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Comment on When things go wrong during MDT Deployment (Part 1) by Kai

Kai — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:19:47 +0000

I too am am having that same issue with the SLShareDynamicLogging=\\servername\logs$ issue (that’s not the actual path). Same thing, I ensure it is fully shared in NTFS, etc… would be interested in knowing what the issue might be, if you figured it out for the above entry.

Comment on MDT Litetouch startup -Super Flow- help; by Ali

Ali — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:46:35 +0000

Nice Post keithga,

I just want to share a problem with you which i am having when i deployed Windows 7 through LTI image while preserving user data and seeting. I used the image for refresh scenario. But when the system restarts for the first time the process didn’t find the c:\minint and/or C:\_SMSTaskSequence\TSEnv.da, and continue to popup the Welcome Wizard. I am wondering why this is happening because the files and folders are present in the C drive.

Comment on UserTile Automation by Handling UserProfile Picture Sync In VDI (Citrix UPM) « Siva Mulpuru's Blog

Handling UserProfile Picture Sync In VDI (Citrix UPM) « Siva Mulpuru's Blog — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:01:06 +0000

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Comment on Windows 7 Notification Area Automation – Falling Back Down the Binary Registry Rabbit Hole by Röndi

Röndi — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 07:04:13 +0000

HI Guys

With witch Program i can find the existing Text Strings in the Binary Value. Thanks for your help.

Comment on Changing Boot order for MDT Litetouch by Mya

Mya — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:26:11 +0000

Need to know how to set PXE boot up for Lite Touch Deployment. It works with CD but I can’t get it to work otherwise.

Comment on Windows Update in MDT 2010 by Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:11:38 +0000

I know it’s old but thought this might be the best place for this.
In my initial build I notice ZTIWindowsUpdate tries to INSTALL KB2532531 2 times and has 4 more FOUND lines but it never quite finishes installing. I have to do this after the deployment.
It’s not a big deal and I haven’t troubleshot it – but there you go.

Comment on Understanding the MDT Configuration Database Part 1 by Mike Webb

Mike Webb — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:31:16 +0000

Sure would like to see Part 2 of this. I’m new to MDT (~ 3months) and am thinking of using a database for our deployments. But finding articles on the “how” and “why”, as Part 1 is, are about non-existant.

Comment on New for MDT 2010: ZTIDomainJoin.wsf by njbasecamp

njbasecamp — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:54:37 +0000

Hey all, A few questions on this one. I ware many hats here and my experiences is limited with MDT not non existent just limited.

After a number of changes things on our network are happening much faster SCCM and GPOs are causing my image to fail or hang some of the time. I need to move the join domain to the end of the image process.

If someone has some instructions or could show me exactly what lines I need to remove to make this happen I would be most appreciated.

I made two or three attempts to do this myself but I have failed. I edited CS.ini to remove the domain stuff moved the recovery TS to the end but it never gets their it fails stating it cant pass credentials. I would like to have the Join Domain piece stay automated just happen as the last TS or just before the last TS.

Thanks,
Jesse

Comment on UserTile Automation by Using Pictures from Active Directory | MSitPros Blog

Using Pictures from Active Directory | MSitPros Blog — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 09:14:13 +0000

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Comment on The Case of the Disappearing Task Sequences by C0debreaker

C0debreaker — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:56:30 +0000

Sorry to resurrect a necro-thread but I have just run into the same issue. I have 4 deployment shares using MDT 2010 on Windows Server 2008 R2 – Dell Laptop XP, Dell Desktop XP, Dell Laptop Win7, and Dell Desktop Win7. Both XP shares still work – both Win7 shares don’t.

On November 23 I successfully imaged my new laptop with Windows 7 Enterprise using WDS and booting from the laptop NIC. I tried doing this on another new laptop on December 5 (having been out of town for a week) and the task list is empty.

I tried resetting permissions on the drive and all subfolders without success. I created a new deployment share without doing any modifications to the control files. I created a new task. None of those produce a populated task sequence.

If I cancel the deployment and use the \deploy\scripts cscript //nologo litetouch.wsf /debug:true the deployment works fine.

Since I was out of the office for a week and I’m the only on-site IT person, nothing was done during that week (unless there were automatic system updates).

Also the bdd.log file is one line so there is no diagnostic information.

I’m at my wits’ end – please help!