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how to get rid of abortpxe.com

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Note: this works for me, your mileage may vary, it's worth a try, let me know if it helps.

if you've just started testing with SCCM you'll no doubt see this when imaging a client over and over, after you image the computer you cannot image it again until you right click on the computer in SCCM and choose 'clear last PXE advertisement'

clear_last_pxe.jpg

when you do that, you should be able to image the computer again, which is great when you are testing clients over and over to get your Task Sequence working...

however, after doing this a few times it no longer works, the clear last PXE advertisement no longer works

no_pxe_advertisement_listed.jpg

and when you PXE boot the client you still see the abortpxe message

Downloaded WDSNBP

Architecture: x64

The details below show the information relating to the PXE boot request for this computer. Please provide these details to your Windows Deployment Services Administrator so that this request can be approved.

Pending Request ID: 45

Contacting Server: 192.168.3.1.
TFTP Download: smsboot\x64\abortpxe.com

PXE Boot aborted. Booting to next device...

Those lines above have added to my grey hair content many times as I would try all sort of things to resolve this including

1. deleting the advertisement and re-advertising it
2. restarting WDS and DHCP service
3. restarting SCCM server
4. all of the above and then some....

until finally I tried the following method which appears to work just fine,

Step 1.Add a rule

Add a direct membership rule on the collection you are deploying to by right clicking on it and choose properties.

properties.jpg

click on the Membership Rules tab

membership_rules_tab.jpg

click on the blue computer icon to create a direct membership rule

membership_rules.jpg

when the wizard appears click next

change the drop down menus so they are like this

Resource Class: System Resource
Attribute name: Name

*you can choose Netbios Name also*

resource_class.jpg

enter your computername that you want to remove the abortpxe.com feature from in lowercase or use wildcards eg: dell%

d.jpg

click next and leave the collection blank, click next again

blank.jpg

and here's the fun part !!!

look at the list, theres TWO of the computers with the same name... select them both *or only one if one appears* and click next

two_listed.jpg

click finish and then click ok at this screen

3_now.jpg

Step 2. Refresh the collection

Refresh the collection by selecting it and hitting F5

you should now see more than one of your original computers listed with the same name...

obsolete.jpg

Step 3. You are done !

That's it, your advertisement will begin working again now as now SCCM 'sees' the computer again. If you want you can delete the obsolete computers listed, it really doesn't matter if you leave them there or delete them.

delete.jpg

that's it smile.gif

abortpxe.com is kaboof !

 

related reading > http://blogs.msdn.com/b/steverac/archive/2013/10/03/delete-behavior-for-devices-in-configmgr-2012.aspx

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Hi Anyweb,

just wondering if this would be possible on a domain level.... like could i put a naming standard in instead of a hostname?

 

e.g. LXXXYYY* ?

 

going to test it today anyway ... let you know if i figure anything out...

 

 

yup works perfectly using L% or D%

 

FYI i set my collection to update at 15minute intervals (lab) and picked up the changes.....

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it worked for me too !

BUT, my problem was slightly different.

 

After creating a computer association a particular PC was refusing to appear in the OS deployment collection. I added it over and over again, all in vain!

 

I did your procedure but put % as the value of the atribute - resource name. Then the wizard found the troublesome PC! I checked it's box and viola! it appeared in the OSD collection. The aportPXE went away too!

 

Thanks!

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