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Hello everyone, I’ve done some reading of the posts on here about some of the migrations, and some of the information is helpful. I’m a total noob at this and the manager asked the team to do a migration using BitTitan or Gs Richcopy 360 data migration tools . I’ve gone through some of their documentation and done some of the prep on the source Google WorkSpace , but I am still waiting to see if I can get admin access soon for the destination Office 365. Any help is appreciated try with the best tool directly without having to test both and wast time.

May I ask for your help please? Capture image was successfully imaged using DISM (.wim file) and deployed it successfully however the restore partition is missing on the deployed PC. Can I ask for your recommendations please. For reference please see details: Windows server 2012 dell OS (captured image) Windows 10 x64 PC dell micro 7050

Hello all, I hope someone can help me with this issue. We are using SCCM for managing workstations and servers and all worked so far with 1706 version for servers part (2003SP2 + bits2.5 ,2008R2 and 2012R2) My collegue have upgraded sccm 1706 to 1710 for having a new functionality for the workstations side. Since this upgrade I am not able to push sccm client on W2003SP2 servers (and yes, unfortunately we still have these systems which hosting critical applications) Pushing method: Only 2 files are copied (ccmsetup.exe and MobileClient.tcf) when I try to start it manually , the popup message "is not a valid Win32 application" appears. Manual method with older version 5.00.8498.1008: The process seems goes well but stay stuck at the client.msi install:failed during patch install CLP1031.msp SCCM pushing them from the last version: Windows Installer installed an update. Product Name: Configuration Manager Client. Product Version: 5.00.8577.1000. Question: Is it possible to install a old sccm client version which still work with 1710 and 2003SP2 ? Have you got any solution for me ? Thank you for your help and time, I am stuck with this issue and I am not a sccm expert. Kind Regards,

Afternoon all, Long time reader but first time posting on the forum. We have SCCM deploying updates via WSUS and SCUP for updating Dell drivers, Adobe etc. On all client machines I'm receiving the following error message when running Windows Update: "There were some problems installing updates, but we'll try again later. If you keep seeing this and want to search the web or contact support for information, this may help: (0x8024000f)" My colleague who has since left the company had a similar issue which he described the fix in the following blog post: http://gsilt.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/scup-wsus-dell-and-error-0x8024000f.html. I've followed this through however I believe with Windows 10 this has now changed slightly as I can no longer find the keywords mentioned in the blog regarding find the references for "cycle" and "DetectUpdates" in the WindowsUpdate.log. All Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 clients are effected by this issue. I have attatched a log file from a Windows 10 machine and also one from Windows 7. Can someone point me in the right direction to get this sorted please as I'm about ready to pull my hair out. I've deleted the published updates from SCUP, imported from the latest catalog and re-published the updates and still no joy.WindowsUpdate.log Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks, C Windows10Update.log

