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You've just installed SCCM 2007 SP2 and MDT 2010 and want to use MDT's features in SCCM so you try to create a Microsoft Deployment Toolkit task sequence, all goes well until the end of the task sequence when you get a bizarre error: As a quick test, start up Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 and click on the Components node. Click on Check for Updates. If you get the same error repeated above (a few times followed by a missing key error) then you need to install Windows Powershell. Startup Server Manager, click on Features, Click on Add Features and select Windows Powershell. Once Windows Powershell is installed, close the MDT MMC and start it again. Do the Check For Updates test, if it works fine this time then your error creating the SCCM task sequence should also be resolved. cheers niall

if you delete that client from the All Systems collection and try again what happens

are you logged on with local admin permissions on that server ?

can you include a zip file of your ccm logs in c:\windows\system32\ccm\logs

Unless you're seriously into networking (and okay, maybe you are), all the features in the new Secure Remote Connection - not to mention the pieces required to make it work - can be fairly tough to figure out. But the benefits make sense: "With this feature," writes Steven Vaughan-Nichols, "a user on any Windows 7 system can gain access to the corporate intranet's resources. In short, with the right back-end setup you can run office-only programs and get to server-based files from any Windows 7 PC." He explains it all in Accessing Office Resources from Anywhere using Secure Remote Connection. via > http://www.osnews.com/story/22474/Explaining_Windows_7_s_Secure_Remote_Connection

when you click on the popup what happens ? do you get an error?

have you seen this ? does it help at all ?

was MDT ever integrated with SCCM on this server ?

what os is the server running SCCM on and what version of sccm is this ?

is the WDS service started on the server hosting the PSP role ?

did you definetly make sure to update the dps with the newly updated boot image after installing SP2 ? is bitlocker enabled ?

Everyone loves a killer feature: that must-have capability or technology that prompts you to plunk down your hard-earned cash in an effort to upgrade your computing experience. In the case of Windows, there have been precious few versions that included a truly killer feature. Windows 3.1 was a killer version because it allowed PCs to finally break (or at least reduce the impact of) the dreaded 640K barrier. Windows NT was a killer version (at least for power users) because it introduced the concepts of client/server security and true, hardware-based memory protection to the environment. [ How to choose between 32-bit Windows 7 and 64-bit Windows 7. | Get InfoWorld's 21-page hands-on look at the new version of Windows, from InfoWorld’s editors and contributors. | Find out what's new, what's wrong, and what's good about Windows 7 in InfoWorld's "Windows 7: The essential guide." ] Windows XP was a killer version because it bridged the gap between the consumer (Windows 9x) and business (Windows NT) computing spaces. And though generally considered a flop, Vista was a killer version in that it forced the Windows ecosystem to evolve beyond the Windows XP paradigm and thus paved the way for Windows 7. Which brings me to my main point: Windows 7 is a killer version -- but not for the reasons you think. It's not because it fixes Vista's many faults -- it doesn't. Rather, it glosses them over with fresh paint and behavioral tricks. It's also not because of the new UI. Although I'm a huge fan of the new task-bar-driven interface, much of the underlying concept is merely a rip-off of the Mac's aging dock metaphor. And it's not because Windows 7 is somehow lighter than Vista -- testing shows it takes up about the same amount of RAM when executing an identical workload. full story > http://www.infoworld.com/d/windows/windows-7s-real-killer-feature-427?source=IFWNLE_nlt_entwindows_2009-11-04

Click-to-Run is a new technology Microsoft are introducing to allow you to test out Office 2010 quickly and easily, by literally streaming the app to your computer from the Internet into a virtualised space. This technology is one piece in Microsoft’s plan to make Office 2010 easier to obtain, including Office 2010 starter, an advert-supported, crippled version being sold to OEMs Click-to-Run is designed to sweeten the experience of trying and buying Office by avoiding a lengthy download and multi-step unpacking / installing process. Click-to-Run always sends you the latest up to date version, so you don’t need to download update after update, even after you’ve installed Office. The software delivered by Click-to-Run is also virtualised so that you can cleanly run it side by side with other versions of Office software to evaluate changes. more > http://www.osnews.com/story/22449/Click-to-Run_Streaming_Microsoft_Office_2010_

its the apps size that is your problem, most likely bigger than your sccm cache on the local machine, choose to 'Run from Distribution point'

how big is the app, you could change the advertisement to Run from Distribution Point instead of download.....

i believe it is, please go ahead and configure things and let us know how you get on, the only thing i think that may cause you issues is how to set DHCP scope options 66 and 67 cheers niall

much better to create the image (particularly if XP) on HAL agnostic hardware, ie: virtual hardware, using the latest versions of either Vmware or HyperV that said, vista and seven are hal agnostic, but i would always use the virtual route for creating the build image unless you are lucky to have only one type of hardware to support cheers niall

what was the original image created on ?

the recommended way is to target computers based on AD security group membership, but there are many ways to do it here's a start

go ahead and try and post your results here

check the Obsolete status on those pcs, how are they reporting that value ?

are you using sccm or mdt or what ? more details please of how you have set this up

are you using an Configure Network option in your task sequence to join the domain ?

The Dell Windows 7 driver cabs for currently shipping systems have been released! The cabs allow for easy import into ConfigMgr or MDT - simplifying driver management of those Dell systems. DellTechCenter link for the cabs: http://www.delltechcenter.com/page/Dell+Business+Client+Operating+System+Deployment+-+The+.CAB+Files http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/dtaylor/archive/2009/11/03/dell-win7-driver-cabs-released.aspx You can also download the cabs from the ftp://ftp.dell.com/sysman/ site or from http://support.dell.com (for specific systems)

post the errors here and we will try to help the testing USMT section of this post will help..