A quick trick I came across to force the sort the taskbar programs menu in Windows XP. This can be done via a script towards the end of your MDT task sequence. .REG file contents: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MenuOrder] /Brian G
Adobe Reader: 1. Download latest .EXE ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/win/ 2. Extract .MSI and .MSP files using the “-nos_o and -nos_ne” arguments. AdbeRdrXXXX.exe -nos_o”C:\SomeFolder” -nos_ne 3. Install using msiexec /i and /p commands. start /w “” c:\windows\System32\msiexec.exe /i “%~dp0AcroRead.msi” /qn /norestart start /w “” c:\windows\System32\msiexec.exe /p “%~dp0AdbeRdrUpd11003.msp” /qn /norestart Adobe Flash: *Updated links for msi download: https://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/pdc/24.0.0.194/install_flash_player_24_active_x.msi https://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/pdc/24.0.0.194/install_flash_player_24_plugin.msi… Read More »
In MDT 2012 Update 1, if the “JoinDomain” rule is specified then the Capture Wizard screen is not displayed. Also, the Capture Image screen appears even when Deploying an image. You can workaround both of these issues by creating a new section in your CustomSettings.INI for WinPE. [Settings] Priority=OSVersion, Default Properties=MyCustomProperty [WinPE] SkipCapture=YES DoCapture=NO JoinDomain=mydomain.com… Read More »
Other helpful sites: Video Sites: http://wmug.co.uk/p/videos.aspx http://www.deploymentresearch.com/Videos.aspx Helpful Blogs: http://www.deploymentresearch.com/Research.aspx http://blogs.technet.com/b/deploymentguys/ http://blogs.technet.com/b/mniehaus/ http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/ http://deployment.xtremeconsulting.com/ http://deploydepot.net/ Forums: MDT http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/home?forum=mdt SCCM http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/systemcenter/en-US/home?category=configurationmanager Downloads: MDT http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=25175 ADK http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30652 SCCM http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/system-center/configuration-manager-2012-trial.aspx InTune http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windowsintune/try.aspx Server http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/hh670538.aspx Ill make this a running list as I run across other notables. Please let me know if you have any you feel deserve a… Read More »
With SCM’s (Microsoft Security Compliance Manager) LGPO.msi utility, it is very simple to capture and deploy policies created for the machine, Administrators group, and the Non-Administrators group. However, to deploy a LGPO profile assigned to a single user, no utility or automated method exist. This is solved with a simple powershell script. See the following… Read More »
