Help with Software install during OSD

[nzindeep]

Hi there,

 

I need some help in regards to installing software during a Deployment of Windows 7.

 

I have just finished installing and configuring SCCM 2007 , following all of the fantastic guides on this site! I'm now at a point where I have Built and Captured my Windows 7 image and can successfully deploy Windows to a bare metal machine with my unattended.xml file ( still tweaking it , but have the basics sorted )

 

I have tested it a few times to get the process all lined up in my mind just doing a basic OS install with the Client Package. Now I am trying to install Office 2010 with the same TS, this is where I have come unstuck, is this possible?

 

I followed all the same process' in creating my TS , added the Client package to the TS , then I add in the Office Package, all looks fine until I F12 the machine. It will connect to the PXE server and do everything it should up until I see the config manager image and it starts the first process...then she restarts on me . I removed the Office 2010 package from the TS , reset the PXE advertisements , reboot and it fires on all cylinders and completes the task without any issues.

 

What have I missed? Is it possible to Deploy Windows 7 , and an Office package all in the same TS? The office package works , as I have installed it from SCCM onto my own machine. If there a logs I can look at, where would they be, and how do I get at them?

 

Can someone point me in the right direction? I have tried to google it , but it's hard to phrase what it is I am asking! lol

 

Thanks in advance

 

Josh

[Lucid]

You might think about trying to deploy something other than Office for your first piece of software. Office can have all sorts of problems in and of itself. Maybe start by trying to deploy Adobe Flash or QuickTime or something. But to answer your question, yes, you can install software with either a Build and Capture task sequence so that it's part of your .WIM image, or else deploy it when you're imaging a machine...

[anyweb]

good point, i'd recommend starting with Firefox as a test, if you can install that (and it's very easy) then you are on the right track

[nzindeep]

Cool cheers for that. I do have Firefox ready as a package , will give that a shot today.

 

Thanks!