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To install Autodesk DWG Trueview as a unattended silent install, which you can also use in SCCM to add the application to the software catalog and also in WDS as an application install, you should first download the installation files that you require from the link below: Download DWG TrueView Download Link Instructions Once you … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
I’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 … Read more
Step by step guide on how to use Java MSI installers to distribute through WSUS, SCCM and SCUP.
If you’re encountering the Error 1606: Could not access network location while attempting to install AutoCAD, especially when deploying it via SCCM (System Center Configuration Manager), you’re not alone. This issue often arises due to misconfigured user profile settings, particularly in environments with split partitions. Here’s how to resolve the problem. Understanding the Issue This … Read more
I’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, … Read more
I’ve recently had a situation where I needed to install Windows Updates as part of the OSD process. However, the updates had to be run directly from the local WSUS server rather than from SCCM built in software updates solution. To do this, all you need to do is to install and integrate MDT. Once … Read more
We have recently had a large amount of Nokia Lumia phones appearing in the business and as you may know, they do not support mass storage, so you cannot just plug in a USB cable for them and copy videos and photos to a computer. Due to this, more and more people are asking to … Read more
I’ve been working for Windows language pack lately, particularly in the OSD part of SCCM. So part of that is knowing what the language pack codes are for various languages. The Windows language pack codes are very useful for dictating which language packs get installed during the deployment phase of your task sequence. 2024 Update … Read more
I thought it was time I started to test Windows 8, I’ll keep my opinions to myself on it for now but one of the many things that does not seem to work very well on it is the Windows Activation. Every time I tried to activate Windows it failed and I couldn’t find a … Read more
I’ve been using ConfigMgr for many years now and I’ve used OSD in every version I’ve been involved with, however, for some reason, I’ve never used USMT before. In most cases this is simply because I didn’t need to use it as my only need was for bare metal deployments but, our environment is changing … Read more