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CutePDF is an excellent piece of software that allows you to create PDF’s from almost any application. It is also free to use for personal, commercial, education and government use which is always a good start! I tend to install this software on any machine that I build be it for personal use or for a working environment, so I …
CutePDF Writer and GPL Ghostscript install using the SCCM Software Catalog Read MoreA lot of programs these days rely on Microsoft Dot Net Framework 4 to work. In an SCCM environment, this can prove to be a very useful application to have in your Software Catalog and as an application so that your users can install it when required and so that you can also use it as a pre-requisite (dependency) for …
How to add Microsoft Dot Net Framework 4 to your Software Catalog in SCCM. Read MoreTo install Autodesk DWG Trueview 2015 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 2015 Download Link Instructions Once you have downloaded the …
DWG Trueview 2015 – Unattended Command Line Installation Read MoreWe have designed a small program that allows you to import image files like JPEG and PNG and convert them into usable icon files for Configuration Manager Software Catalog Applications, websites or custom-designed programs. We have had a few people suggesting that this tool is useless for creating desktop shortcut icons – its NOT designed for this, so please do …
Misty Iconverter Read MoreImgburn is a great tool for burning CD & DVD’s and also to capture ISO’s from media. This tool is free to download from: ImgBurn Download If you wish to have this tool in your Software Catalog as an Application, or maybe installed during your OSD task sequences, you can by doing the following: Create an application with the source …
ImgBurn – Configuration Manager Software Catalog Entry Read MoreIf 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 More