I need someones help, I'm currently running SCCM 2016 deploying windows 8.1 Winpe starts correctly, get to the task Sequence and runs through it too quickly it should be taking about 45 mins to complete but finishes in less then one minute. Here is the beginning of the logs, And i cant seem to find where its failing. Succeeded loading resource DLL 'X:\sms\bin\x64\1033\TSRES.DLL' TSBootShell 9/6/2017 4:47:21 PM 752 (0x02F0) Waiting for PNP initialization... TSBootShell 9/6/2017 4:47:21 PM 756 (0x02F4) RAM Disk Boot Path: NET(0)\SMSIMAGES\NRC00011\WINPE.NRC00011.WIM TSBootShell 9/6/2017 4:47:21 PM 756 (0x02F4) Booted from network (PXE) TSBootShell 9/6/2017 4:47:21 PM 756 (0x02F4) Network(PXE) path: X:\sms\data\ TSBootShell 9/6/2017 4:47:21 PM 756 (0x02F4) Found config path X:\sms\data\ TSBootShell 9/6/2017 4:47:21 PM 756 (0x02F4) Booting from removable media, not restoring bootloaders on hard drive TSBootShell 9/6/2017 4:47:21 PM 756 (0x02F4) X:\sms\data\WinPE does not exist. TSBootShell 9/6/2017 4:47:21 PM 756 (0x02F4) X:\_SmsTsWinPE\WinPE does not exist. TSBootShell 9/6/2017 4:47:21 PM 756 (0x02F4) Executing command line: wpeinit.exe -winpe TSBootShell 9/6/2017 4:47:21 PM 756 (0x02F4) The command completed successfully. TSBootShell 9/6/2017 4:47:32 PM 756 (0x02F4) Setting offline Windows drive and OS root directory to TS envirtonment. TSBootShell 9/6/2017 4:47:32 PM 756 (0x02F4) Processing volume C:\ TSBootShell 9/6/2017 4:47:32 PM 756 (0x02F4) pOs != NULL, HRESULT=80070490 (e:\qfe\nts\sms\framework\osdcore\offlineos.cpp,92) TSBootShell 9/6/2017 4:47:32 PM 756 (0x02F4) Unable to find a Windows system root at C:\. Element not found. (Error: 80070490; Source: Windows) TSBootShell 9/6/2017 4:47:32 PM 756 (0x02F4) Processing volume D:\ TSBootShell 9/6/2017 4:47:32 PM 756 (0x02F4) Volume D:\ is not a local hard drive. TSBootShell 9/6/2017 4:47:32 PM 756 (0x02F4) Processing volume X:\ TSBootShell 9/6/2017 4:47:32 PM 756 (0x02F4) Volume X:\ is not a local hard drive. TSBootShell 9/6/2017 4:47:32 PM 756 (0x02F4) _OSDDetectedWinDrive='', _OSDDetectedWinDir='' TSBootShell 9/6/2017 4:47:32 PM 756 (0x02F4) Starting DNS client service. TSBootShell 9/6/2017 4:47:32 PM 756 (0x02F4) Executing command line: X:\sms\bin\x64\TsmBootstrap.exe /env:WinPE /configpath:X:\sms\data\ TSBootShell 9/6/2017 4:47:33 PM 756 (0x02F4) The command completed successfully. TSBootShell 9/6/2017 4:47:33 PM 756 (0x02F4) ==============================[ TSMBootStrap.exe ]============================== TSMBootstrap 9/6/2017 4:47:33 PM 380 (0x017C) Command line: X:\sms\bin\x64\TsmBootstrap.exe /env:WinPE /configpath:X:\sms\data\ TSMBootstrap 9/6/2017 4:47:33 PM 380 (0x017C) Succeeded loading resource DLL 'X:\sms\bin\x64\1033\TSRES.DLL' TSMBootstrap 9/6/2017 4:47:33 PM 380 (0x017C) Succeeded loading resource DLL 'X:\sms\bin\x64\TSRESNLC.DLL' TSMBootstrap 9/6/2017 4:47:33 PM 380 (0x017C) Current OS version is 6.3.9600.0 TSMBootstrap 9/6/2017 4:47:33 PM 380 (0x017C) Adding SMS bin folder "X:\sms\bin\x64" to the system environment PATH TSMBootstrap 9/6/2017 4:47:33 PM 380 (0x017C) PXE Boot with Root = X:\ TSMBootstrap 9/6/2017 4:47:33 PM 380 (0x017C) Executing from PXE in WinPE TSMBootstrap 9/6/2017 4:47:33 PM 380 (0x017C) Loading TsPxe.dll from X:\sms\bin\x64\TsPxe.dll TSMBootstrap 9/6/2017 4:47:33 PM 380 (0x017C) TsPxe.dll loaded TSPxe 9/6/2017 4:47:33 PM 380 (0x017C) Device has PXE booted TSPxe 9/6/2017 4:47:33 PM 380 (0x017C) Variable Path: \SMSTemp\2017.09.06.16.44.50.0013.{A2E37C38-1734-4A1D-95DA-84D527906E40}.boot.var TSPxe 9/6/2017 4:47:33 PM 380 (0x017C) Succesfully added firewall rule for Tftp TSPxe 9/6/2017 4:47:33 PM 380 (0x017C) Executing: X:\sms\bin\x64\smstftp.exe -i 10.10.1.109 get \SMSTemp\2017.09.06.16.44.50.0013.{A2E37C38-1734-4A1D-95DA-84D527906E40}.boot.var X:\sms\data\variables.dat TSPxe 9/6/2017 4:47:33 PM 380 (0x017C) Command line for extension .exe is "%1" %* TSPxe 9/6/2017 4:47:33 PM 380 (0x017C) Set command line: "X:\sms\bin\x64\smstftp.exe" -i 10.10.1.109 get \SMSTemp\2017.09.06.16.44.50.0013.{A2E37C38-1734-4A1D-95DA-84D527906E40}.boot.var X:\sms\data\variables.dat TSPxe 9/6/2017 4:47:33 PM 380 (0x017C) Executing command line: "X:\sms\bin\x64\smstftp.exe" -i 10.10.1.109 get \SMSTemp\2017.09.06.16.44.50.0013.{A2E37C38-1734-4A1D-95DA-84D527906E40}.boot.var X:\sms\data\variables.dat TSPxe 9/6/2017 4:47:33 PM 380 (0x017C) Process completed with exit code 0 TSPxe 9/6/2017 4:47:33 PM 380 (0x017C) Succesfully removed firewall rule for Tftp TSPxe 9/6/2017 4:47:33 PM 380 (0x017C) Successfully downloaded pxe variable file. TSPxe 9/6/2017 4:47:33 PM 380 (0x017C) we are booted using PXE TSPxe 9/6/2017 4:47:33 PM 380 (0x017C) we are booted using PXE and we don't use a password or the password is provided by the user TSPxe 9/6/2017 4:47:33 PM 380 (0x017C) Found network adapter "Intel(R) Ethernet Connection I218-LM" with IP Address 10.10.1.114. TSPxe 9/6/2017 4:47:33 PM 380 (0x017C) Run PXE Interactive TSPxe 9/6/2017 4:47:33 PM 380 (0x017C) Running Wizard in Interactive mode TSPxe 9/6/2017 4:47:33 PM 380 (0x017C) Loading Media Variables from "X:\sms\data\variables.dat" TSPxe 9/6/2017 4:47:33 PM 380 (0x017C) CryptDecrypt (hKey, 0, 1, 0, pData, &dwDecryptedLen), HRESULT=80090005 (e:\qfe\nts\sms\framework\smscrypt\windes.cpp,165) TSPxe 9/6/2017 4:47:33 PM 380 (0x017C) SMS::Crypto::DES::DecryptBuffer( (BYTE*)pszPassword, (DWORD)(wcslen(pszPassword)*sizeof(WCHAR)), encryptedBuffer.getBuffer(), (DWORD)encryptedBuffer.size(), pbDecryptedBuffer, dwDecryptedBufferSize ), HRESULT=80090005 (e:\qfe\nts\sms\framework\tscore\tsremovablemedia.cpp,387) TSPxe 9/6/2017 4:47:33 PM 380 (0x017C) Activating Welcome Page. TSPxe 9/6/2017 4:47:33 PM 380 (0x017C) Loading bitmap TSPxe 9/6/2017 4:47:33 PM 380 (0x017C) WelcomePage::OnWizardNext() TSPxe 9/6/2017 4:47:39 PM 380 (0x017C) Loading Media Variables from "X:\sms\data\variables.dat" TSPxe 9/6/2017 4:47:39 PM 380 (0x017C) CryptDecrypt (hKey, 0, 1, 0, pData, &dwDecryptedLen), HRESULT=80090005 (e:\qfe\nts\sms\framework\smscrypt\windes.cpp,165) TSPxe 9/6/2017 4:47:39 PM 380 (0x017C) SMS::Crypto::DES::DecryptBuffer( (BYTE*)pszPassword, (DWORD)(wcslen(pszPassword)*sizeof(WCHAR)), encryptedBuffer.getBuffer(), (DWORD)encryptedBuffer.size(), pbDecryptedBuffer, dwDecryptedBufferSize ), HRESULT=80090005 (e:\qfe\nts\sms\framework\tscore\tsremovablemedia.cpp,387) TSPxe 9/6/2017 4:47:39 PM 380 (0x017C) Loading Media Variables from "X:\sms\data\variables.dat" TSPxe 9/6/2017 4:47:39 PM 380 (0x017C) CryptDecrypt (hKey, 0, 1, 0, pData, &dwDecryptedLen), HRESULT=80090005 (e:\qfe\nts\sms\framework\smscrypt\windes.cpp,165) TSPxe 9/6/2017 4:47:39 PM 380 (0x017C) SMS::Crypto::DES::DecryptBuffer( (BYTE*)pszPassword, (DWORD)(wcslen(pszPassword)*sizeof(WCHAR)), encryptedBuffer.getBuffer(), (DWORD)encryptedBuffer.size(), pbDecryptedBuffer, dwDecryptedBufferSize ), HRESULT=80090005 (e:\qfe\nts\sms\framework\tscore\tsremovablemedia.cpp,387) TSPxe 9/6/2017 4:47:39 PM 380 (0x017C) Verifying media password. TSPxe 9/6/2017 4:47:39 PM 380 (0x017C) Loading Media Variables from "X:\sms\data\variables.dat" TSPxe 9/6/2017 4:47:39 PM 380 (0x017C) Spawned thread 284 to download policy. TSPxe 9/6/2017 4:47:39 PM 380 (0x017C) Entering TSMediaWizardControl::GetPolicy. TSPxe 9/6/2017 4:47:39 PM 284 (0x011C) Creating key 'Software\Microsoft\SMS\47006C006F00620061006C005C007B00350031004100300031003600420036002D0046003000440045002D0034003700350032002D0042003900370043002D003500340045003600460033003800360041003900310032007D00' TSPxe 9/6/2017 4:47:39 PM 284 (0x011C) Environment scope successfully created: Global\{51A016B6-F0DE-4752-B97C-54E6F386A912} TSPxe 9/6/2017 4:47:39 PM 284 (0x011C) Creating key 'Software\Microsoft\SMS\47006C006F00620061006C005C007B00420041003300410033003900300030002D0043004100360044002D0034006100630031002D0038004300320038002D003500300037003300410046004300320032004200300033007D00' TSPxe 9/6/2017 4:47:39 PM 284 (0x011C) Environment scope successfully created: Global\{BA3A3900-CA6D-4ac1-8C28-5073AFC22B03} TSPxe 9/6/2017 4:47:39 PM 284 (0x011C) If current logging settings specify more logging details to be preserved, udpate these settings in TS environment TSPxe 9/6/2017 4:47:39 PM 284 (0x011C) Current LogMaxSize is saved to TS environment since it has not been saved before TSPxe 9/6/2017 4:47:39 PM 284 (0x011C) Current LogMaxHistory is saved to TS environment since it has not been saved before TSPxe 9/6/2017 4:47:39 PM 284 (0x011C) Current LogLevel is saved to TS environment since it has not been saved before TSPxe 9/6/2017 4:47:39 PM 284 (0x011C) Current LogEnabled is saved to TS environment since it has not been saved before TSPxe 9/6/2017 4:47:39 PM 284 (0x011C) Current LogDebug is saved to TS environment since it has not been saved before TSPxe 9/6/2017 4:47:39 PM 284 (0x011C) Unable to retrieve _OSDDetectedWinDrive from boot shell environment TSPxe 9/6/2017 4:47:39 PM 284 (0x011C) Unable to retrieve _OSDDetectedWinDir from boot shell environment TSPxe 9/6/2017 4:47:39 PM 284 (0x011C) UEFI: false TSPxe 9/6/2017 4:47:39 PM 284 (0x011C) Loading variables from the Task Sequencing Removable Media. TSPxe 9/6/2017 4:47:39 PM 284 (0x011C) Loading Media Variables from "X:\sms\data\variables.dat" TSPxe 9/6/2017 4:47:39 PM 284 (0x011C) Succeeded loading resource DLL 'X:\sms\bin\x64\1033\TSRES.DLL' TSPxe 9/6/2017 4:47:39 PM 284 (0x011C) Setting SMSTSMP TS environment variable TSPxe 9/6/2017 4:47:39 PM 284 (0x011C) Setting _SMSMediaGuid TS environment variable TSPxe 9/6/2017 4:47:39 PM 284 (0x011C) Setting _SMSTSBootMediaPackageID TS environment variable TSPxe 9/6/2017 4:47:39 PM 284 (0x011C) Setting _SMSTSHTTPPort TS environment variable TSPxe 9/6/2017 4:47:39 PM 284 (0x011C) Setting _SMSTSHTTPSPort TS environment variable TSPxe 9/6/2017 4:47:39 PM 284 (0x011C) Setting _SMSTSIISSSLState TS environment variable TSPxe 9/6/2017 4:47:39 PM 284 (0x011C) Setting _SMSTSLaunchMode TS environment variable TSPxe 9/6/2017 4:47:39 PM 284 (0x011C) Setting _SMSTSMediaPFX TS environment variable TSPxe 9/6/2017 4:47:39 PM 284 (0x011C) Setting _SMSTSPublicRootKey TS environment variable TSPxe 9/6/2017 4:47:39 PM 284 (0x011C) Setting _SMSTSRootCACerts TS environment variable TSPxe 9/6/2017 4:47:39 PM 284 (0x011C) Setting _SMSTSSiteCode TS environment variable TSPxe 9/6/2017 4:47:39 PM 284 (0x011C) Setting _SMSTSSiteSigningCertificate TS environment variable TSPxe 9/6/2017 4:47:39 PM 284 (0x011C) Setting _SMSTSUseFirstCert TS environment variable TSPxe 9/6/2017 4:47:39 PM 284 (0x011C) Setting _SMSTSx64UnknownMachineGUID TS environment variable TSPxe 9/6/2017 4:47:39 PM 284 (0x011C) Setting _SMSTSx86UnknownMachineGUID TS environment variable TSPxe 9/6/2017 4:47:39 PM 284 (0x011C) smsts.log

