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  7. WDS taking over? SCCM not doing anything?

    in Configuration Manager 2007

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    We are having similar issues with CCMsetup not installing on some PC's while it installs happily on others, there seems to be some inconsistency here as we have deployed the same image on all the same spec machines. I am not sure if this is related. We have tried all the suggestions from various forums, but with very little success. Our deployment varies in that we use WDS\MDT to push out our images, we are just starting to use SCCM.

  9. MDT 2010 how fast should this image

    in Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT)

    Posted

    i'm not being sarcastic when i say "there are many ways to do it"

    We have Panasonic ToughBooks (several different flavors) and they are a pain in the butt to deal with. So we have captured an image of each one (all software and settings and drivers) and deploy them in a simple manner. That takes a few minutes (about 30)

    For the rest of the PCs in our enterprise, we have a standard drivers-less image that has no software. The task sequence will install drivers and the software requested in the Task Sequence. That takes a little longer (but no longer than 45 minutes)

     

    We're just getting it to the point (we? hell, me) where there's just a base image and the drivers/software is deployed during the task. I think it's simpler that way.

     

    I think we may have to look at that option (base image then use task sequence for everything) we are looking at using SCCM 2010 for all our future deployments and software updates...

    but I think you have answered my initial question anyway about how long things should take :)

  11. MDT 2010 how fast should this image

    in Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT)

    Posted

    In our system, it takes about a half hour or so. Definately less than an hour, though (on the flip side, our SCCM deploy was taking FOREVER so we switched to MDT for onsite imaging)

    I'm assuming you have a Win7 OS you're deploying (we have both in our environment)

    The task sequence we run on Post-Install has about 10- 15 tasks to run.

    How many does yours have?

    Are you noticing the win7 setup is running a long time or is it just the entire task?

     

    Hi, I spoke to the tech who set this up, they haven't used any task sequence, what they did was do an image with everything on it and deploy it, basically a wim file with all the drivers and applications on it. I was always under the impression that when imaging you install OS then use task sequence to load all the other software, or is this wrong???... Confused!!!

  12. MDT and office 2010 MAK

    in Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT)

    Posted

    Had the same thing happen to us. However, we found that it's not the MAK license is removed, Office just wasn't activated (despite having it activated in the task sequence)

    I've found that nothing in MDT is 100%

    Hi, just rechecked this, and it appears the both the MAK for windows and office still do not appear. When you say that office needs to be activiated, as far as i am aware this is done on the image that we capture, or are we missing a step here. How did you get your Windows MAK to stick???

  13. MDT 2010 how fast should this image

    in Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT)

    Posted

    Can someone tell me how fast or quick should it be to capture an image using MDT2010. Currently it takes over an hour to do this. This is not a basic image, but all the software that we use too.

    Its interesting to note that some people have said it only takes between 15-20 minutes... if this is possible how can I do this.

    Some background information:

    we use 2 vlans, one for staff and one for students. Staff can get on to the student vlan, but students can not get on to staff vlan.

    we use a proxy server to access the internet and also have a firewall.

    currently we have about 1800 machines on our system.

    we have AD, DHCP and DNS.

    we also use KMS to license windows 7 and office 2010.

  20. MDT 2010 rebuild

    in Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT)

    Posted

    I have had to rebuild the WDS server and reinstall MDT2010. The problem is that the files (Deployment Share) folder resided on a separate HDD, along with the WDS images and files. Recreating and linking the WDS bit was fine and we had no problems with the images and deploying. However MDT 2010 was different and when we try to use MDT the PC that we try to capture an image to says that it is unable to connect to the server and the possible cause could be a credentials problem. We have reset the permissions on the the folder but this problem is still occurring. Any ideas.

  22. MDT Error

    in Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT)

    Posted

    Hi I was wondering if anyone can point me in the right direction with this one. We have created a *.wim file using MDT, but when we try to create an unattended file the following error message pops up;

     

    14:52 :

    14:52 : Windows SIM was unable to generate a catalog. For troubleshooting assistance, see the topic: 'Windows System Image Manager Technical Reference' in the Windows OPK or Windows AIK User's Guide.

