When deploying a Windows 7 Image with IE v10 installed, Mini-Setup fails due to an out-dated setting in the default unattend.xml file produced by MDT2012 Update 1. Here is the error that displays in setupact.log file: [windeploy.exe] Failure occurred during online installation. Online installation cannot complete at this time.; hr = 0x80004005 To fix the… Read More »
The built-in Powercfg utility works great in Windows 7 for importing/exporting power profiles. Simply set up a new profile as desired using the “Power Options” Windows Control Panel applet. Once set, use the “Powercfg -L” command to grab the GUID, then use the “Powercfg -Export ” command to create a power profile file. Here is… Read More »
The Netsh utility is constantly surprising me what it can accomplish. Using this site (http://windowsitpro.com/windows-server/top-10-windows-firewall-netsh-commands), I was able to script opening 3 ports in a couple of minutes. Thanks WindowsItPro.. REM Turn On Firewall for All Profiles netsh advfirewall set allprofiles state on REM Allow pings netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name=”All ICMP V4″ dir=in… Read More »
Here is the argument I came across to extract the .msi from an Adobe install .EXE file. Once extracted you can use the Customization Wizard to set desired options, such as disabling auto-updates. AdbeRdrXXXX.exe -nos_o”C:\SomeFolder” -nos_ne Here is where you can grab the Customization Wizard: ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/win/ FYI. an .MSP update file will also extract, that… Read More »
Here is a script/package that I like to include when consulting. It simply auto-imports all .reg files from the same directory where the script is stored. Its great, because people can simply export .reg files and add them into the folder and the next time a deployment takes place, the .reg file is imported. #Grab… Read More »