We have a scenario in our organisation where we want to map a huge lot of environment variables for specific machines. Each and every variables are unique to each machine. There are around 6000 variables which needs to be mapped to 6000 machines. Is there any way we can handle it through SCCM ?

Hi, First post, relatively new to SCCM but I have a question. We upgrading our servers to 2012 r2 and 2016 but don't want to use SCCM to manage updates for them. They are currently set to download and install updates via Windows update but I am unsure whether this will mean that SCCM will be unable to report on the status of installed updates for those servers. Is it only able to identify the status of updates deployed by itself? Thanks, Simon

Hello All, as the name says, I'm a SCCM noob. we upgraded to SCCM 2012 R2 to 1511, then to 1610. since then, all of my clients are seeing a red x over the action center, and when you open it you see that SCCM has either failed to or forgotten how to take over the windows update service. I have gone over WUAHandler.log, PatchDownloader.log and UpdatesHandler.log and have found nothing that would explain this. the clients are still getting patches, and when the machine is added to a collection it will push to software center and install successfully on the client. I will say that I have noticed that all the updates, and software pushes take quite a bit longer than before the upgrade. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Hey guys We currently have many Window 7 machines within our estate which we would like to upgrade to Windows 8.1 via SCCM. We would love to be able to upgrade these via distribution points which are already set up in different locations/depots across our business. We have searched the internet and have seen many guides relating to Windows 7 to Windows 10 however have not seen anything in regards to upgrading to Windows 8.1. First or all we would like to know if this is possible and secondly if there are any suggestions for best practise to action this. Apologies if there are any related threads to this which we may have missed. Thanks

Hi from İstanbul this my first post I'm working on an operating system to use an organization that has 1000+ clients. Are there any settings you can recommend in Wsim? Settings that can help ease. Keyboard, language, domain etc.

