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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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How can I copy files from a package ? not as straightforward as you think

Let’s say you want to copy some files from a package to your target computer In the following Task Sequence, copying files from packages – access.xml we reference a package (called copy_files) which contains some blank files and folders We … Continue reading

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what a way to start a weekend !! 2010 Microsoft® MVP Award – SCCM

I just wanted to post a quick note to say how happy I am to have received a 2010 Microsoft® MVP Award (SCCM), it was a very pleasant surprise as I read the email on my phone while stuck in … Continue reading

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using vNext in a LAB Part 3. Additional Configuration

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. Now we will install the Reporting Point Role. Perform … Continue reading

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