    14:52 :

    14:52 : System.InvalidOperationException: The operation failed to complete. ---> System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation. ---> System.ArgumentNullException: String reference not set to an instance of a String.

    Parameter name: source

    at System.Globalization.CompareInfo.IsPrefix(String source, String prefix, CompareOptions options)

    at ?A0xfe36268f.ConvertToNtPath(String path)

    at Microsoft.ComponentStudio.ComponentPlatformInterface.CbsSessionAdaptor..ctor(String bootDrive, String imageWinDir, String servicingPath)

    at Microsoft.ComponentStudio.ComponentPlatformInterface.OfflineImageImpl.InitializePackages()

    at Microsoft.ComponentStudio.ComponentPlatformInterface.OfflineImageImpl..ctor(OfflineImageInfo imageInfo)

    --- End of inner exception stack trace ---

    at System.RuntimeMethodHandle._InvokeConstructor(Object[] args, SignatureStruct& signature, IntPtr declaringType)

    at System.Reflection.RuntimeConstructorInfo.Invoke(BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture)

    at System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceImpl(BindingFlags bindingAttr, Binder binder, Object[] args, CultureInfo culture, Object[] activationAttributes)

    at Microsoft.ComponentStudio.ComponentPlatformInterface.Cpi.PlatformImplementation.CreateOfflineImageInstance(OfflineImageInfo imageInfo)

    --- End of inner exception stack trace ---

     

    Server stack trace:

    at Microsoft.ComponentStudio.ComponentPlatformInterface.Cpi.PlatformImplementation.CreateOfflineImageInstance(OfflineImageInfo imageInfo)

    at Microsoft.ComponentStudio.ComponentPlatformInterface.Cpi.CreateOfflineImageInstance(OfflineImageInfo imageInfo)

    at Microsoft.ComponentStudio.ComponentPlatformInterface.OfflineImageCatalog.Serialize(OfflineImageInfo imageInfo)

    at Microsoft.ComponentStudio.ComponentPlatformInterface.OfflineImageInfo.CreateCatalog()

    at Microsoft.ComponentStudio.ComponentPlatformInterface.CatalogCreatorImpl.CreateCatalog(OfflineImageInfo offlineImageInfo)

    at System.Runtime.Remoting.Messaging.StackBuilderSink._PrivateProcessMessage(IntPtr md, Object[] args, Object server, Int32 methodPtr, Boolean fExecuteInContext, Object[]& outArgs)

    at System.Runtime.Remoting.Messaging.StackBuilderSink.SyncProcessMessage(IMessage msg, Int32 methodPtr, Boolean fExecuteInContext)

     

    Exception rethrown at [0]:

    at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealProxy.HandleReturnMessage(IMessage reqMsg, IMessage retMsg)

    at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealProxy.PrivateInvoke(MessageData& msgData, Int32 type)

    at Microsoft.ComponentStudio.ComponentPlatformInterface.ICatalogCreator.CreateCatalog(OfflineImageInfo offlineImageInfo)

    at Microsoft.ComponentStudio.CatalogGenerator.CreateCat(ProgressDialog pd, Object o)

    14:52 : System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation. ---> System.ArgumentNullException: String reference not set to an instance of a String.