Hello, We have a big problem for Dell Precision M6x00 models with two discs. We try to apply Windows OS on Disk 1 (mSATA) with the task sequence SCCM, but impossible! We have upgraded the BIOS version, same result ! A priori, the Disk 0 has priority over the Disk 1 in all cases Nothing in the BIOS proposes to change this state. Topics similary http://www.windows-noob.com/forums/index.php?/topic/10561-sccm-2012-r2-osd-fails-with-error-80070032/ https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/297f9adb-d71d-445b-8fdf-9776b70c7b98/multiple-harddisks-and-apply-operating-system-image-failure?forum=configmgrosd have you got a idea ? Regards, MP. … The volume E:\ exists and is a local hard drive. The volume E:\ is using a valid file system. Windows target partition is 1-2, driver letter is E:\ !sSystemPart.empty(), HRESULT=80004005 (e:\qfe\nts\sms\framework\tscore\diskvolume.cpp,131) System partition not set Unable to locate a bootable volume. Attempting to make E:\ bootable. volume.getDisk() == iBootDisk, HRESULT=80070032 (e:\nts_sccm_release\sms\client\osdeployment\applyos\installcommon.cpp,693) Volume E:\ is not on the boot disk and cannot be made bootable. MakeVolumeBootable( pszVolume ), HRESULT=80070032 (e:\nts_sccm_release\sms\client\osdeployment\applyos\installcommon.cpp,772) Failed to make volume E:\ bootable. Please ensure that you have set an active partition on the boot disk before installing the operating system. The request is not supported. (Error: 80070032; Source: Windows) ConfigureBootVolume(targetVolume), HRESULT=80070032 (e:\nts_sccm_release\sms\client\osdeployment\applyos\applyos.cpp,499) Process completed with exit code 2147942450 !--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------! Failed to run the action: Apply Operating System Image Windows 7 SP1. The request is not supported. (Error: 80070032; Source: Windows)

Hi Guys, I've been building my Win10 image lately and for some reason SCCM refuses to complete any OSD Task Sequences successfully (on Win 10, or our old Win8.1 TS). It seems to be failing to setup the SCCM Client and then rebooting to a half built OS. smsts.log is here: https://pastee.org/7dkq5 I don't have a CCMSetup.log, it doesn't get that far. Any ideas? The key line that seems to stick out for me is: <![LOG[The action (Setup Windows and Configuration Manager) requested a retry]LOG]!><time="13:16:09.927-60" date="08-14-2015" component="TSManager" context="" type="1" thread="1260" file="engine.cxx:271"> <![LOG[Reboot to local harddisk]LOG]!><time="13:16:09.927-60" date="08-14-2015" component="TSManager" context="" type="1" thread="1260" file="engine.cxx:469"> I've been trying to work this out for the past few days now and I'm tearing my hair out Thanks!!

Hello everyone! I have been deploying Windows 7 for quite a while now, and every time i encounter some kind of issues. Therefore i would like to ask for some help with my questions. My Deployment scenario: 1. - Install Windows 7 SP1 on Hyper-V 2. - Log on as Administrator and Update OS with all required updates (PC is in WG) 3. - When updates are installed, i configure Local Administrator profile (I only install few extra applications, so i would consider this a thin image) 4. - When system is configured, i add Capture Image .iso file to my Hyper-v and start included .exe 5. - Click through the wizard and successfully capture Windows 7 Pro x64 or x86 6 - The i Add newly created wim to SCCM and distribute the content. 7 - Install OS over PXE My questions: 1. Why, every time after creating new image (after every 3-4 month) - my answerfile fails to be processed on install with the new image (errors pop out around Specialize phase -[ Shell_setup]) - this means i have to create a brand new package containing basically the same answerfile - and this somehow fixes this error for me.. 2. - Why would i run sysprep (Audit mode) before configuring / capturing my image, if SCCM Capture media does by it self. 2.1 When is the best time to run SCCM Capture Media. I have read a lot of forums with people suggesting to get into Audit mode before even installing SP1)? 3. Why some of created wim images are failing to create .clg catalog file - when imported into SIM? (What are the main causes) Sorry for my bad english, it is very hard for me to compile my thoughts into OK questions. I assume that the best answer to my question would be a short version of my own Deployment scenario, only written by you guys Thank you in advance!

