Category Archives: SCCM

How to use VBScript in your MDT/SCCM CustomSettings.INI.

By | November 17, 2011
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The built-in CustomSettings.INI variables are very useful, but in some occassions they are simply not enough. For instance, the “Model” variable contains the FULL model number (ie. CF-19K4RAX2M). What if I want to create a section breakout for all CF-19 laptops? Here is a method I found to perform this task: 1. First you must… Read More »

Blogs, Forums and Sites Oh My…

By | November 7, 2011
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Here are all of the blogs, forums and pages I visit and subscribe to with Google Reader.  All very reputable sources,  I bolded the most active and strong writers: Raphael: Your System Center Configuration Manager portal http://wmug.co.uk/blogs/dotraphael/rss.aspx AlexSemi’s Blog http://blogs.msdn.com/b/alex_semi/rss.aspx Ask the Core Team http://blogs.technet.com/b/askcore/rss.aspx Brian Jackson’s IT Blog http://feeds.feedburner.com/brianleejackson CCMEXEC.COM – System Center blog… Read More »

Apply Open Office Settings via Script Or Batch

By | January 19, 2011
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In most cases, my customer base have decided to install Open Office applications outside of their base images.  The silent installations are fairly simple, because the install files are provided in .MSI format. Applying custom settings after a clean installation need to also be addressed.  I found this was also fairly simple.  All of the… Read More »

MDT/SCCM Help Blog and Forum Roll !!!

By | January 14, 2011
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Here are my favorite resources for help and resources for MDT/SCCM.  The folks that contribute to these sites are in my opinion are among the best of the best in Windows Imaging around the World. Microsoft Deployment Toolkit Forum: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/mdt myITforum Blog: http://www.myitforum.com The Deployment Guys: http://blogs.technet.com/deploymentguys Xtreme Deployment: http://deployment.xtremeconsulting.com The D-Spot: http://www.the-d-spot.org/wordpress/ DeployVista: http://www.deployvista.com/… Read More »

Receiving “Open File–Security Warning” Errors After Mini-Setup in Windows XP/7

By | January 13, 2011
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In some cases when drivers are downloaded from the web, they are tagged as “Downloaded Files” in their File Streams and warnings appear on startup.  This can be cleared by using the SysInternals Streams utility. It is very simple to use, run it against the root directory of where the drivers are stored and let… Read More »