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Customising Windows 7 deployments – part 4. Deploying Language Packs Offline

If you live in Europe you’ll most likely need to deploy some additional languages on top of English Windows 7. To achieve this we can add them at the Build and Capture stage or indeed in our Deploy Windows 7 … Continue reading

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Build and Capture Windows 7 sample task sequence adding windows updates by specifying the SLP

During Build and Capture you’ll most likely want to have the latest Windows Updates in your Capture Image and as part of the Build and Capture process, your computer will be in a Workgroup. This presents some challenges in that … Continue reading

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how can I deploy Office 2010 Professional Plus using SCCM 2007 Part 2. Create Package/Program/Advertisement and Test

In part one of this guide, we prepared Office 2010 X86 by downloading the files required (including the OCT), and created our own MSP file. Now we will add that customised package to ConfigMgr. Step 1. Create the Office 2010 … Continue reading

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how can I deploy Office 2010 Professional Plus using SCCM 2007- Part 1. Preparation

This guide will help you to deploy Office 2010 using SCCM 2007 in your LAB. If you’d like to get guidance from Technet on this subject then please see here. This guide is based upon and may reference content found … Continue reading

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New Hotfix:- Creating OSD USB deployment media in System Center Configuration Manager 2007 fails with "The parameter is incorrect"

If you are creating a lot of USB deployment media, then you’ll have come across this problem, I know that I have and no fix or explanation was offered, until now. Symptoms When trying to create Stand-alone media, Bootable media, or … Continue reading

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using vNext in a LAB – Part 10. Deploying Windows 7 Enterprise Deploying the Captured image

In Part 1. of this series we Installed vNext. In Part 2., we then Configured vNext to use the New AD Site as a boundary and Configured Discovery Methods in vNext. In Part 3, we installed the Reporting Point Role … Continue reading

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using vNext in a LAB – Part 9. Configuring SUP deploying Updates.

In Part 1. of this series we Installed vNext. In Part 2., we then Configured vNext to use the New AD Site as a boundary and Configured Discovery Methods in vNext. In Part 3, we installed the Reporting Point Role … Continue reading

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Configuring Windows Deployment Services remotely on several servers

I had to Configure (not install, just configure the already installed wds service) 121 servers and i couldn’t find a script handy so had to put one together, here’s the result, create a blank text file called computerlist.txt with a … Continue reading

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SCCM 2007 R3 Upgrade Issues Installation of Hotfix 977384 Fails if Trend Micro installed

I’ve seen this recently so wanted to post a quick blog about it in case you run into a similar situtation “Error 1603 when installing KB977384″ The main issues reported in the KB977384 hotfix msi log are:- Property(S): SmsIncorrectLang = … Continue reading

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using vNext in a LAB – Part 8. Adding a Software Update Point

In Part 1. of this series we Installed vNext. In Part 2., we then Configured vNext to use the New AD Site as a boundary and Configured Discovery Methods in vNext. In Part 3, we installed the Reporting Point Role … Continue reading

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using vNext in a LAB – Part 7. Deploying Windows 7 Enterprise Build and Capture Task Sequence

In Part 1. of this series we Installed vNext. In Part 2., we then Configured vNext to use the New AD Site as a boundary and Configured Discovery Methods in vNext. In Part 3, we installed the Reporting Point Role … Continue reading

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using vNext in a LAB – Part 6. Deploying Windows 7 Enterprise Add WDS/PSP, Windows 7 image, boot images

In Part 1. of this series we Installed vNext. In Part 2., we then Configured vNext to use the New AD Site as a boundary and Configured Discovery Methods in vNext. In Part 3, we installed the Reporting Point Role … Continue reading

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using vNext in a LAB – Part 5. Deploying Applications Advanced application installation

In Part 1. of this series we Installed vNext. In Part 2., we then Configured vNext to use the New AD Site as a boundary and Configured Discovery Methods in vNext. In Part 3, we installed the Reporting Point Role … Continue reading

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using vNext in a LAB – Part 4. Configuring the Client Agent Settings

In Part 1. of this series we Installed vNext. In Part 2., we then Configured vNext to use the New AD Site as a boundary and Configured Discovery Methods in vNext. In Part 3, we installed the Reporting Point Role … Continue reading

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How can I make troubleshooting failed deployments easier using a customised boot image

Why do we want to do this ? We’ve all seen OSD fail for some reason or another, wouldn’t it be nice to have a set of tools included in your boot.wim file to help you make the job of … Continue reading

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