Category Archives: Scripting

Force Windows XP to Sort the Taskbar Program Menu via a Registry Import

By | August 13, 2013
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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

Where to Download or Extract Adobe .MSI files and Java Runtimes.

By | August 9, 2013
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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 »

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 »