Tag Archives: MDT2013

SMSTS log file should be copied at end of EVERY MDT Task Sequence!

By | November 29, 2016
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MDT has a fairly large shot coming. It doesn’t copy one of the best log files that is used to troubleshoot Task Sequence issues, smsts.log.  I hunted down the log file and now copy it using a custom step at the end of all of my Task Sequences. /BG  

Add MDT Selection Profiles for each Out-of-Box Driver Folder using a PowerShell Script

By | October 23, 2016
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MDT Task Sequence’s Inject driver steps do not support specifying folders,  so Selection Profiles are the defacto method for bridging this gap.  Here is a script I created to ease the process of creating/importing multiple system drivers into MDT at once.  If ran more than once, it will not create duplicate selection profile entries. /BG

The MDT 2013u2’s “Litetouch OEM Task Sequence” does not partition UEFI drives using GPT

By | August 26, 2016
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After the Litetouch OEM TS runs and the content is staged, on next boot up, no UEFI supported drives are found. To fix this, you must correct the litetouch oem task sequence. Before: After: Copy the corrected “Format and Partition..” steps from your deployment TS. Thanks goes to: https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/db958f0d-b64c-4557-be79-cace90613493/litetouch-oem-task-sequence-uefi-support?forum=win10itprosetup -BG

SOLVED: Netmotion XG Mobility Client Install Driver Prompt

By | August 11, 2016
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SOLVED (08/11/2016): http://www.netmotionwireless.com/support/docs/MobilityXG/1100/help/mobilityhelp.htm#page/Mobility%20Server/setup.03.39.html The “NM_Options” property MUST be used, even when using the MmsAddress MSI property. So my final install string was this: ## <Perform Installation tasks here> Show-InstallationProgress -StatusMessage ‘Installing NetMotion XG Client. This may take some time. Please wait…’ Execute-Process -Path “msiexec.exe” -Parameters ” /norestart /quiet /package “”$dirFiles\Mobility_xg_client_11.01_Win7_x64_release.msi”” NM_ADDRESS_VALUE=x.x.x.x:x EQSI=””1″” NM_Options=””$dirFiles\options.inf”” REBOOT=ReallySuppress” Forum… Read More »

My edits for PSAppDeployToolkit’s Wrapper PS1

By | August 10, 2016
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http://psappdeploytoolkit.com/ ‘s wrapper is my new favorite wrapper for applications I add to MDT or SCCM.  As Johan & others have stated, the main reason to use wrappers is how mush it eases testing of creating packages.  Here are my 2 edits I make to all of my Deploy_Application.ps1 scripts. 1.Tell PSAppDeploy to copy the… Read More »