    Parameter name: source

    at System.Globalization.CompareInfo.IsPrefix(String source, String prefix, CompareOptions options)

    at ?A0xfe36268f.ConvertToNtPath(String path)

    at Microsoft.ComponentStudio.ComponentPlatformInterface.CbsSessionAdaptor..ctor(String bootDrive, String imageWinDir, String servicingPath)

    at Microsoft.ComponentStudio.ComponentPlatformInterface.OfflineImageImpl.InitializePackages()

    at Microsoft.ComponentStudio.ComponentPlatformInterface.OfflineImageImpl..ctor(OfflineImageInfo imageInfo)

    --- End of inner exception stack trace ---

    at System.RuntimeMethodHandle._InvokeConstructor(Object[] args, SignatureStruct& signature, IntPtr declaringType)

    at System.Reflection.RuntimeConstructorInfo.Invoke(BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture)

    at System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceImpl(BindingFlags bindingAttr, Binder binder, Object[] args, CultureInfo culture, Object[] activationAttributes)

    at Microsoft.ComponentStudio.ComponentPlatformInterface.Cpi.PlatformImplementation.CreateOfflineImageInstance(OfflineImageInfo imageInfo)

    14:52 : System.ArgumentNullException: String reference not set to an instance of a String.

    Parameter name: source

    at System.Globalization.CompareInfo.IsPrefix(String source, String prefix, CompareOptions options)

    at ?A0xfe36268f.ConvertToNtPath(String path)

    at Microsoft.ComponentStudio.ComponentPlatformInterface.CbsSessionAdaptor..ctor(String bootDrive, String imageWinDir, String servicingPath)

    at Microsoft.ComponentStudio.ComponentPlatformInterface.OfflineImageImpl.InitializePackages()

    at Microsoft.ComponentStudio.ComponentPlatformInterface.OfflineImageImpl..ctor(OfflineImageInfo imageInfo)

  23. Anyone know how to get USMT 4.0 to set a hard-link store in ConfMgr 07 SP2?

    in USMT

    Posted

    Ok I figured this out, it was my batch file, I used the /sf switch when executing the loadstate command. I removed this from the batch file, and everything worked okay again. BTW I also found a fix for it, it's this;

     

    SET PUBLIC=

    SET ProgramData=

     

    reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders" /t REG_EXPAND_SZ /v "Common Desktop" /d "%%PUBLIC%%\Desktop" /f

    reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders" /t REG_EXPAND_SZ /v "Common Documents" /d "%%PUBLIC%%\Documents" /f

    reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders" /t REG_EXPAND_SZ /v "CommonPictures" /d "%%PUBLIC%%\Pictures" /f

    reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders" /t REG_EXPAND_SZ /v "CommonMusic" /d "%%PUBLIC%%\Music" /f

    reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders" /t REG_EXPAND_SZ /v "CommonVideo" /d "%%PUBLIC%%\Videos" /f

    reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders" /t REG_EXPAND_SZ /v "{3D644C9B-1FB8-4f30-9B45-F670235F79C0}" /d "%%PUBLIC%%\Downloads" /f

    reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders" /t REG_EXPAND_SZ /v "Common Start Menu" /d "%%ProgramData%%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu" /f

    reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders" /t REG_EXPAND_SZ /v "Common Programs" /d "%%ProgramData%%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs" /f

    reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders" /t REG_EXPAND_SZ /v "Common Startup" /d "%%ProgramData%%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup" /f

    reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders" /t REG_EXPAND_SZ /v "Common AppData" /d "%%ProgramData%%" /f

    reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders" /t REG_EXPAND_SZ /v "Common Templates" /d "%%ProgramData%%\Microsoft\Windows\Templates" /f

     

    just create a batch file with it and run it..it will restore the state of the PC.

  25. Anyone know how to get USMT 4.0 to set a hard-link store in ConfMgr 07 SP2?

    in USMT

    Posted

    It's great to see all this on the forum as we are about to do the same on our network. I have been doing some USMT using a USB stick and running a batch file to copy the users profiles and shortcuts over, which a majority of the time has worked really well, except for a few hic-ups.

    One of the problems I have seen is that after I have done a migration, the view of the start menue and task bar changes, no matter who logs on to the PC or laptop.

    Where I expect to find lots of folders under START>All Programs it only shows a few, and this is the same if log on as an administrator!!! HELP

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