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If you are using Microsoft DaRT 8 to enable you to be able to remote onto machines that are in WinPE during an OSD, then you will find that if you are using an operating system other than Windows 8 or above, you will struggle to install the DaRT Remote Viewer tool. To get around this, do not run the …
Microsoft DaRT 8 Remote Viewer on Windows 7 Operating Systems Read MoreIf you have Shoretel in your corporation and have recently upgraded to version 13 or above, you may have noticed that within the Shoretel Communicator Client the option for importing Outlook contacts has now been restricted to just allowing Contacts to be imported as you can see from the screenshot below: In previous versions, you could go into your options …
Shoretel Contacts Import Enabler Released Read MoreTo create a bootable Windows USB stick to install Windows, you can follow the instructions below. Plug in a USB stick up to 16GB, no smaller than 4GB and no bigger than 16GB or it will not work. Open an elevated command prompt. Type diskpart and press enter. Once in disk part, you should run the following commands in order: …
Create Bootable Windows USB Installers Read MoreIf you have a requirement to create USB media for custom images and task sequences on a stand-alone USB stick, sometimes it can be a real pain to get the setup correct. Our custom images are quick large so I had purchased some large USB sticks to fit everything on, including our huge library of drivers to cover all of …
Create Configuration Manager 2012 Stand Alone Task Media USB Sticks Read MoreI’ve recently been working on a project using WDS and MDT rather than SCCM and I needed to create some new custom images to deploy to around 200 machines. These consisted of Windows XP, Windows 7 Enterprise x86 and x64. Once I had created the custom image, I needed to then capture it using Sysprep and WDS capture boot image. …
How to Sysprep a Windows 7 Machine Ready for WDS Capture Read MoreStep by step guide on how to use Java MSI installers to distribute through WSUS, SCCM and SCUP.
Java Client Updates Deployment using WSUS/SCCM/SCUP from an MSI File Read MoreI recently have had some issues with machines not PXE booting for me to be able to deploy an image to new machines. I couldn’t quite figure it out as all of our worldwide sites were working perfectly and the office I was working at was also working in one part of the building but not the other. I spoke …
PXE Boot problems during SCCM OSD Read MoreI’ve been working on getting AutoCAD LT 2014 into our Software Catalog for some time now and I finally cracked it this week which I was delighted about! The idea was that any users that should have AutoCAD can upgrade their software or new starters can install it themselves without our desktop support staff having to spend time manually installing …
AutoCAD Installation Failures – Error 1606. Could not access network location. Read MoreAfter the success of our Autodesk serial collection and reporting blog post nearly a year ago now, we have had many requests to update the scripts to include the latest versions of Autodesk products and also include a wider range of Autodesk products like Revit. If you are new to this, it would be worth taking a look at the …
Autodesk Serial Number Reporting – v3 Release Code Read MoreWe are pleased to announce the release of the Shoretel Batch WAV Converter v2. There have been some improvements to make it more user friendly and to have a much better folder structure. We are working on v3 already which will have a GUI front end so it will be even easier to use and batch convert files, we are …
Shoretel Batch WAV Converter v2 Released Read MoreThere is a cheat within The Simpsons Tapped Out game where you can get a free Jebediah Statue! All you have to do is tickle Homer 10 times (tap him 10 times!) and he’ll give you the statue which will then be available in your inventory box. You can then place this into your Springfield!
The Simpsons Tapped Out – Free Jebediah Statue Cheat! Read MoreI’ve recently been trying to create a custom built Windows 8 image for future deployment using SCCM 2012 SP1. I built a clean Windows 8 base image and then installed all the programs that I wanted on the image and then run Windows Update. I made some changes to the Metro front screen and updated, added and removed some apps …
SCCM capture of Windows 8 fails during Sysprep stage – Fatal error occurred while trying to sysprep the machine Read More
