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first of all have you defined any active directory discovery methods ? this post will give you some ideas of achieving what you want http://www.windows-noob.com/forums/index.php?/topic/892-deploy-software-through-ad-groups-linked-to-collections-in-sccm/

i tested on windows 7 using ie8 with no problems like you had, can you confirm its not cookie related or something (av software perhaps ?)

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Kinom's example will set the resolution in the OS not in PE, in PE you can use SETRES.exe then copy that file to your MDT scripts folder (in the mdt files package), once done create a step called Use Toolkit package before the set screen resolution step, dont forget to update your Distribution Points with a new copy of the MDT files package after doing this, you could of course create a separate package for the program setres.exe and add a step to use that package prior to the next line... create a run command line task in your task sequence call Set Screen Resolution that has a command line which reads cmd /c "%scriptroot%\SETRES" h1024 v768 b16 done !

ok then what does the distrmgr.log say for that dp ? can you test disabling av on the dp just to see if it IS having an effect on package distribution ?

can you take a look at this page and see did you miss anything ? are you certain that the console you are running from has R2 installed on it ?

is R2 installed ?

is there any antivirus software on that remote dp ? try disabling it to see if it helps ?. how is BITS configured ?

that is really bizarre, it works fine for me here... what browser are you using ? can you take a screenshot of it please ?

Brief Description Cumulative Update 2 contains a number of fixes for the Operations Manager 2007 R2 release. A number of fixes require manual steps to install. See Knowledge Base article 979257 for details of included fixes and installation steps. Overview This update contains a collection of new fixes created after Cumulative Update 1, as well as all fixes include with Cumulative Update 1 for System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2. Refer to the Knowledge Base article 975774 and 973583 for information regarding updates for Operations Manager Cross Platform and Connectors. Top of page System Requirements * Supported Operating Systems: Windows 7; Windows Server 2003; Windows Server 2008; Windows Server 2008 R2; Windows Vista; Windows XP Same as System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Top of page Instructions For details of included fixes and installation procedures see Knowledge Base article KB979257 (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=186987) Top of page Files in This Download The links in this section correspond to separate files available in this download. Download the files most appropriate for you. download > http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=61714687-668a-46e4-b127-ad8519594351&displaylang=en

well then it must be part of your task sequence somehow, can i see a screenshot of this part or can you export the task sequence to an xml file and upload it here

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where is it asking you for a computer name, at what point exactly ? did you add the computername + mac address via computer association and verify that the computer is actually present in the target collection before pxe booting ?

hi Kevin welcome to the forums, I've had to edit your post, create a new topic in the right area, move your post to the new topic, so please in future don't randomly raise a new question on an active post unless it actually relates to the post in question back to your question though, and here you go creating collections based on AD security groups

taken from the help button right beside it does that clarify a bit ? or not ? try this, where it says 'look for' type in Security then press enter

which logfile is this ? can you just attach the entire log as an attachment instead ?

did you add a BOOT image to your task sequence ? right click it and choose properties

TechNet shows two parameters for the Automatic Updates Client /DetectNow and /ReportNow. Someone did a bit of digging and posted the following parameters in a comment in the community section of this page on the TechNet site. I tested several and they actually work even on Windows 7. Some of these parameters launched UI elements that would not be of any real value when working from the command line…This may explain the reason they are undocumented. A Gem Amongst the Rubble There is one very useful parameter in this list - /UpdateNow. It actually causes immediate installation of updates. This would make a great agent task in a community MP! Full List of Parameters From a dump of the .exe W2k3 R2 version you can extract the following parameters: /DetectNow /ReportNow /RunHandlerComServer /RunStoreAsComServer /ShowSettingsDialog /ResetAuthorization /ResetEulas /ShowWU /ShowWindowsUpdate /SelfUpdateManaged /SelfUpdateUnmanaged /UpdateNow /ShowWUAutoScan /ShowFeaturedUpdates /ShowOptions /ShowFeaturedOptInDialog /DemoUI Most of these options don't give any noticeable response, but that may be because of the state of the service. Sources Comments on http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc720477(WS.10).aspx via > http://www.systemcentercentral.com/BlogDetails/tabid/143/IndexID/65218/Default.aspx

hi lucent6408d, please post your issue as a separate topic and if anyone can answer it they will, posting the same question on two vaguely semi related topics will not get your issue looked at any quicker

that i havnt tried, sorry, but feel free to post it here if and when you resolve it...

no you don't, however having it extended is a good idea http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb680432.aspx

thanks for the kind words the best advice is dont create an image from the install.wim file directly from the windows 7 dvd, but instead create a build and capture task sequence of Windows 7 which will result in a captured WIM file, it is THAT captured wim file that you use in a new task sequence which you can deploy to many hundreds or thousands of computers and you'll end up with Windows on C: this is the reason why it happens directly from Microsoft http://blogs.technet.com/inside_osd/archive/2007/08/08/why-does-vista-end-up-on-the-d-drive.aspx cheers niall

the printers.xml file i linked to above migrates network shares as well, try it

remember the above is not supported by Microsoft as it involves manually editing the DB a supported method would be something like the below http://blogs.msdn.com/rslaten/archive/2006/03/01/Removing-a-retired-DP-from-all-your-packages.aspx reference > http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/configmgrosd/thread/b6cd71c0-694c-491c-ad33-5ee16d5e08e4 cheers niall

have you looked at these http://www.windows-noob.com/forums/index.php?/topic/1946-network-printers-not-migrating-in-offline-mode/ http://www.windows-noob.com/forums/index.php?/topic/1941-wallpaper-not-migrating-in-offline-mode/