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why not use SP2 as SP1 is not supported anymore. to verify OSD is working simply setup a Virtual Machine at that site, and pxe boot the VM

should be fine, are you sure it's not importing fine and you just havn't refreshed ?

If you haven't don'e so already check out my similar post on verifying if there's a TPM present for Dell systems here. Using similar logic (it works after all :-)) I've changed the script to look for the Lenovo programmed response and edited my task sequence to load the required Lenovo drivers in the order they must be placed, the Lenovo Check for TPM group will only run based on a wmi query, the wmi query is as follow Select * from Win32_ComputerSystem where Manufacturer like "%Lenovo%" In this group we have a sub-group which plugs the needed drivers into our WinPE session (without the need for changing your boot images, cool huh ?) The sub-group is called Prepare SMBUS and SMBIOS (much like Prepare CCTK and HAPI on the Dell TPM check) and has three steps xcopy LenovoInstall SMBUS DriverInstall SMBIOS Driver Xcopy simply copies the Lenovo specific drivers *see screenshot* from our previously created BitLocker Tools package to where we want them, you'll need to download the SMBUS and SMBIOS drivers from Lenovo (ask your Lenovo TAM if you cannot find them) and the next two commands install the correct drivers from the xcopied source. Next we have the Install SMBUS Driver, which does just that, it installs the required SMBUS driver for Lenovo, note that this step will fail unless you specify the working directory, in our case it's x:\lenovo\tpm\smbus The Install SMBIOS Driver loads another driver but you must also specify the correct working directory for THAT driver otherwise once again it will fail. After successful completion of that group we xcopy the Lenovo files to a sub directory of our %scriptroot% before running the actual Check_for_TPM_Lenovo.WSF file, this will only set our TPM_Available variable=True if the correct string is found, otherwise the variable will be false. The remaining steps in this group will run/not run based on the result of that variable. here's the script <job id="checkTPM"> <script language="VBScript" src="..\ZTIUtility.vbs"/> <script language="VBScript"> Dim oShell Set oShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") oEnvironment.Item("TPM_AVAILABLE") = False retCode = oShell.Run("cmd /c " & Replace(WScript.ScriptFullName,WScript.ScriptName,"") & "tpm_activate_cmd.exe /verbose | find " & chr(34) & "TPM is present in this system" & chr(34) , 0, True) If(retCode = 0) Then oEnvironment.Item("TPM_AVAILABLE") = True End If WScript.Quit(0) </script> </job> have fun ! cheers niall Related Reading:- Customising Windows 7 deployments - part 5. Is the TPM Chip Enabled or Disabled in the Bios on my Dell system ? - http://myitforum.com...ell-system.aspx How can I determine if there's a TPM chip on my Dell system needed for BitLocker ? http://myitforum.com...-bitlocker.aspx BitLocker Hardware Requirements - http://windows.micro...rive-Encryption Microsoft Scripts to Enable Bitlocker - http://go.microsoft..../?LinkID=151997 BitLocker Info - a List of Resources - http://myitforum.com...-resources.aspx How can I determine if the drive is Encrypted (Protected) or not during a BitLocker task sequence in WinPE ? - http://www.windows-n...uence-in-winpe/

if you dont have any SQL experience then why are you installing it on a separate server ? the guide assumes you are installing SQL on the same server as SCCM 2012

what does your unattend.xml look like ?

well they can have a configmgr console installed on their own computer without the need to login to the server

usually always means you don't have a valid ip address or incorrect or missing network driver, so press F8 during that process and verify that you have network connectivity after the apply driver package step

In a new post by Steven Sinofsky on the Building Windows 8 blog, we learn that Windows 8 will not only have native VHD, but also native ISO support in Explorer (finally!). Windows users can now rejoice at no longer having to use a third-party application to view ISOs. A video created by Rajeev Nagar, a group program manager on the Storage and File Systems team at Microsoft, explains the process and gives us another great glimpse of the new Ribbon UI in Windows 8, as well as the updated Taskbar — all this, after everything revealed in the previous videos: But there’s a catch (you knew there had to be): Creating ISOs is not something that will be handled natively. From Steven Sinofsky: In case you need a utility to create ISO images from existing optical media, there are many tools that give you that capability. One I use is the Oscdimg command line tool that is available as part of our automated deployment kit. Personally, I think they should just build the functionality to create ISOs into Explorer as well — or, at the very least, include the Oscdimg command line tool with Windows 8. I’m not much for creating ISOs these days and I know Microsoft is aiming for Windows 8 to exist mostly on portable devices sans disc drives, but it seems a bit halfhearted to make dealing with ISOs a one-way street. Regardless, I appreciate the effort put into at least providing native support to view them in Explorer. Touching back on the updated UI being shown in great detail, here’s a close-up screen shot (click on it for higher-res): via > http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/windows-finally-gets-native-iso-support-in-windows-8/56639

what CU did you load ? if you havnt installed CU14 then do so now

check the root of task sequences, refresh, do you see the imported task sequence now ?

