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Is there not a software updates report you can run to get you the information you want?

How have you configured your boundaries and boundary groups?

Wasn't aware of that. Thanks for the info.

Is it an old task sequence? Try recreating it and see if it helps. Does the app automatically install any prereqs that might hard reboot the machine?

For others who are wondering: 1. No, the client installation does not require a reboot. 2. Check here for ways to deploy the client. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg712298.aspx

In the past I've been having similar problems, can't remember if they were this exact one. Is there anything linking the machines that are failing? Some suggestions/possible workarounds: 1. Is the SCCM client installing ok on these failing machines? Check the ccmsetup.log file . Perhaps post a screenshot of your TS. 2. Just add a comment to the deployment types of the failing applications, this will force a new revision of the app, and that might kick things off. 3. Choose "Download locally" on the Content tab of the DTs. 4. Make copies of the failing apps and distribute them to your DP again. I don't know why this sometimes fixes a broken app since nothing is changed in the source directory.

Sorry, I can't help you, but you're probably better off posting this to the SCOrch Technet forum.

Just a heads up. WMF 3.0 requires at least .NET 4. In my case I could just set .NET 4.5 as a dependency and to install it automatically before installing WMF. Works like a charm.

You can technically deploy updates to the All Systems collection (please don't) since every machine only will install updates that are applicable, i.e. Server 2003 will not install Server 2008 updates and so on.

Great. Just a heads up: at my site we always regard computers as unknown, even if it's a "refresh/replace" scenario. So our OSD task sequences are always only deployed to All Unknown Computers. This means that whenever we are reinstalling a computer, we have to delete it from the SCCM console first, otherwise the computer will still be in the database and thus "known", and therefore not getting any deployments. Keep that in mind if you decide to go the same way.

Or perhaps User Device Affinity? http://www.windows-noob.com/forums/index.php?/topic/4522-using-sccm-2012-rc-in-a-lab-part-10-using-prestart-and-extrafiles-to-get-more-out-of-uda/

How do you set the computer name in your TS?

That's awesome. Thanks!

The log says the client is unknown and that it can't find any advertisements. Have you deployed your task sequence to All Unknown Computers?

Maybe you could do that if you uncheck "Show Task Sequence progess" when you deploy the TS, but I don't know.

execmgr.log only displays information for "packages", not "applications." Look in the AppEnforce.log file for clues. What happens if you try to install the file manually from a cmd window, with the same command line parameters as in your SCCM application?

I'm sorry, I don't have a solution for you. Surely this can't be supported if it's even doable?

Have you checked "Deploy this boot image" on the boot image properties?

Can you upload the offlineservice.log here?

Are you running the script in the TS as a user who has modify access to the AD? Otherwise the step is run as the System account on the local machine.

Haven't had any problems on my primary site server, but had this issue with a remote DP. Followed these instructions minus removing custom boot images. Worked like a charm.

If you want to make apps available to the Application Catalog it has to be deployed to a user collection. There you can specify if the app needs approval before it can be installed by the end user. You cannot get the approval workflow if you deploy the app to a device collection, if doesn't have that functionality for obvious reasons. If you approve an app for an end user they will be able to install that app on every machine they log on to, via the App Catalog/Software Center. I haven't tried this myself, but perhaps you can try setting the app deployment type to install for user instead of device?

Glad it worked out. Pulled out all my hair before I figured that out myself.

Check your boundaries and boundary groups, make sure the boundary groups have a DP assigned to them for content location.

Maybe you could query the MAC address to see if the machines are in the database at all. select SMS_R_System.MACAddresses, SMS_R_System.Name, SMS_R_System.ResourceId from SMS_R_System where SMS_R_System.MACAddresses like ##PRM:SMS_R_System.MACAddresses##