How can I sync the BIOS date in WinPE to avoid PXE boot failure with System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager ?

[chiners_68]

tried adding both ways but I have had issues. ill have to leave it for now as we've got 100 surface 3's to get out asap.

 

A couple of notes with surface 3's which may help others.

 

1. If your using the Official Dock or Gigabit Ethernet Adapter you need to import the Gigabit Ethernet driver into your boot.wim & driver packs. When importing it will add an x86 inf. If this gets imported into the boot.wim the devices will boot to just before the password box then just reboot. Remove this x86 driver & winpe boots successfully. Microsoft have not separated the x64 & x86 drivers in different folders.

 

2. to force power off you have to hold power & up on the volume button. If I recall the surface1/2 you just held the power off button. If the device is not shutdown correctly from windows it may not PXE boot (volume down & power on). In this case, force power of, switch on, wait till backlight on screen fires up the press power button once to switch off. Next time you Press for PXE it will work successfully.

 

3. Bitlocker encryption with recovery key in AD didn't work until I made the following mod. Had to set this reg key for it to function., Issue explained here http://netecm.netree.ch/blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=80

powershell.exe -command "New-Item -Path HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft -Name FVE; Set-ItemProperty -Path HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\FVE -Name OSEnablePrebootInputProtectorsOnSlates -Value 1 -Type DWord -Force" 

[anyweb]

have you seen my post about the Surface 3 here ? I did not see the behaviour you noticed for the nic drivers, and i covered that in detail in my post

 

I didn't see the bitlocker issue as I'm setting the registry keys as part of mbam client agent installation, however I will do up a post to cover it, thanks for the reminder

 

http://www.windows-noob.com/forums/index.php?/topic/11247-how-can-i-deploy-windows-81-x64-to-the-microsoft-surface-pro-3-using-system-center-2012-r2-configuration-manager

[1badmotorfinger]

Hi Niall- thank you for providing this write-up and the associated content. I've attempted to use this in my ConfigMgr 2012 R2 environment when doing PXE OSD however I've not had success. Strangely the script runs and the 3 logs created by the script all log success as well however I still receive the failed task sequence 0x80004005 error on the client. I thought I might try to increase the 5 second timeout some to see if this has any effect but wanted to reach out for comments and feedback here as well. Thanks in advance!

[anyweb]

hmm can you post the logs please, you can remove any domain senstive stuff from them first if you wish.

[1badmotorfinger]

Here you go. Thank you so much for the fast response and help on this and do let me know if you require more information from me. BTW- I'm not using PKI at all and my self-signed cert is still valid.

 

SMSTS.log contents:

 

