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i wouldn't use an nlite copy for build and capture, can you try doing a b&c on clean content ?

Ah! Patents, nothing like them to update my blog. That big Windows 8 leak and some patent applications show what Microsoft planned for Windows 8, my recent finding is titled ‘Direct Computing Experience’. The patent goes describes that how sometimes a laptop is used for watching movies on DVD but since the laptop is more than the DVD players available in the market, the experience is different. Microsoft plans to make the computer go into reduced functionality mode or in a sand boxed mode in case you plan to use it for a specific consumer electronic applications, such as the DVD player. Quoting the patent application summary: The idea is that you might not need to login and wait for your entire desktop to load and then start media player and then start the movie. This process can be automated and initiated by a click of the button. The patent images show that you can push a button, the system will look for media to play (possible scenario a movie DVD in the drive) and then start playing without you having to login to the system. Some flowcharts from the patent application explain this better: This sounds like a solution to the battery problems in laptops, reduced functionality mode will definitely improve battery life. This is quite interesting, Device Stage, Sideshow and now Direct Experience. The initialization of the Direct Experience isn’t limited to buttons but can also be done by plugging specific hardware. I assume, plugging a USB stick that has audio files will directly start playback, again without logging in. Saves a lot of time if you ask me! via > http://www.beingmanan.com/wp/2010/08/microsoft-to-introduce-direct-experience-platform-with-windows-8/

Last Feb Brandon posted a piece on Language Pack availability for Windows 7 here. I have had a lot of questions from IT pros in the past few weeks that are deploying Windows on where to find them so we thought we’d resurface this important topic and resources. Windows 7 will continue to enable the widest range of people across the world to use Windows in their own language by providing Language Interface Packs in over 55 languages. LIPs are built using MUI technology and provide translation of the UI (User Interface) most commonly used by Windows users. LIPs do not require a separate software license. They are available to downloaded for free and installed on any edition of a Genuine copy of Windows 7: Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium, Professional, Enterprise, or Ultimate. Because the entire UI is not translated, LIPs require that the base or parent language requirement be present on the machine before installation. After the LIP is installed and selected as the UI display language, the elements of the UI that are not translated into the LIP language will continue to be displayed in the base or parent language. Some LIP languages can be installed over more than one parent language. For example, the Catalan LIP can be installed over the Spanish or French language pack. The parent language requirements are specified on each LIP download center details page, and are also listed on the Windows Languages page here. All together Windows supports close to 100 languages and each language is mapped to either LP or LIP. There is no one language which is available in both technologies. For example, Brazilian Portuguese is available as a LP, while Quechua is available as LIP. Here are some great resources to help you find out more about parent language requirements and language support for Windows 7, plus obtain step-by-step guidance on multilingual deployments: * Download Languages for Windows 7 * Understanding Multilingual Deployments * Planning MUI Deployments for Windows 7 * Windows LIP: Frequently Asked Questions * Microsoft Local Language Program via > http://windowsteamblog.com/windows/b/springboard/archive/2010/08/01/windows-7-language-packs.aspx

By way of introduction, I’m Eric Foster and have recently joined my colleagues on The Windows Blog to write on ‘all things’ security. I thought it only fitting that my first blog be about one of my favorite personal product recommendations, Microsoft Security Essentials. Not sure how many of you know about the VB100 award but it’s a public test conducted by Virus Bulletin, a highly reputable testing organization in the industry, designed to measure the detection effectiveness and quality of antivirus (AV) products. The most important validation of AV quality comes from independent certification organizations like Virus Bulletin. And so it is no surprise that we are very excited to share that Microsoft Security Essentials, our no-cost anti-malware service for consumers, achieved the VB100 award for the August 2010 Edition of Virus Bulletin. There are a number of different methodologies that can be used to test the effectiveness of an anti-virus solution. In order for a product to be awarded the VB100 certification, it needs to detect 100% of the WildList malware samples (a prevalent malware subset contributed by a group of researchers in AV community) and must not have any false positives (FP or incorrect detections) on the Virus Bulletin clean file collection. According to Virus Bulletin, “Detection rates were strong as ever...with no problems in the WildList or clean sets, Microsoft earns another VB100 award with ease.” [Page 50, Virus Bulletin August 2010 Edition] Microsoft products including Microsoft Security Essentials and Forefront Client Security, have received VB100 awards since June 2007, demonstrating Microsoft’s dedication to quality and our commitment to providing effective anti-malware protection to consumers and enterprise customers alike. If you don’t already have an AV solution installed on your PC – and its estimated that over 80% of consumers report having up-to-date AV installed but market data shows that less than 50% of consumers actually do – you can get Microsoft Security Essentials at no cost by visiting the Microsoft Security Essentials website here . via > http://windowsteamblog.com/windows/b/windowssecurity/archive/2010/08/12/microsoft-security-essentials-earns-august-vb100-certification.aspx