Hey Guys, Long time lurker thought i would leave this here for someone to find. We have a client that wants windows 8.1 installed but have noticed the limited support for SCCM 2012 and certain drivers. My issue was the Task sequence would complete successfully (with long driver loads, hp supplies 1.5GB of drivers) but would fail with the error ""Windows could not parse or process the unattended..." it was on the windows 8.1 boot screen. To the best of my knowledge what would happen is the drivers would load but then reboot the system in the middle of the windows setup. and then set a flag off in the registry that the system shutdown unexpectedly, but you cannot hit 'shift F10' to access command at that point in 8.1. So it would continue to error out and not proceed with install. Oh and also the I217 intel NIC driver is not packaged into the X64 boot image, you can find that in on this site. My solution was to eventually put a minimalistic image into production and later attach the 9 drivers needed via DPINST.exe (found here). This worked pretty well with the image being able to deploy and drivers still being applied. TLDR: Some drivers will cause unwanted reboots and cause your install to fail. Computers in question HP ProBook 650 G1 Take Care, Glen

I'am trying to create an custom windows vista installation cd . I have an original cd ordered from where I live and the problem is that when I go for import operating system wizard it gives me this error :The source directory specified does not contain an identifiable operating system ? What should I do ? Does this mean that my DVD is not original ? I tried to go for the second option and to import "Custom image file" and I selected install.wim all work's great but I can't see any operating system listed in MDT , but in the deployment folder it is. I'm using MDT 2013 and I have ADK and AIK installed. What to do ? My operating system is Windows 8.1 EDIT : Does the fact that I have both ADK and AIK installed is a bad thing ?

Hi, I have done a search on this matter to seek help but couldn't really find anything What I am looking for is help to set up a fully functioning server with a reliable group policy that could be implemented in a school I know the very basic of setting up the AD, DNS, DHCP. I have got this far and added a user that can successfully log in. What I would now want to know is what are the best practices to set up group policies etc Could someone put together a basic step by step of what to do. I'm not really asking for details otherwise people will be here all day and night. Just a simple AD, DNS, DHCP, Group Policies, etc and so forth Not really sure what else to add as I am fairly new to network etc and I am really wanting to learn more! Would it be easier to create different group policies such as a student one, teacher one, and so forth? Kind regards Tom

When I try to create a new task in the windows task scheduler, it fails with the error: An error has occurred for task <task name>. Error message: A task or folder with this name already exists. The strange thing is, I've got this happening on a lot of my servers now... I have no idea what I changed, but apparently I cannot create new tasks now - this is a brand new freshly installed windows box as well. On one of our servers, I have created many scheduled tasks, but I can no longer create new ones on that server either. We use SCCM 2010 SP1 as well, with endpoint protection - not sure if that's the culprit or not?? I could create scheduled tasks in task manager before SCCM, but I have no proof they are related. I tried creating a task on our domain controller, exporting it and then importing it on the desired server, but it gives the same error that a task or folder with that name already exists... there are NO tasks except the two that come with SCCM, and those are in the config manager subfolder. Does anyone know how to solve this? Or better yet, does anyone know how to hand out these tasks with SCCM? If I could do that - I'd be totally stoked. Thanks for any input you can provide and your time in helping with this problem!

Hi, I am currently in the process of setting up a server at home, for educational purposes as I wish to pursue a future career into the IT sector when I finish my College Diploma in IT. I have setup a domain on Windows Server 2008 R2. Also I have set up a remote desktop service that allows workstations to remotely connect to the server. o Although this is not neccesary, I am purely doing this for education purposes. I would now like to achieve the opposite. So I would like to be able to log into a user/onto a computer which is connected to my domain/server The reason for this is because I want to be able to easily see the results on my PC connected to my domain, without having to get up and go to the computer itself. Lazy I know, but once again for education purposes. If anyone could help it would be muchly appreciated

