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Tag: OSD
SCCM OSD Policy Retrieval Error
If you are using System Center Configuration Manager for Operating System Deployment (OSD) then you may come across an error like this even after a successful PXE boot:
Windows and Office Activation Proxy Whitelist Websites
We recently came across an issue where our Configuration Manager Operating System Deployments (OSD) were failing at the activating Windows step. Having spent far too much time looking into why it was doing this, we eventually found out that it was our proxy servers that were blocking access it the Microsoft activation servers.
SCCM OSD – “A required device isn’t connected or cannot be accessed”
We today ran into an issue where our SCCM OSD PXE boot was not working. It was coming up with a very confusing message stating: […]
Restart SCCM OSD Task Sequence within Windows PE
If you want to restart SCCM OSD Task Sequence from within Windows PE without having to reboot the machine and start the PXE boot sequence […]
How to identify a missing NIC driver during SCCM OSD
If you have a new model of computer and you have PXE booted it and you do not get a network connection or IP address, […]
Configuration Manager 2012 – How to Capture Task Sequence Error Logs to a Network Share
We have recently been doing some big OSD projects and with testing for such big projects comes the point where some of your testing will […]
ConfigMgr OSD – Strange Task Sequence Failures Solved
We had reports from a customer this week about strange issues with their Configuration Manager OSD Task Sequences failing. The OSD seemed to work on […]
Change OSD Task Sequence Error Message Timeout Setting for Configuration Manager
You may have noticed that if you get an error when deploying an image using OSD in Configuration Manager the machine will display that error […]
DP PXEBoot Speed Up Tool Released for Configuration Manager
We are pleased to announce the release of our new small tool for Configuration Manager – DP PXEBoot Speed Up. This is a very simple […]
ConfigMgr OSD Boot Image Problems with Dell Machines
With the recent release of Dell’s new laptop ranges, Configuration Manager OSD professionals face new challenges. We recently had issues with some of Dell’s new […]
Get WMI Query v1.6 Released
A free utility to get the WMI information from a computer. This is a great tool for SCCM administrators.