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Deploying Windows Server 2003 x64 with Hyper-V

By arwidmark / June 6, 2010

When deploying x64 legacy operating systems (XP/2003) you quickly realize the nic doesn’t work… here is the fix… Use the legacy network card, and the nic driver from Windows Server 2008 R2 (dc21x4vm.sys och dc21x4vm.inf) / Johan

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Fully unattended answer file for Windows Embedded Standard 7

By arwidmark / May 25, 2010

Windows Embedded Standard 7 is componentized version of Windows 7, where you pick what components you want and you get a custom Windows 7 installation… With Windows Embedded Standard 7 you can automate the Image Builder Wizard (IBW) with an answer file. Here is a fully unattended sample that will deploy a minimal Windows Embedded […]

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Deploying Hyper-V servers using ConfigMgr 2007 SP2

By arwidmark / May 24, 2010

When deploying Hyper-V servers using MDT 2010 Zero Touch Roles and Features and ConfigMgr 2007 SP2, you quickly realize that the Hyper-V installation reboots the task sequence during the process and never processes the rest of it. This also requires you do to some additional housecleaning afterwards… But what if you want to do things […]

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Settings per Task Sequence using MDT 2010

By arwidmark / May 24, 2010

This is a quick guide for configuring settings per task sequence using MDT 2010, without the use of the database… Some background info… The Gather action in MDT is the process that gather all rules and it is run when the deployment wizard starts. But what if we want to set rules depending on what we select […]

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Deploying Kiosk machines using MDT 2010 Lite Touch

By arwidmark / May 23, 2010

Here is a sample configuration for assigning a few settings via a role to a specific set of machines (mac address), and then a standard set of settings for all other machines. If you are prestaging all the machines into the database this is easy, but what if I don’t want to use the database… […]

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MDT 2010 Update 1 beta available on connect

By arwidmark / May 11, 2010

MDT 2010 Update 1 beta available on connect MDT 2010 Update 1 provides new capabilities, such as: Support for Microsoft Office 2010.   A new User-driven Installation (UDI) deployment method (formerly known as “Modena”) for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007. UDI gives information technology (IT) staff control over the deployment experience while empowering users […]

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Windows 7 Network Location bug finally fixed!

By arwidmark / May 11, 2010

When deploying Windows 7 the Network Location dialog box is sometimes shown even though the machine is joined to a domain. It’s only on specific hardware but it’s quite common. Microsoft now has a hotfix (KB 2028749) for this bug. A “Set Network Location” dialog box appears when you first log on to a domain-joined […]

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Recovery Utility for USMT 3 and 4

By arwidmark / May 3, 2010

Some time ago I came across the MigRecover Utility for Microsoft’s Windows Easy Transfer (thanks Calle Malmstrom for the tip!), It works great for extracting data from a standard USMT 4 store as well. There is also a version for USMT 3. The syntax is quite simple: MigRecover.exe [/i:] [/e:] [/v] [password] So for extracting […]

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