Windows Explorer is a foundation of the user experience of the Windows desktop and has undergone several design changes over the years, but has not seen a substantial change in quite some time. Windows 8 is about reimagining Windows, so we took on the challenge to improve the most widely used desktop tool (except maybe for Solitaire) in Windows. Alex Simons on the program management team authored this post with a detailed look at the evolution of Explorer and the major improvements to its interface and functionality for Windows 8. Judging by the passion on file operations and user interface design, we know this is an important subject so we expect a pretty engaged dialog on the topic. We put this in one lengthy post, will watch the comments and dialog, and down the road we'll continue the discussion. -- Steven It’s exciting to have this opportunity to share the improvements we’re making to the file management capabilities of Windows Explorer. Explorer is one of the most venerable parts of Windows with a heritage you can trace back to the “MS-DOS Executive” in Windows 1.0! MS-DOS Executive in Windows 1.0 Over the years, Explorer and its forerunners have gone through several major iterations: File Manager in Windows 3.1 Explorer in Windows XP Explorer in Windows 7 It’s a bit daunting but also pretty exciting to have the opportunity to revisit and rethink this cornerstone of our product. Many of you who are reading this (and most of us on the development team) are among the most extreme “power users” of the file management tools in Explorer and likely start from a different perspective than the broad base of customers. As we approach the work to improve file management in Windows, we do so knowing many of you have long ago "given up" on Explorer and are using some of the wide variety of add-ons or alternatives. As we mentioned in our post on improvements in the copy function, telemetry data indicates these add-ons and alternatives are mostly used by us power-users and we represent a small but influential group of people. The most popular add-ons and replacements (programs like TeraCopy, FastCopy, xplorer2 & QTTabBar) are installed (note that does not mean used) on about 0.45% of PC’s. Our goal is to improve the usage experience for a majority of customers while recognizing that, with such a long history and variety of depth usage, we cannot possibly provide all of the power everyone might want. We expect that there will be a vibrant third-party toolset for some time to come. Windows 8 is an opportunity to substantially improve the experience for everyone. read the rest > http://blogs.msdn.co...s-explorer.aspx

not that i'm aware of, that's what RBAC is for in SCCM 2012

I havn't tried it that way before...what does your smsts.log file say ?

is the DHCP server on the same server as Configmgr or on your Domain Controller ? are they in the same vlan ? can you post a screenshot of the failure ?

so what error do you see when you PXE boot and what other details do you need to share ?

post your smsts.log here and if necessary the scanstate.log

because deploying apps using Applications (msi..) is the way to go (the way of the future) and the Microsoft recommended way, therefore if you want the goodies (the benefits) stop using the old method (packages/exe)

if you look at the software udpate point and work your way in a downwards direction then you'll be able to do what you want, start with a sync, then update your Update List with new patches, sort that and pull out the ones you don't need (like itanium etc), then drag and drop to your deployment management task and continue from there, as long as you are not exceeding 500 updates per software update deployment package you should be ok

adding categories makes it easier for the end user to find the app they want in the Software Catalog, it's not intended to be used during the task sequence