LOGGING: Finalize process ID set to 832 TSBootShell 7/24/2014 6:00:07 PM 836 (0x0344)
==============================[ TSBootShell.exe ]============================== TSBootShell 7/24/2014 6:00:07 PM 836 (0x0344)
Succeeded loading resource DLL 'X:\sms\bin\x64\1033\TSRES.DLL' TSBootShell 7/24/2014 6:00:07 PM 836 (0x0344)
Debug shell is enabled TSBootShell 7/24/2014 6:00:07 PM 836 (0x0344)
Waiting for PNP initialization... TSBootShell 7/24/2014 6:00:07 PM 840 (0x0348)
RAM Disk Boot Path: NET(0)\SMSIMAGES\My-SiteCode00003\BOOT.My-SiteCode00003.WIM TSBootShell 7/24/2014 6:00:07 PM 840 (0x0348)
Booted from network (PXE) TSBootShell 7/24/2014 6:00:07 PM 840 (0x0348)
Network(PXE) path: X:\sms\data\ TSBootShell 7/24/2014 6:00:07 PM 840 (0x0348)
Found config path X:\sms\data\ TSBootShell 7/24/2014 6:00:07 PM 840 (0x0348)
This is not a fixed non usb disk TSBootShell 7/24/2014 6:00:07 PM 840 (0x0348)
Booting from removable media, not restoring bootloaders on hard drive TSBootShell 7/24/2014 6:00:07 PM 840 (0x0348)
X:\sms\data\WinPE does not exist. TSBootShell 7/24/2014 6:00:07 PM 840 (0x0348)
X:\_SmsTsWinPE\WinPE does not exist. TSBootShell 7/24/2014 6:00:07 PM 840 (0x0348)
Executing command line: wpeinit.exe -winpe TSBootShell 7/24/2014 6:00:07 PM 840 (0x0348)
The command completed successfully. TSBootShell 7/24/2014 6:00:20 PM 840 (0x0348)
Starting DNS client service. TSBootShell 7/24/2014 6:00:20 PM 840 (0x0348)
Executing command line: X:\sms\bin\x64\TsmBootstrap.exe /env:WinPE /configpath:X:\sms\data\ TSBootShell 7/24/2014 6:00:20 PM 840 (0x0348)
The command completed successfully. TSBootShell 7/24/2014 6:00:20 PM 840 (0x0348)
==============================[ TSMBootStrap.exe ]============================== TSMBootstrap 7/24/2014 6:00:20 PM 416 (0x01A0)
Command line: X:\sms\bin\x64\TsmBootstrap.exe /env:WinPE /configpath:X:\sms\data\ TSMBootstrap 7/24/2014 6:00:20 PM 416 (0x01A0)
Succeeded loading resource DLL 'X:\sms\bin\x64\1033\TSRES.DLL' TSMBootstrap 7/24/2014 6:00:20 PM 416 (0x01A0)
Succeeded loading resource DLL 'X:\sms\bin\x64\TSRESNLC.DLL' TSMBootstrap 7/24/2014 6:00:20 PM 416 (0x01A0)
Current OS version is 6.2.9200.0 TSMBootstrap 7/24/2014 6:00:20 PM 416 (0x01A0)
Adding SMS bin folder "X:\sms\bin\x64" to the system environment PATH TSMBootstrap 7/24/2014 6:00:20 PM 416 (0x01A0)
PXE Boot with Root = X:\ TSMBootstrap 7/24/2014 6:00:20 PM 416 (0x01A0)
Executing from PXE in WinPE TSMBootstrap 7/24/2014 6:00:20 PM 416 (0x01A0)
Loading TsPxe.dll from X:\sms\bin\x64\TsPxe.dll TSMBootstrap 7/24/2014 6:00:20 PM 416 (0x01A0)
TsPxe.dll loaded TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:00:20 PM 416 (0x01A0)
Device has PXE booted TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:00:20 PM 416 (0x01A0)
Variable Path: \SMSTemp\2014.09.25.13.22.04.0007.{C7C10772-19D7-4A67-949E-E0DB05230246}.boot.var TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:00:20 PM 416 (0x01A0)
Succesfully added firewall rule for Tftp TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:00:20 PM 416 (0x01A0)
Executing: X:\sms\bin\x64\smstftp.exe -i xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx get \SMSTemp\2014.09.25.13.22.04.0007.{C7C10772-19D7-4A67-949E-E0DB05230246}.boot.var X:\sms\data\variables.dat TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:00:20 PM 416 (0x01A0)
Command line for extension .exe is "%1" %* TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:00:20 PM 416 (0x01A0)
Set command line: "X:\sms\bin\x64\smstftp.exe" -i xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx get \SMSTemp\2014.09.25.13.22.04.0007.{C7C10772-19D7-4A67-949E-E0DB05230246}.boot.var X:\sms\data\variables.dat TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:00:20 PM 416 (0x01A0)
Executing command line: "X:\sms\bin\x64\smstftp.exe" -i xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx get \SMSTemp\2014.09.25.13.22.04.0007.{C7C10772-19D7-4A67-949E-E0DB05230246}.boot.var X:\sms\data\variables.dat TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:00:20 PM 416 (0x01A0)
Process completed with exit code 0 TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:00:21 PM 416 (0x01A0)
Succesfully removed firewall rule for Tftp TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:00:21 PM 416 (0x01A0)
Successfully downloaded pxe variable file. TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:00:21 PM 416 (0x01A0)
we are booted using PXE TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:00:21 PM 416 (0x01A0)
we are booted using PXE and we don't use a password or the password is provided by the user TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:00:21 PM 416 (0x01A0)
Found network adapter "LAN9512/LAN9514 USB 2.0 to Ethernet 10/100 Adapter" with IP Address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx. TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:00:21 PM 416 (0x01A0)