Hi Guys, Following the tutorial documentation done (very good by the way - thank you!), in particular around SCCM 2012 SP1 for OSD's. Followed the guide, built and captured my image, all working well. However if I try to deploy the image I captured (via the build and capture process) then I end up with a working system but have the system partition on D: rather than C:. I understand this is a common issue, and is to do with the original media being built in a particular way. (Although I used the only Win7 Enterprise ISO on our volume licence website, build and capture to make it and then deployed using a standard deploy task....) Workaround seems to be to use OSDPreserveDriveLetter as a variable, which does the trick fine. Problem is that whilst the system is then set to use C:, the CM agent doesn't work. Fails to find a site (even if I specify it manually). If I remove the OSDPreserveDriveLetter variable then the client installs fine, life is good but I have Windows on D:\. SMSTS shows: <![LOG[==========[ TsProgressUI started in process 1344 ]==========]LOG]!><time="17:28:28.908+00" date="03-19-2013" component="TsProgressUI" context="" type="1" thread="1340" file="winmain.cpp:330"> <![LOG[Registering COM classes]LOG]!><time="17:28:28.908+00" date="03-19-2013" component="TsProgressUI" context="" type="1" thread="1340" file="winmain.cpp:187"> <![LOG[sbModulePath = C:\WINDOWS\system32\_SMSOSDSetup\TsProgressUI.exe]LOG]!><time="17:28:28.908+00" date="03-19-2013" component="TsProgressUI" context="" type="1" thread="1340" file="tsprogressuiclass.cpp:625"> <![LOG[shutdown complete.]LOG]!><time="17:28:28.940+00" date="03-19-2013" component="TsProgressUI" context="" type="1" thread="1340" file="winmain.cpp:512"> <![LOG[Process completed with exit code 0]LOG]!><time="17:28:28.955+00" date="03-19-2013" component="OSDSetupHook" context="" type="1" thread="1624" file="commandline.cpp:1123"> <![LOG[successfully registered TS Progress UI.]LOG]!><time="17:28:28.955+00" date="03-19-2013" component="OSDSetupHook" context="" type="1" thread="1624" file="utils.cpp:2279"> <![LOG[Executing command line: "C:\_SMSTaskSequence\OSD\00100010\ccmsetup.exe" /useronly /source:C:\_SMSTaskSequence\OSD\00100010 /config:MobileClient.TCF /status:584]LOG]!><time="17:28:29.283+00" date="03-19-2013" component="OSDSetupHook" context="" type="1" thread="1624" file="commandline.cpp:827"> <![LOG[Process completed with exit code 1]LOG]!><time="17:32:46.643+00" date="03-19-2013" component="OSDSetupHook" context="" type="1" thread="1624" file="commandline.cpp:1123"> <![LOG[Client installation failed, code 1]LOG]!><time="17:32:46.643+00" date="03-19-2013" component="OSDSetupHook" context="" type="3" thread="1624" file="installclient.cpp:1151"> <![LOG[set authenticator in transport]LOG]!><time="17:32:46.659+00" date="03-19-2013" component="OSDSetupHook" context="" type="0" thread="1624" file="libsmsmessaging.cpp:7751"> <![LOG[Non fatal error 0x80070057 in sending task sequence execution status message to MP]LOG]!><time="17:32:46.768+00" date="03-19-2013" component="OSDSetupHook" context="" type="2" thread="1624" file="utils.cpp:5811"> <![LOG[set authenticator in transport]LOG]!><time="17:32:46.783+00" date="03-19-2013" component="OSDSetupHook" context="" type="0" thread="1624" file="libsmsmessaging.cpp:7751"> <![LOG[Non fatal error 0x80070057 in sending task sequence execution status message to MP]LOG]!><time="17:32:46.799+00" date="03-19-2013" component="OSDSetupHook" context="" type="2" thread="1624" file="utils.cpp:5811"> <![LOG[Executing command line: "C:\WINDOWS\system32\_SMSOSDSetup\TsProgressUI.exe" /Unregister]LOG]!><time="17:32:47.811+00" date="03-19-2013" component="OSDSetupHook" context="" type="1" thread="1624" file="commandline.cpp:827"> <![LOG[==========[ TsProgressUI started in process 1848 ]==========]LOG]!><time="17:32:47.811+00" date="03-19-2013" component="TsProgressUI" context="" type="1" thread="2964" file="winmain.cpp:330"> <![LOG[unregistering COM classes]LOG]!><time="17:32:47.811+00" date="03-19-2013" component="TsProgressUI" context="" type="1" thread="2964" file="winmain.cpp:204"> <![LOG[shutdown complete.]LOG]!><time="17:32:47.811+00" date="03-19-2013" component="TsProgressUI" context="" type="1" thread="2964" file="winmain.cpp:512"> <![LOG[Process completed with exit code 0]LOG]!><time="17:32:47.811+00" date="03-19-2013" component="OSDSetupHook" context="" type="1" thread="1624" file="commandline.cpp:1123"> <![LOG[successfully unregistered TS Progress UI.]LOG]!><time="17:32:47.811+00" date="03-19-2013" component="OSDSetupHook" context="" type="1" thread="1624" file="utils.cpp:2320"> <![LOG[Failed to install SMS Client (0x80004005)]LOG]!><time="17:32:47.811+00" date="03-19-2013" component="OSDSetupHook" context="" type="3" thread="1624" file="basesetuphook.cpp:1476"> <![LOG[uninstalling Setup Hook]LOG]!><time="17:32:47.826+00" date="03-19-2013" component="OSDSetupHook" context="" type="1" thread="1624" file="basesetuphook.cpp:1566"> <![LOG[Removing setup hook from registry.]LOG]!><time="17:32:47.826+00" date="03-19-2013" component="OSDSetupHook" context="" type="0" thread="1624" file="vistasetuphook.cpp:143"> <![LOG[successfully removed C:\WINDOWS\system32\OSDGINA.DLL]LOG]!><time="17:32:47.826+00" date="03-19-2013" component="OSDSetupHook" context="" type="1" thread="1624" file="basesetuphook.cpp:1312"> <![LOG[successfully removed C:\WINDOWS\system32\OSDSETUPHOOK.EXE]LOG]!><time="17:32:47.826+00" date="03-19-2013" component="OSDSetupHook" context="" type="1" thread="1624" file="basesetuphook.cpp:1312"> <![LOG[successfully removed C:\WINDOWS\system32\_SMSOSDSetup]LOG]!><time="17:32:47.826+00" date="03-19-2013" component="OSDSetupHook" context="" type="1" thread="1624" file="basesetuphook.cpp:1349"> <![LOG[RegQueryValueExW failed for Software\Microsoft\SMS\Task Sequence, SMSTSEndProgram]LOG]!><time="17:32:47.857+00" date="03-19-2013" component="OSDSetupHook" context="" type="2" thread="1624" file="utils.cpp:261"> <![LOG[GetTsRegValue() failed. 0x80070002.]LOG]!><time="17:32:47.857+00" date="03-19-2013" component="OSDSetupHook" context="" type="2" thread="1624" file="utils.cpp:279"> <![LOG[End program: ]LOG]!><time="17:32:47.857+00" date="03-19-2013" component="OSDSetupHook" context="" type="1" thread="1624" file="basesetuphook.cpp:1580"> <![LOG[successfully finalized logs to SMS client log directory from C:\WINDOWS\CCM\Logs]LOG]!><time="17:32:47.857+00" date="03-19-2013" component="OSDSetupHook" context="" type="1" thread="1624" file="tslogging.cpp:1542"> <![LOG[Cleaning up task sequence folder]LOG]!><time="17:32:47.857+00" date="03-19-2013" component="OSDSetupHook" context="" type="1" thread="1624" file="utils.cpp:1746"> <![LOG[Deleting volume ID file C:\_SMSTSVolumeID.7159644d-f741-45d5-ab29-0ad8aa4771ca ...]LOG]!><time="17:32:48.542+00" date="03-19-2013" component="OSDSetupHook" context="" type="1" thread="1624" file="resolvesource.cpp:519"> <![LOG[Failed to execute task sequence (0x80004005)]LOG]!><time="17:32:48.542+00" date="03-19-2013" component="OSDSetupHook" context="" type="3" thread="1624" file="osdsetuphook.cpp:284">  The CCMSetup.log file doesn't appear to be much help, but I have attached it to the post along with Client.msi.log. Any suggestions or help would be appreciated. Happy to completely rebuild the image file but obviously I'm doing something wrong. As above, I imported from our volume licence Win7 Ent with SP1 media into SCCM, used it on a build and capture, then imported the captured .WIM into SCCM and finally did a deployment with the newly captured image. As logical as that seems, obviously it's not quite right, and trying the workaround of the OSDDriveLetter seems to break my SCCM client install done as part of the task sequence. Thanks in advanced guys! Steve CCMSetup.txt Client.msi.txt

