How do you handle software updates
I just wanted to get thoughts on how everyone handles software updates.Currently, no users have administrator access to load software, which I think is a good thing. How do you currently handle all the...
View ArticleWDS unable to Capture or Install a wim image
I've setup a WDS server on a Windows 2012 Server. Configured everything correctly. When I PXE boot and select my boot image, it boots into WinPE but, I can't capture the image because I have no ip...
View ArticleWyse Device Manager and the images from Hell
Good morning all from Memphis, TN.For the past three months (yes I am serious) I have been trying to get our Wyse Device Manager to talk to a Wyse T-50 with Enhanced Ubuntu installed with Image 28 to...
View Articletrying to image using pxe boot
I am trying to image using pxeboot. I am able to get an IP address, however i keep getting the message "selected boot device failed. press any key to reboot the system." I have been able to image...
View ArticleMDT 2012 - customsettings.ini - setting local admin password
Hi.How to set local admin password?Do I need to:skipAdminPassword=YES???
View ArticleAdvice for a WDS newb on Lenovo driver packages?
How do you build a driver package when you have no .inf file? The Lenovo M73 drivers have no .inf file anywhere in them that I can find. I even downloaded the "SCCM Package" from Lenovo that is...
View ArticleHow Can you deploy Software over internet for remote users
Hi we already have a solution that deploy software. this tool allows to set policy.Once the machine is on the network, there is no issue.. missing packages are checked, eventually installed and the...
View ArticleMDT from WAIK to ADK?
We use MDT 2012 Update 1 with WAIK to deploy images on a Windows Server 2008 R2 server, Last week the server went nuts. Long story short. It's now a Windows Server 2012 R2 machine. It's an requirement...
View Article3rd party app updates
Currently there is no 3rd party app updater here, and I have started researching a few different products. I see some popular ones are PDQ Deploy, LanGuard, Ninite. My question to you is, what...
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Disk (0) was not found while imaging with MDT 2013 on Dell T3600
We are using MDT 2013 to image our systems. Our T3600 system will not image with the errors below. I have the latest Dell CAB for the T3600 and am using the latest WIN PE5.0 My other models image...
View ArticleWDS Capture Image - winload.exe corrupt or missing
Seemingly out of the blue our WDS server has developed a very annoying issue with a capture image that up until today was working perfectly previously. What we are now experiencing when we network boot...
View ArticleUnderstanding how to use WinPE for deployment
I understand WinPE is used for pre-boot environment. The latest Dell WinPE is 5.0. Would I want to merge WinPE 4 and 3 with 5? Or does 5 replace them?
View ArticleWindows 7 Deployment Method
Hi there,I am after some advise on the best way to create our 'standard Windows 7 image' containing our companies standard applications, drivers for several model computers and then to automatically...
View ArticlePDQ Deploy help
Hi Guys,New to using PDQ deploy and could do with a hand with creating deployments for Autodesk suites and AutoCAD LT.Ive created the deployment image using the built in deployment tool from Autodesk...
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I pushed out GoToMeeting silently and now I get this...
See attached Error Message (When I click See Program Details I get the exe path of GoToMeeting.I remove GoToMeeting and it goes away. If I install GoToMeeting manually, I dont get this message, but if...
View ArticleHow long do you wait before installing updates?
Specifically flash and shockwave, but also other non-critical programs as well. If a new version is released today, do you install it today? Tomorrow? In a month? Do you wait until you're a version...
View ArticleWindows 8 Updates
Is there any way to expedite windows 8 updates? i run a computer shop and often get windows 8 computers in that have almost never installed an update, and I have to run updates for something like 12...
View ArticleSoftware Install for 50 users
Hello,I need to install some software on 50 different machines.All the machines are locked down so that only administrator accounts can install software.What would people recommend as an alternative to...
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SCCM - Pushed applications are massive in size
SCCM continues to be the bane of my existence. It seems that some programs I've deployed are nearly pushing three gigabytes in size apiece, however the original MSI's are pretty small. I know that the...
View ArticleMDT Homepage settings CustomSettings.ini
Hello all, I'm attempting to configure a Home_Page setting in customsettings.ini and it does not appear to be working. Backstory (though not sure it is relevant) - I'm doing this as an entry under a...
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