted ?

what address do you get listed from ipconfig ? there are no management point certificates found in your logs see this post for ideas - http://blogs.msdn.com/b/boduff/archive/2009/06/01/sccm-reboot-during-osd-install-no-mp-certificates.aspx

i've seen if before too, usually when adding incorrect drivers or something in the unattend.xml that shouldn't be there, so.. have you tried disabling drivers to see does it help and/or remove the unattend.xml changes if any ?