you might need to know if your drive is Protected with Bitlocker or not while in WinPE, so how do you do that ? by utilising a call to the GetProtectionStatus Method of the Win32_EncryptableVolume Class Using Wmi Code Creator I put together a simple code to check for the value of this class, so the first code looked like this strComputer = "." Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\CIMV2\Security\MicrosoftVolumeEncryption") Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery( _ "SELECT * FROM Win32_EncryptableVolume",,48) For Each objItem in colItems Wscript.Echo "-----------------------------------" Wscript.Echo "Win32_EncryptableVolume instance" Wscript.Echo "-----------------------------------" Wscript.Echo "ProtectionStatus: " & objItem.ProtectionStatus Next And i've made it a bit more friendly so that it returns a MSGbox telling us what the value was determined to be in the code below <job id="IsEncrypted"> <script language="VBScript" src="..\ZTIUtility.vbs"/> <script language="VBScript"> strComputer = "." Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\CIMV2\Security\MicrosoftVolumeEncryption") Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery( _ "SELECT * FROM Win32_EncryptableVolume",,48) For Each objItem in colItems x=objItem.ProtectionStatus Next Dim oShell Set oShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") oEnvironment.Item("DRIVE_Protected") = False retCode = x msgbox "0=Protection OFF" & vbCrLf & "1= Protection ON" & vbCrLf & "2=Protection Unknown" & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & "Protection Status Return code is:" & retcode,0, "Checking If Volume is Encrypted" If(retCode = 2) OR (retCode = 1) Then oEnvironment.Item("DRIVE_Protected") = True End If WScript.Quit(0) </script> </job> Once you are happy with the results, copy this script to your Bitlocker sub folder of the MDT 2010 update 1 scripts directory, update the package to the dp's and create a new Run Command Line step in the task sequence called Check ProtectionStatus This step sets a variable called DRIVE_Protected = True if an encrypted volume is found (if the return code is 1 or 2) and we can base other steps in the task sequence upon this variable (ie: in a REFRESH scenario). The actual run command line is as follows cscript.exe "%scriptroot%\bitlocker\IsVolumeEncrypted.wsf" Next, On the Options tab of this step, set the Success Codes to 0 1 2 Place this step before the Partition and Format disc steps in your task sequence. That's it, now you have enough info to query the computer in WinPE to find out if theres an encrypted volume or not, and based upon this do different actions in the task sequence. Remember to rem out the MSGbox command if you want this to run uninteruptted/zero touch cheers niall

if i get time i'll try and put together something soon on the Software Update Point in SCCM 2012

I wish to apologise to any user affected by this, I'm investigating how a spammer managed to sent 185 or so pm's to members of this site, i've since re-enabled the defenses taken many versions ago (limit the number of pm's per user to a set period of time) as they somehow were reset to 0, I've raised a Ticket with the Software producers (Invision) to see what they can tell me about it, once again, apologies for the inconvenience, and I will work hard to keep this place spam free, cheers niall

what error are you seeing when you try to import the task sequence ? is your SCCM integrated with MDT 2010 Update 1 ?

As the Windows team did with Windows 7, the Windows team is going to be are blogging about the engineering process and decisions with Windows 8. Microsoft kicked off the new “Building Windows 8″ blog with an August 15 introductory post by Windows President Steven Sinofsky. As usual with Sinofsky posts, there are lots of words (1,250 of them) and not much a Windows watcher would consider to be “news.” In fact, Sinofsky’s post stressed that the purpose of the blog isn’t about generating traffic, building excitement or “causing strategic confusion among the tens of thousands” of individuals invested in the future of Windows. Instead, “this blog is here to provide a two-way dialog about the complexities and tradeoffs of product development.” Microsoft also launched a new twitter handle (@BuildWindows8) to go along with the new blog. Sinofsky described the purpose of the blog in his inaugural post: “We’ve been hard at work designing and building Windows 8, and today we want to begin an open dialog with those of you who will be trying out the pre-release version over the coming months. We intend to post regularly throughout the development of Windows 8, and to focus on the engineering of the product. Welcome to ‘Building Windows 8,’ or as we call it, ‘B8.’” Microsoft officials have not shared a timetable for test builds, beta release(s) or the final RTM date for Windows 8. I continue to hear attendees of the mid-September Build conference will get either a developer preview or beta build of both Windows 8 client and server. The final RTM date for Windows 8 could be anywhere from April 2012 to fall 2012, from what various company watchers have heard. Speaking of the Build conference, Microsoft may still have yet to post any information on sessions, speakers or party dates/times for its confab, but a number of us Microsoft bloggers have taken it upon ourselves to start filling up attendees’ dance cards. If you’ll be in Anaheim on September 14, join us at the Build Blogger Bash. (RSVPs strongly encouraged, but no tickets required.) via > zdnet

back in April of this year I did a livemeeting for http://www.scug.se (the local Swedish System Center User Group), and here is a recording of that one hour session, it's a big download at over 217MB you can download the Full video here or watch it directly on Microsoft's website here, there's tips about deploying Windows 7, HTA's, demos and more, I hope you enjoy it !! cheers niall