Run PXE Interactive TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:00:21 PM 416 (0x01A0)
Running Wizard in Interactive mode TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:00:21 PM 416 (0x01A0)
Loading Media Variables from "X:\sms\data\variables.dat" TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:00:21 PM 416 (0x01A0)
CryptDecrypt (hKey, 0, 1, 0, pData, &dwDecryptedLen), HRESULT=80090005 (e:\qfe\nts\sms\framework\smscrypt\windes.cpp,165) TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:00:21 PM 416 (0x01A0)
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 7/24/2014 6:00:21 PM 416 (0x01A0)
Activating Welcome Page. TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:00:21 PM 416 (0x01A0)
Loading bitmap TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:00:21 PM 416 (0x01A0)
WelcomePage::OnWizardNext() TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:00:27 PM 416 (0x01A0)
Loading Media Variables from "X:\sms\data\variables.dat" TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:00:27 PM 416 (0x01A0)
CryptDecrypt (hKey, 0, 1, 0, pData, &dwDecryptedLen), HRESULT=80090005 (e:\qfe\nts\sms\framework\smscrypt\windes.cpp,165) TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:00:27 PM 416 (0x01A0)
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 7/24/2014 6:00:27 PM 416 (0x01A0)
Loading Media Variables from "X:\sms\data\variables.dat" TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:00:27 PM 416 (0x01A0)
CryptDecrypt (hKey, 0, 1, 0, pData, &dwDecryptedLen), HRESULT=80090005 (e:\qfe\nts\sms\framework\smscrypt\windes.cpp,165) TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:00:27 PM 416 (0x01A0)
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 7/24/2014 6:00:27 PM 416 (0x01A0)
Verifying media password. TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:00:27 PM 416 (0x01A0)
Loading Media Variables from "X:\sms\data\variables.dat" TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:00:27 PM 416 (0x01A0)
Spawned thread 852 to download policy. TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:00:27 PM 416 (0x01A0)
Entering TSMediaWizardControl::GetPolicy. TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:00:27 PM 852 (0x0354)
Creating key 'Software\Microsoft\SMS\47006C006F00620061006C005C007B00350031004100300031003600420036002D0046003000440045002D0034003700350032002D0042003900370043002D003500340045003600460033003800360041003900310032007D00' TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:00:27 PM 852 (0x0354)
Environment scope successfully created: Global\{51A016B6-F0DE-4752-B97C-54E6F386A912} TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:00:27 PM 852 (0x0354)
Creating key 'Software\Microsoft\SMS\47006C006F00620061006C005C007B00420041003300410033003900300030002D0043004100360044002D0034006100630031002D0038004300320038002D003500300037003300410046004300320032004200300033007D00' TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:00:27 PM 852 (0x0354)
Environment scope successfully created: Global\{BA3A3900-CA6D-4ac1-8C28-5073AFC22B03} TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:00:27 PM 852 (0x0354)
Setting LogMaxSize to 1000000 TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:00:27 PM 852 (0x0354)
Setting LogMaxHistory to 1 TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:00:27 PM 852 (0x0354)
Setting LogLevel to 0 TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:00:27 PM 852 (0x0354)
Setting LogEnabled to 1 TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:00:27 PM 852 (0x0354)
Setting LogDebug to 1 TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:00:27 PM 852 (0x0354)
UEFI: true TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:00:27 PM 852 (0x0354)
Loading variables from the Task Sequencing Removable Media. TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:00:27 PM 852 (0x0354)
Loading Media Variables from "X:\sms\data\variables.dat" TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:00:27 PM 852 (0x0354)
Succeeded loading resource DLL 'X:\sms\bin\x64\1033\TSRES.DLL' TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:00:27 PM 852 (0x0354)
Setting SMSTSMP TS environment variable TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:00:27 PM 852 (0x0354)
Setting _SMSMediaGuid TS environment variable TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:00:27 PM 852 (0x0354)
Setting _SMSTSBootMediaPackageID TS environment variable TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:00:27 PM 852 (0x0354)
Setting _SMSTSHTTPPort TS environment variable TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:00:27 PM 852 (0x0354)
Setting _SMSTSHTTPSPort TS environment variable TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:00:27 PM 852 (0x0354)
Setting _SMSTSIISSSLState TS environment variable TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:00:27 PM 852 (0x0354)
