using SCCM 2012 beta2 in a LAB - Part 8. Deploying Windows 7 Enterprise

[anyweb]

post the smsts.log file here so (from the client)

[seltzer]

Thank you for your prompt replies. I tried again today and it worked. I am not sure what was the cause of the hiccup. I am pretty sure I had restarted all VM's

[myoung]

Hoping you can help! I am new to SCCM but not windows or networks. I am following your tutorials as they are the best I have found on the Internet!

I am using real computers, no VM's. One AD DC computer, one SCCM computer and one client computer.

Client computer boots BIOS, select Network boot, client receives PXE boot image, IP address, etc, starts "Task Sequence Wizard", accepts password, sets up Partition 0, Downloads and Installs Windows, First Reboot, displays "Completing installation ...", Second Reboot, displays "Setup is preparing computer for first time use", displays "Setup is checking Video performance", Desktop appears, Normal Username and Password Text boxes appear.

Nothing!!! - Cannot login as Administrator, account is disabled! cannot login as SMSadmin username/password incorrect

Help?

[myoung]

Found the answer: The client computer hardware was the problem. The Same Build and Capture Sequence works fine on different hardware. Repeated the steps several times to be sure that I was not just making a mistake in the Sequence.

[banditb17]

I am now dead in the water until I find a solution. I completely forgot that we have a citrix provisioning server for our thin client virtual machines that use PXE on the same subnet as the SCCM server I created... My understanding is that 2 PXE servers can't exist in the same subnet... Not sure what to do now.

[anyweb]

go virtual, place the vm's in a virtual network separated from all others, its the way i do it, highly recommended

[banditb17]

All of my servers are virtual already using VMware. The hosts are on the subnet in question. You suggesting a VLan to move just the SCCM server off onto its own subnet?

[anyweb]

Yes create a separate network for your testing with sccm 2012

[nkumar2005]

When I boot my client, it does not boot into the Task Sequence. It goes to the WDS to install windows. Any suggestions

[Peter van der Woude]

Did you let SCCM configure WDS? Or did you use an existing WDS environment?