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If you are using Windows Deployment Services (WDS) and you need to add a boot image into the system, then you should view the below tutorial video demonstration on how to successfully carry this out. Comments If you have any questions or comments on this guide, then please feel free to leave us a message below using our comments system …
Add drivers to a boot image in Windows Deployment Services (WDS) Read MoreIf you are looking for some free cloud space and want a very quick and easy web user interface and also a Windows Explorer based software installation then you should look at using OneDrive. You can get 15GB free storage by clicking on the link below and signing up for an account. You can then also add much more data …
15GB of free OneDrive Cloud Space Read MoreIf you have a requirement to have Silverlight installed as a silent install, like for deployment through System Center Configuration Manager, then you can use the following guide to allow you to do this. First of all, you will need to download the full installer which you can get from the download link below: Download Silent Installation To then install …
Silverlight Silent Installation and Uninstall Read MoreYou may run in to a situation where you need to completely factory reset a Shoretel phone handset. This can be due to a handset being unresponsive or not talking to its headquarter server or local MGC, amongst other reasons like selling your handset! To carry out a full factory reset you should take the following steps: Press the MUTE …
Reset a ShoreTel phone handset to factory settings Read MoreIf you want to restart SCCM OSD Task Sequence from within Windows PE without having to reboot the machine and start the PXE boot sequence again, you can quickly press F8 to bring up a command prompt and enter the following command: x:smsbini386TsmBootstrap.exe /env:WinPE /configpath:x:smsdata This will then restart the task sequence process for you without having to reboot. Comments …
Restart SCCM OSD Task Sequence within Windows PE Read MoreIf you have a new model of computer and you have PXE booted it and you do not get a network connection or IP address, then this is because the network card driver for that model is not available either within Windows PE or the boot image you have used to PXE boot the machine. To fix this can be …
How to identify a missing NIC driver during SCCM OSD Read MoreSkype version 7.5 has now been released and if you would like to either add this to your Configuration Manager Software Catalog or even have it available through WDS or Group Policy, then you will want to download the MSI file for it. Skype do provide a direct download link for its Skype software and the installer is packaged as …
Skype 7.5 Released – MSI Download Link & Silent Install Instructions Read MoreYou may want to create a Configuration Manager Collection based upon an Active Directory Organisation Unit. To do this you can use the following WQL code and then simply amend the last part to be the Organisation Unit that you want to base the Collection on: SELECT SMS_R_USER.ResourceID, SMS_R_USER.ResourceType, SMS_R_USER.Name, SMS_R_USER.UniqueUserName, SMS_R_USER.WindowsNTDomain FROM SMS_R_User WHERE SMS_R_User.UserOUName = “LOCALDOMAIN.COM/COMPANYNAME/TECHYGEEKSHOME” More Queries …
SCCM Collection based on Active Directory Organisation Unit (OU) Membership Read MoreIf you have an old 16-bit application that you need to run on Windows 7 or 8.1 or maybe even an old classic game you want to play, you will find that the chances are the modern operating systems will not run them and you will run into an error like this for Windows 7: Or this one for Windows …
DOSBox – 16-Bit Application Emulator Read MoreWe recently came across issues where our Configuration Manager Operating System Deployments (OSD) where running extremely slowly and we could not figure out why. After some investigation, we found out that one of our remote Distribution Points (DP) was not working correctly and that rebuilds on one of the sites where actually pulling the image and application data from another …
Show Distribution Point in use during Task Sequence Read MoreWe have been trying to set up a new virtual host using VMWare ESXi 5.5.0 Update 1 with an Atheros AR8161 network card. As this is one of the unsupported network cards, it kept failing upon the bootup setup process – as expected of course. As most of you will know, you can “inject” network card drivers into the ISO …
VMWare ESXi 5.5 – Adding RealTek and Atheros Network Card Drivers Read MoreIf you need to download the Windows 8.1 recovery media for your OEM version of your operating system, then you can do so by clicking the link below and entering the details from your licence sticker (COA). Windows 8.1 Recovery Software You can download the media to a USB stick or ISO file to burn to DVD and then this …
Create installation media for Windows 8.1 Read More