Setting _SMSTSLaunchMode TS environment variable TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:00:27 PM 852 (0x0354)
Setting _SMSTSMediaPFX TS environment variable TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:00:27 PM 852 (0x0354)
Setting _SMSTSPublicRootKey TS environment variable TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:00:27 PM 852 (0x0354)
Setting _SMSTSSiteCode TS environment variable TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:00:27 PM 852 (0x0354)
Setting _SMSTSSiteSigningCertificate TS environment variable TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:00:27 PM 852 (0x0354)
Setting _SMSTSUseFirstCert TS environment variable TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:00:27 PM 852 (0x0354)
Setting _SMSTSx64UnknownMachineGUID TS environment variable TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:00:27 PM 852 (0x0354)
Setting _SMSTSx86UnknownMachineGUID TS environment variable TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:00:27 PM 852 (0x0354)
Root CA Public Certs= TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:00:27 PM 852 (0x0354)
Missing root CA environment variable from variables file TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:00:27 PM 852 (0x0354)
Support Unknown Machines: 0 TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:00:27 PM 852 (0x0354)
Custom hook from X:\\TSConfig.INI is cscript.exe WinPE_timesync_.vbs TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:00:27 PM 852 (0x0354)
Custom hook source is SMS10000 TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:00:27 PM 852 (0x0354)
Finding package: C:\SMS\PKG\SMS10000 TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:00:28 PM 852 (0x0354)
Finding package: D:\SMS\PKG\SMS10000 TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:00:28 PM 852 (0x0354)
Finding package: E:\SMS\PKG\SMS10000 TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:00:28 PM 852 (0x0354)
Finding package: X:\SMS\PKG\SMS10000 TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:00:28 PM 852 (0x0354)
FindPackageFolder found: X:\SMS\PKG\SMS10000 TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:00:28 PM 852 (0x0354)
Using path: X:\SMS\PKG\SMS10000 TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:00:28 PM 852 (0x0354)
Successfully registered Task Sequencing COM Interface. TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:00:28 PM 852 (0x0354)
Command line for extension .exe is "%1" %* TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:00:28 PM 852 (0x0354)
Set command line: cscript.exe WinPE_timesync_.vbs TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:00:28 PM 852 (0x0354)
Executing command line: cscript.exe WinPE_timesync_.vbs TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:00:28 PM 852 (0x0354)
Executing command line: X:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /k TSBootShell 7/24/2014 6:00:31 PM 836 (0x0344)
The command completed successfully. TSBootShell 7/24/2014 6:00:31 PM 836 (0x0344)
Successfully launched command shell. TSBootShell 7/24/2014 6:00:31 PM 836 (0x0344)
Process completed with exit code 0 TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:01:00 PM 852 (0x0354)
Succeeded loading resource DLL 'X:\sms\bin\x64\1033\TSRES.DLL' TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:01:00 PM 852 (0x0354)
Successfully unregistered Task Sequencing Environment COM Interface. TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:01:00 PM 852 (0x0354)
Authenticator from the environment is empty. TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:01:00 PM 852 (0x0354)
Need to create Authenticator Info using PFX TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:01:00 PM 852 (0x0354)
Initialized CStringStream object with string: d22caf5b-9681-4fad-9943-a115fdcbc76a;2014-07-25T02:01:00Z. TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:01:00 PM 852 (0x0354)
Set media certificate in transport TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:01:00 PM 852 (0x0354)
Set authenticator in transport TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:01:00 PM 852 (0x0354)
CLibSMSMessageWinHttpTransport::Send: URL: MyConfigMgr2012R2-FQDN:80 GET /SMS_MP/.sms_aut?MPKEYINFORMATIONMEDIA TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:01:00 PM 852 (0x0354)
Request was successful. TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:01:00 PM 852 (0x0354)
Default CSP is Microsoft Enhanced RSA and AES Cryptographic Provider TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:01:00 PM 852 (0x0354)
Default CSP Type is 24 TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:01:00 PM 852 (0x0354)
New settings: TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:01:00 PM 852 (0x0354)
site=My-SiteCode,My-SiteCode, MP=http://MyConfigMgr2012R2-FQDN, ports: http=80,https=443 TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:01:00 PM 852 (0x0354)