the log you posted looks ok, can you post one with the 80004005 error (driver injection access denied) pls

first of all I wouldn't use an nlite version of XP in configmgr, i would add all drivers via the apply drivers package steps and wmi queries, to create the master WIM image (with no drivers in it) i'd build and capture that image on a virtual platform such as vmware or hyperv, that way you are far less likely to see any bsod's when applying it to new models, i'll take a look at your logs and come back soon

The IE team seems to be gearing up for presenting their next generation web browser and they seem to be doing it in style. Veteran Microsoft observer, Ed Bott shared on twitter that he got a bunch of crayons with some indication that it came from the IE team. A few days back, they sent an IE3 t-shirt to a commenter. They’ve been sporting enough to send flowers for the IE6 funeral as well. Here are the contents of the package sent: In a blog post, the IE team has announced that they will be releasing IE9 beta on the 15th of September at Beauty of the Web event in San Fransico. The event is a closed event for hand picked developers, designers, bloggers and press. According to Ed Bott, Microsoft has registered beautyoftheweb.com which currently shows nothing. A new UI is expected, whether it’ll be Metro inspired or build on the Ribbon interface is anyone’s guess. via > http://thenextweb.com/microsoft/2010/08/12/ie9-beta-coming-on-september-15th/

hi Chris and welcome once you create a package and distribute it to a distribution point (dp) configmgr will create a 'copy' of that package in it's own special folders such as smspkgd$ and so on (changes name depending on the drive) if it's not even getting that far then nothing else will work so you need to fix it, does your computer account (machine account) have administrative access of your configmgr server ? check this snippet from your posted log try doing that and see do things change

assuming the Reporting Role is installed on your site server, go into the Reporting node, click on Reports and locate the following report All advertisements you can run that report by right clicking on it, choose Run, then when the results appear select the advertisement in question and drill further into it

have you tried drilling into the reports for the package in question it should reveal the details of why it's waiting dfs shares are not used by configmgr, if you want to replicate data you'll need to use configmgr to do it or manually do it using the preloadpkgonsite.exe program for that particular package.

thanks for posting the info so others may learn ! cheers niall

how are you trying to install the client exactly ? and did you create a Package from definition package for that client ? what version of the client is it ?

what dvd are you using for the image source ?

is UAC disabled ? why are you still using SMS 2003 ?

so do you want to emulate this only using mdt 2010 update 1 ? if so it shouldnt be that hard to do as the steps are mostly workarounds anyway, have you tried to duplicate it and what problems are you seeing, post log files if necessary

I wouldnt advertise to the all systems collection unless you REALLY know what you are doing, there's a great risk of installing your servers with XP or something odd if you make a mistake, so don't do it unless you are absolutely sure of what you are doing. in addition, you can hide advertisements from RAP, simply target them to a different os in your organisation, see the how can I password protect a TS post here and scroll down for details of that

you don't need it, it's nothing more than a customised unattend.xml file which you can Deploy 7 without,

if you restart the Windows Deployment Services service what happens ?

are you loading the mdt files package in a previous step, it contains that vbs file...

did you configure your boundaries, and did you check firewall settings ?

