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“Please reinsert the media (CD, DVD, or USB) needed to complete the deployment.” error when deploying via an MDT Media Share

By | July 14, 2016
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When a computer takes longer than MDT likes to locate the Media share to complete the Deployment, this error is presented. It will retry to locate the deployment when OK is clicked, but if this happens on a unit quite a bit, use this workaround. Add the following code to your Scripts\Litetouch.wsf ‘//—————————————————————————- ‘// Set… Read More »

How to make your VM use a static IP when booting an MDT WinPE image.

By | March 17, 2016
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When VMs exist in static IP environments and a VM is being used to capture a thin image with MDT, the boot image must be instructed to use a static IP during the capture process.  Here is my method of achieving this. Download the “SetStaticIP.vbs” and updated “Unattend.xml” file, using the following link: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwHI1r8k8A75S2w0UkZUeWM3NzA Update the “SetStaticIP.vbs”… Read More »

Whats new in MDT 2013 Preview 1 that you should care about?

By | March 10, 2015
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So here’s what I found so far: https://connect.microsoft.com/ConfigurationManagervnext/Downloads Note: You need to join the “program” to access the downloads page. 1. The obvious! Windows 10 Technical Preview deployment support. 2. MDT auto-spans >4gb WIM files to support UEFI bootable “removeable media”. Thank you Microsoft! 3. New “unfancy” wallpaper. 4. Same unstable MMC console. 5. Editing… Read More »

How can I present a dynamic OU Selection prompt for MDT/SCCM?

By | December 18, 2014
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First thing you will need to installf Maik Koster’s “Deployment Webservice“. This will give you the ability to do cool stuff like query AD for a list of OUs, or move computers around to different OUs, and add/remove computers from SCCM collections. Any many other actions similar to that. Once you have it installed and… Read More »

My MDT VBScript Template.

By | March 21, 2014
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The VBScript sample from Microsoft was a start, but here were the major limitations: Only meant to be used from within the “Scripts” folder, which is not useful when attempting to install applications. Does not include examples of actually using the ZTIUtility.vbs functions. Template pulled from http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/84d18835-300a-42e3-b0e7-29cb7fc5aafc. * Thanks Mr. Barnes! GitHub Link: https://github.com/brianfgonzalez/Scripts/blob/master/Z-MyMDTTemplate.wsf  … Read More »