certificates are received from MP. TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:01:00 PM 852 (0x0354)
Unknown machine GUIDs: ee25c72b-934d-4008-a952-d1217ec70954 7a9dfbae-3783-4769-851c-3d60d84775c1 TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:01:00 PM 852 (0x0354)
Getting MP time information TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:01:00 PM 852 (0x0354)
Set authenticator in transport TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:01:00 PM 852 (0x0354)
Requesting client identity TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:01:00 PM 852 (0x0354)
Setting message signatures. TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:01:00 PM 852 (0x0354)
Setting the authenticator. TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:01:00 PM 852 (0x0354)
CLibSMSMessageWinHttpTransport::Send: URL: MyConfigMgr2012R2-FQDN:80 CCM_POST /ccm_system/request TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:01:01 PM 852 (0x0354)
Request was successful. TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:01:01 PM 852 (0x0354)
pNext != NULL, HRESULT=80004005 (e:\qfe\nts\sms\framework\osdmessaging\libsmsmessaging.cpp,1970) TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:01:01 PM 852 (0x0354)
reply has no message header marker TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:01:01 PM 852 (0x0354)
DoRequest (sReply, true), HRESULT=80004005 (e:\qfe\nts\sms\framework\osdmessaging\libsmsmessaging.cpp,5868) TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:01:01 PM 852 (0x0354)
Failed to get client identity (80004005) TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:01:01 PM 852 (0x0354)
ClientIdentity.RequestClientIdentity (), HRESULT=80004005 (e:\qfe\nts\sms\client\tasksequence\tsmbootstrap\tsmediawizardcontrol.cpp,1114) TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:01:01 PM 852 (0x0354)
failed to request for client TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:01:01 PM 852 (0x0354)
Exiting TSMediaWizardControl::GetPolicy. TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:01:01 PM 852 (0x0354)
pWelcomePage->m_pTSMediaWizardControl->GetPolicy(), HRESULT=80004005 (e:\qfe\nts\sms\client\tasksequence\tsmbootstrap\tsmediawelcomepage.cpp,303) TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:01:01 PM 852 (0x0354)
Setting wizard error: An error occurred while retrieving policy for this computer (0x80004005). For more information, contact your system administrator or helpdesk operator. TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:01:01 PM 416 (0x01A0)
WelcomePage::OnWizardNext() TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:01:01 PM 416 (0x01A0)
Skipping Confirmation Page. TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:01:01 PM 416 (0x01A0)
Skipping Task Sequence Selection Page. TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:01:01 PM 416 (0x01A0)
Skipping Variables Selection Page. TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:01:01 PM 416 (0x01A0)
Skipping Resolve Progress Page. TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:01:01 PM 416 (0x01A0)
Activating Finish Page. TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:01:01 PM 416 (0x01A0)
Initializing the countdown timer. TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:01:01 PM 416 (0x01A0)
Loading bitmap TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:01:01 PM 416 (0x01A0)
Exiting task sequence wizard. TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:01:16 PM 416 (0x01A0)
Exiting with return code 0x00000000 TSPxe 7/24/2014 6:01:16 PM 416 (0x01A0)
Execution complete. TSBootShell 7/24/2014 6:01:16 PM 840 (0x0348)
hMap != 0, HRESULT=80070002 (e:\qfe\nts\sms\framework\tscore\environmentscope.cpp,493) TSBootShell 7/24/2014 6:01:16 PM 840 (0x0348)
m_pGlobalScope->open(), HRESULT=80070002 (e:\qfe\nts\sms\framework\tscore\environmentlib.cpp,335) TSBootShell 7/24/2014 6:01:16 PM 840 (0x0348)
this->open(), HRESULT=80070002 (e:\qfe\nts\sms\framework\tscore\environmentlib.cpp,553) TSBootShell 7/24/2014 6:01:16 PM 840 (0x0348)
::RegOpenKeyExW (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, sKey.c_str(), 0, KEY_READ, &hSubKey), HRESULT=80070002 (e:\qfe\nts\sms\framework\tscore\utils.cpp,809) TSBootShell 7/24/2014 6:01:16 PM 840 (0x0348)
RegOpenKeyExW is unsuccessful for Software\Microsoft\SMS\Task Sequence TSBootShell 7/24/2014 6:01:16 PM 840 (0x0348)
GetTsRegValue() is unsuccessful. 0x80070002. TSBootShell 7/24/2014 6:01:16 PM 840 (0x0348)
End program: TSBootShell 7/24/2014 6:01:16 PM 840 (0x0348)
Finalizing logging from process 832 TSBootShell 7/24/2014 6:01:16 PM 840 (0x0348)
Finalizing logs to root of first available drive TSBootShell 7/24/2014 6:01:16 PM 840 (0x0348)
LOGGING: Setting log directory to "C:\SMSTSLog". TSBootShell 7/24/2014 6:01:16 PM 840 (0x0348)

