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To 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 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 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 MoreWe have recently allowed a few more people to utilise some of the functionality that the SCCM Console offers and installed the console onto their machines (albeit with heavily restricted permissions and they have to pass a training session first!!). However, a few of the machines were receiving the error that they could not connect to the SCCM database as …
SCCM Console not connecting to the database Read MoreAs stated in my previous post, I have been asked recently about installing Endpoint Protection (SCEP) during the SCCM OSD process. This is pretty easy to do and the knock on affect is that you also can have SCEP available to install from your Software Catalog. To prepare the SCEP software for deployment in your OSD task sequence and also …
Install System Center Endpoint Protection (SCEP) During SCCM OSD Task Sequence Process Read More]I’ve had a few requests recently asking whether it is possible to install System Center Endpoint Protection (SCEP) during the task sequence for an operating system deployment. I’ve also been asked if it is possible to put SCEP into the Software Catalog. Well, the answer to both questions is yes and I’ll be breaking the solution down into two blog …
Install System Center Endpoint Protection (SCEP) using the SCCM Software Catalog Read MoreIf you have a Software Center in your SCCM environment, you will want it to look as professional as possible. There are a number of ways to do this, one is to add your corporate name, setup your customise colours, but to top it all off, you can add an icon to each application. There are a few ways that …
How to add an icon to your SCCM Software Catalog Applications Read More
