Category Archives: SCCM

Capture Wizard Screen Issues with MDT 2012 Update 1

By | August 9, 2013
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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 »

Helpful links, books, testing, and forums for a new MDT 2012 support.

By | August 2, 2013
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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 »

How to push Local Group Policy Settings for a specified Windows 7 User via a script.

By | August 2, 2013
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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 »

How to Export/Import power profiles in Windows 7

By | May 30, 2013
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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 »

Powershell Post to Auto-Import all .REG files from Current Directory (Script Directory)

By | May 30, 2013
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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 »