 

WinPE_net_use.log:

 

The command completed successfully.

 

 

WinPE_TimeSync.log:

 

##############################################
WinPE Time sync Script
##############################################
7/24/2014 6:00:28 PM Starting logging process.
7/24/2014 6:00:28 PM sleeping for 15 seconds..
7/24/2014 6:00:43 PM Using NET USE to Connect to ConfigMgr-2012R2-Server as a Domain user..
7/24/2014 6:00:45 PM ...NET USE connected ok, continuing.
7/24/2014 6:00:45 PM Using the NET TIME command to sync with the Server time..
7/24/2014 6:00:45 PM Waiting for 15 seconds so the new time is registered before talking to the mp..
7/24/2014 6:01:00 PM all done, exiting..

[anyweb]

well i think your problem is because the script isnt running at the right time (i.e. it's not running as a prestart command), i dont see it being mentioned in the smsts.log file at all (look at my screenshots where it says it's executing the script), then look at your smsts.log, do you see the prestart starting ?

 

also, your other logs are of a different time, so you probably generated them when manually testing the script.

[1badmotorfinger]

Niall my appologies; I actually copied the contents of the wrong smsts.log in my posted reply. I've edited my post with the correct log and you'll now see the script in action and the log time/date stamps now match.

[anyweb]

hmm interesting,

if you manually run the net use commands shown by the strcommand in a command prompt in winpe, what happens ?

 

is anything in your winpe_net_time.log ?

[1badmotorfinger]

Well there's nothing logged at all in the winpe_net_time.log file. I will attempt to run the commands manually to see what occurs.

[1badmotorfinger]

Wanted to follow up with an update; I now have this working. In our org we have PXE traffic isolated and I found that the 'net time' step was failing. Based on the failure I had to modify the syntax of the script as shown below to simply use our ConfigMgr server as the source for the time sync.

 

strUser = "username"
strPassword = "password"
strDomain = "domain.name"
strServer = "MyConfigMgrServer"

 

strCommand = ("cmd /c net time \\") & strServer & (" /SET /Y") & (">") & (" ") & ("x:\WinPE_net_time.log")

 

Niall - I simply cannot thank you enough for this post and for your generous help in this matter.