Hi, We have been happily using WDS to capture Windows 7, server 2003 & server 2008 & deploy these with great success. However we have a requirement to capture an existing server 2008 with multiple partitions & redeploy Everything I have been reading says it can't really be done successfully with WDS. Server Setup:- Windows Server 2008 OS - C:\ 68.3 GB Program Files - E:\ 136Gb Program Files - F:\ 136Gb SO as you can see above we need to capture all partitions & deploy successfully. Can anyone advise if that have successfully completed this task. Thanks 2scoops

Hello, I was hoping someone could help point me in the right direction. We are using SCCM 2007 and UDI Toolkit 12 to deploy new WIndows 7 machines through a task sequence. We are now trying to migrate from XP to Windows 7 using USMT 4.0. We are trying to do this through the PE environment. We have it successfully doing a scan state, however we run into issues when applying the new OS. I'll mention at this point we have PointSec full disk encryption running on these devices. If we do the scanstate and use the task sequence option to format and partition the disk. It fails as it says the files are protected, these are the ones protected by USMT. So all the xml files, working directory. I think it also protects areas such as boot. I've tried calling a disk part myself and doing a clean, delete of volumes and re-creating them. It then allows it to install the OS, however whenever it does its first reboot it says no OS is present. When I run diskpart its changed the volume to RAW and you cannot access the data. I've tried various combinations on running both types of formats/partitions cleans etc.. One thing I cannot make sense of is that we use the task sequence format and partition when we don't need to save data. So this just blows away XP with encryption and puts on Windows 7, i've tried using this same command but it doesn't have the same effect. Anyone able to help please? Thanks, Andy

Hello, I'm running into a problem at home with DHCP on a Server 2008R2 Box and just have a few questions. First off My setup includes a Windows Server 2008R2 which I want to leave on all the time for running Plex, SCCM, DHCP, WDS, MDT, AD, and so on, Might include Asterisk on there as well someday down the line, The system has 12 GBs of Ram and a 60GB SSD, and 160GB HDD and 1TB Plex Storage. Might be adding another 1TB to it as well down the line. My problem with DHCP is I can have it up and running and I'll be able to get IP address from the server but all I have is local intranet. How would I set this up so I can have internet as well? As an FYI I have to Network Cards in my Server. I can plug in from my Qwest ActionTech M1000 straight to one ethernet port then from the other ethernet port to the switch. I tried to do a Bridge Connections deal on both Ethernet ports but I didn't notice anything different. And then also Change my DD-WRT settings to Wireless Access Point only and disable DHCP on it. Any Help at all would be greatly appreciated. I hope I'm on the right track. Thanks