The System Center Configuration Manager team would like to announce that the following has been released and available for immediate download: Configuration Manager 2007 R3 Release Candidate (RC) The official Release Candidate for Configuration Manager 2007 R3 can be downloaded by navigating to http://connect.microsoft.com downloads section of the Configuration Manager 2007 Open Beta program. Please read the release notes, they are separate from the build and also located in the download section. Support and Feedback: - All registered Open Beta users can submit bugs and make product suggestions using the Feedback tools provided on Microsoft Connect. This feedback is triaged daily by members of the Product Group. It is your feedback that helps drive feature changes and improvements. See the help link on the ConfigMgr MSConnect homepage for more instructions. - Newsgroups for ConfigMgr07 R3 can be accessed on Microsoft Connect, they are a great way to post questions and receive general support for specific R3 related questions and answers. ConfigMgr07 R3 was announced at the 2010 Microsoft Management Summit by Brad Anderson during his keynote. Power management is at the core of the R3 release, it addresses the need that many organizations have to monitor and reduce the power consumption of their computers. ConfigMgr07 R3 Power Management leverages the power management features built into Windows to apply relevant and consistent settings to computers in the organization. There are three major components to power management in ConfigMgr07 R3: 1. Monitoring and Planning: Power Management collects information about computer usage and power settings for computers in the origination. Reports are provided to allow the administrator to analyze this data and determine optimal power management settings for computers. 2. Enforcement: Power management allows the administrator to create power plans which can be applied to collections of computers. These power plans configure Windows power management settings on computers, and different power plans can be configured for peak and non-peak working hours. 3. Compliance: After applying power plans to computers in the organization, the administrator can run reports to validate that power settings were correctly applied and to calculate power and carbon footprint savings across collections of computers. In addition to power management, ConfigMgr07 R3 will provide customers with enhanced scale and performance support (scale to 300K managed clients per hierarchy, Active Directory delta discovery, dynamic collection updates), as well as enablement of further capabilities for operating system deployment. A full list of the R3 features can be found on Microsoft Connect at the “What’s new in R3” post. Navigate to Microsoft Connect today and download the ConfigMgr07 R3 Release Candidate (RC) product. Please review the Release Notes before performing any installation and the help (chm) file for specific deployment and supportability guidance. If you experience any issues with the download or the ConfigMgr Microsoft Connect site please contact, sccmtap@microsoft.com Regards, The Configuration Manager Customer Team ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Microsoft respects your privacy. Please read our online Privacy Statement. You are receiving this email because you are a participant in a Microsoft Connect beta program. You can end your participation in a program at any time by visiting Your Dashboard (http://connect.microsoft.com/dashboard/) page and choosing 'quit' for that program. If you have signed up to be contacted about participating in new Microsoft Connect programs, surveys, and events, you will continue to receive those communications unless you unsubscribe by going to Your Profile (http://connect.microsoft.com/profile.aspx). To set your contact preferences for other Microsoft communications, see the communications preferences section of the Microsoft Privacy Statement. Alternatively, if you would prefer to no longer to be contacted by Microsoft Connect, send an email to mchelp@microsoft.com with 'UNSUBSCRIBE' in the subject line and we will unregister from Microsoft Connect all up. This is an unmonitored e-mail address, so do not reply to this message. Microsoft Corporation One Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052

did you remember to add the computername step to your new deploy task sequence did you check for spelling mistakes ?

yup it's possible in one task sequence, all you need is a nice HTA frontend and you are good to go, as regards computer association, you don't have to create an association, you can capture the state, and save it to a usb media and then using scripts offer the technician the option of restoring that later (in a refresh scenario) lots of ways of doing it, it's up to you to implement it, and once you have something that works please share

what you need then is hardlinking about there are guides here for that (and a webcast) good luck

the Deployment Guru Johan has done it with Ubuntu 8, see here > http://www.deployvista.com/Blog/JohanArwidmark/tabid/78/EntryID/65/language/en-US/Default.aspx