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Running a PXE Server in Windows 10 in less than 10 minutes

By | February 16, 2018
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UPDATE – 04-03-2019: try serva https://www.vercot.com/~serva/ instead of tftpd32, it supports uefi. Download the “Portable” version of the Tftpd32 software. http://tftpd32.jounin.net/ All of my source files: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1FAIPPtIogFOk_uklAS_D7YxLrxI36Hly My TFTPROOT folder contents and source Files were pulled from Windows 10 ADK installation. C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Windows Preinstallation Environment\amd64\Media => TFTPROOT\bootmgr.exe TFTPROOT\Boot\en-us\bootmgr.exe.mui TFTPROOT\Boot\en-us\memtest.exe.mui TFTPROOT\Boot\Fonts\*.* TFTPROOT\Boot\Resources\bootres.dll… Read More »

How to Add “Deployment Duration” to the MDT Litetouch’s Final Summary Page

By | March 19, 2017
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1. Add a step in Task Sequence to create a “.tag” file named after the OsdComputerName, which will be later used to determine the deployment duration. Command Line: cmd /c echo. > “Z:\Logs\%OsdComputerName%.tag” 2. Add a Task Sequence step to sync time with Deployment Server during the State Restore phase. Command Line: cmd /c net time \\192.168.56.1… Read More »

Environment Variables set during the “Update Media” processing of MDT

By | January 25, 2017
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At the end of running “Update Media” for the 1st run or on any run with the “-force” argument passed, an update script can be called via the “LitetouchPE.xml” file. Here are the dynamic vars exposed that can be called via a custom script. ADKPath | C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Assessment and Deployment Kit CONTENT |… Read More »

Setting the Wallpaper and Lockscreen in Windows 10

By | December 4, 2016
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Finally! I found a failsafe way to set a desired image to both the default wallpaper and lockscreen in Windows 10. Place a Wallpaper.jpg into your MDT “scripts” folder, add Powershell support to your WinPE (you will need to also add .NET support).  Then use this command line after applying the image: powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy “ByPass”… Read More »

Display the WIM filename during Image Apply step Dynamically

By | November 30, 2016
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Since there is no MDT built-in variable assigned with just the wim name, i had to create a seperate step to create the variable “OSDImageName”, which i  then used in my standard image apply step. Here is what the Task Sequence looks like: Step Name Text: Expanding %OSDImageName% (%ImageSize%) to %OSDisk%\… And here is how… Read More »