Screen resolution during OSD with SCCM (MDT integrated)

[Tobie]

Hi,

 

Google tends to be my friend but we do not agree today. I have searched all over the Inernet but I cannot find what I'm looking for.

 

I wonder if you can change the existing screen resolution during OSD, the current resolution is 640x480, the same resolution as the winpe.bmp picture (e.g. \\<server_name>\SMS_DSG\OSD\bin\i386\winpe.bmp). I want to use the same resolution as the screen can handle, e.g. 1280x1024.

 

Can i do this with TS or do need to configure something else?

 

Thanks in advance!

 

/Tobias

[Tobie]

The problem disappeared when i had updated my GFX driver in my winPE image so I dont need to change this values manually for now. But, I'm still interested of how to it and I'll gett back when I know

[Kinom]

The problem disappeared when i had updated my GFX driver in my winPE image so I dont need to change this values manually for now. But, I'm still interested of how to it and I'll gett back when I know

Use an unattend.xml

create a package, no program en ad it to the distribution point.

in the apply operating system step select the Use an unattended or sysprep, select the package and enter the unattend.xml file.

 

For example:

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend">

<servicing>

<package action="configure">

<assemblyIdentity name="Package_for_KB935509" version="6.0.1.9" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="" />

</package>

<package action="configure">

<assemblyIdentity name="Package_for_KB937287" version="6.0.1.18000" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="" />

</package>

<package action="configure">

<assemblyIdentity name="Package_for_KB938371" version="6.0.1.25" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="" />

</package>

</servicing>

<settings pass="specialize">

<component name="Microsoft-Windows-IE-InternetExplorer" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">

<StartPages>

<StartPage wcm:action="add">

<StartPageUrl>http://www.google.be</StartPageUrl>

<StartPageKey>Home</StartPageKey>

</StartPage>

</StartPages>

<CompanyName>BlaBla</CompanyName>

<Home_Page>http://www.google.be</Home_Page>

<IEWelcomeMsg>false</IEWelcomeMsg>

<TrustedSites></TrustedSites>

</component>

<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">

<Display>

<HorizontalResolution>1920</HorizontalResolution>

<VerticalResolution>1200</VerticalResolution>

</Display> </component>

</settings>

<settings pass="windowsPE">

<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Setup" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">

<Display>

<HorizontalResolution>1920</HorizontalResolution>

<VerticalResolution>1200</VerticalResolution>

</Display> <DynamicUpdate>

<Enable>true</Enable>

<WillShowUI>Never</WillShowUI>

</DynamicUpdate>

</component>

</settings>

<settings pass="oobeSystem">

<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">

<OOBE>

<HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage>

</OOBE>

</component>

</settings>

<cpi:offlineImage cpi:source="wim://sccm/packages$/test-xml/install.wim#Windows Vista BUSINESS" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" />

</unattend>

[Kinom]

Screen shot

 

[anyweb]

Kinom's example will set the resolution in the OS not in PE,

 

in PE you can use SETRES.exe

 

then copy that file to your MDT scripts folder (in the mdt files package), once done create a step called Use Toolkit package before the set screen resolution step, dont forget to update your Distribution Points with a new copy of the MDT files package after doing this,

 

you could of course create a separate package for the program setres.exe and add a step to use that package prior to the next line...

 

create a run command line task in your task sequence call Set Screen Resolution that has a command line which reads

 

cmd /c "%scriptroot%\SETRES" h1024 v768 b16

 

 

done !

[domsen]

Setres has not work for me ...

 

That is why I searched for an alternative and came across Qres.exe ....

 

So I created a packet with the "Source Files" and create program with the following parameters

 

Command line: Qres.exe /X: 1400 /Y: 1050 /C: 32

 

It changes the resolution during the deployment and operating system itself!

[Eswar Koneti]

Why dont you use the Inbuilt Set Task Sequence Variable action with Variabel name :Xresolution and value:1280 and similar to Yresultion as well.

You can also do this Via Creating XML file with WSIM.

[Locdog]

I did it this was http://schnitz76.blogspot.com/2008/01/desktop-resolution-problems.html

 

Added 5 different "Run Command Line" with different resolutions and just ran for example "dc.exe -width=1600 -height=900 -depth=32 -quiet"

if the resolution isnt supported it skips it. maybe not the best way but it works if you wanna set the best resolution and have different monitors / laptops.

 

Dont forget to "Continue on error" for each, if the resolution isnt supported the task sequence stops

 

 

 

This works quite well but you have to add the PNPDeviceID for each monitor modell / Laptop

http://systemcenterideas.com/2009/10/automatically-setting-display-resolution/

[johnburke]

Why dont you use the Inbuilt Set Task Sequence Variable action with Variabel name :Xresolution and value:1280 and similar to Yresultion as well.

You can also do this Via Creating XML file with WSIM.

does this chnage the resolution in WINPE?