Eswar Koneti

If you have taken look at http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/configmgrgeneral/thread/041a95cb-6c65-4d64-abeb-8ec3fe9a69d7 post,Sullivan posted a script

Take a look at this post http://social.techne...eb-8ec3fe9a69d7 Here are some of the values on User Account Control: 4096 is a plain computer account. 4098 is 4096 + 2, so this would be a disabled computer account. 4128 is 4096 + 32, so this would be a computer account that doesn't require a password. 532480 is 524288 + 8192, so this would be a domain controller account that's trusted for delegation. More info http://support.microsoft.com/kb/305144

to change it for the entire machine,may be you could use unattended.txt with options like [RegionalSettings] LanguageGroup=1 Language=00000409 OR You can follow this guide http://support.argogroup.com/article.php?art=313

try changing the value localename in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International path after loading the Hive.

I do Install all the all the core applications called line of Business (LOB) (like MSoffice,Adobe,Live meeting etc) in Base image and make it as Standard image .Other applications can be added Via Task sequence later upon the requirements.

You can remove the format and partition disk task in TS and only use the apply operating system on the selected partition like C or D etc.

Simply You can add the SCCM Site server Computer account to Builtin Administrators Group on DC.If the DC is hosting anyother Role apart from DP,then you may need use SMS_SiteSystemToSiteServerConnection_sitecode .For more info http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb680864.aspx

Did you read this ? http://blogs.technet.com/b/smsandmom/archive/2008/10/23/configmgr-2007-osd-task-sequence-fails-with-the-error-an-error-occurred-while-retrieving-policy-for-this-computer-0x80004005.aspx

If the computers start in PXe boot,you can configure Boot options in WDS to not ask for Press F12 . If you are in server 2K3,you can replace pxeboot.com with pxeboot.n12 .Is that what you are looking for.

Nope,It doesnt agree to service any modifications . DISM does not support servicing a Windows Vista RTM or earlier operating system and to support,it look for SSShim.DLL present or not to process any servicing operations.To change the Locale,you can use imagex tool.

Hmm.....I just did a quick test on mouting the XP wim and it does it (DISM /Mount-wim /wimfile:C:\xp_32Bit.wim /index:1 /Mountdir:c:\mount).

For unsuccessfull clients,looks like the client ran with no parameters specified or invalid parameters, it is assuming AUTO assignment.That means it needs to find a boundary match in order to identify a suitable site and then look for that site's default MP. Can you check,if the IP address/subnet for the Unsuccessful client machines are added to the SCCM Boundaries ? To fix this you will either need to provide matching boundaries to use AUTO assignment or will need to provide the site code on the command line. Also check if site components are throwing errors attempting to publish to AD (status system) ? Try running the ccmsetup like CCMSetup.exe /mp:SMSMP01 /logon SMSSITECODE=C01 (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb680980.aspx) For more information about client Assignment http://technet.micro...y/bb681005.aspx

DISM do support mount the XP WIM . Have you tried mouting it ? like DISM /Mount-wim /wimfile:C:\xp_32Bit.wim /index:1 /Mountdir:c:\mount More info on DISM http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd744382(WS.10).aspx

You can Try this https://blogs.technet.com/b/deploymentguys/archive/2010/01/20/configuring-regional-and-language-settings-online-in-an-mdt-task-sequence.aspx ? also if you want to change locale in WIM,still you can do that using DISM like after Mounting DISM /Image:c:\Mount /Set-SKUIntlDefaults:fr-FR

Post smsts.log ?

Congrats Mate !

Configuration Manager does not automatically create the System Management container in Active Directory Domain Services when the schema is extended. The container must be created once for each domain that includes a Configuration Manager site server that will publish site information to Active Directory Domain Services. You can manually create the System Management container in Active Directory Domain Services using ADSIEdit and provide full permissions to the container for Site server. http://www.windows-n...tive-directory/

what peter meant was : You can install this patch on computers(64 Bit) which has SCCM console if you have any issues with software update Addresses brwose Dialog Box otherwise,you may ignore this warning and proceed further installation of SCCM.

Have you re intialize WDS server follow this link : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927770 can you to uninstall WDS, reboot the server, rename the Remoteinstall folder, reinstall wds, reboot the server, configure wds to create new Remoteinstall folder, stop wds service, copy the content of the old Remoteinstall folder in the new one & start wds service. for event id 258 see here http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc726654(WS.10).aspx

As soon as Possible option causes the assigned program to run after it reaches the client, and as soon as all required conditions are met. This event can occur immediately after the advertisement is received, for example, if the program is specified to run when no user is logged on, or after the current user logs off. The client has no control over this setting. What option have you selected for the TS advertisement ? download content locally or acess content directly.

Have you tried this ? http://www.windows-noob.com/forums/index.php?/topic/1660-customising-windows-7-deployments-part-1/

can you check the smsts.log on the computers that failed to run the advertisement ? ensure to make the packages avilable on the DP's(boot images on both DP standard and PXE DP).

can check out the event viewr for WDS errors if there are ? what happens after a while(service status)when you reset the WDS service ? What is the error message do u get when PXE boot from the Client ?

After quick restart of the Windows Deployment Service ,what is the status of this service ? is it in stopped or started ? can you try making service startup tyoe to automatic (delayed start) and try again. No response from server usually client cannot locate WDS . You can also try this to fix this up http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927770

Do you have .NET Framework 2.0 with SP levels installed on the compter ? try uninstalling the .net framework and installing. What does the eventvwr says ?