Operating System Deployment

SCCM 2012 – Install .Net 4.5.2 on Windows 7 while on OSD

Martin Wüthrich Operating System Deployment, SCCM 2012

Hi,

I recently faced the issue, that the .Net 4.5.2 Application, which is working very well if deployed to a installed Windows 7 Client, but when I tried to use the same application within the OSD Task Sequence with System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, the Installation constantly fails with the Error:
Process 4000 terminated with exitcode: 16389
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SCCM 2012 – Display special lock Screen when OSD was unsuccessful

Martin Wüthrich Operating System Deployment, SCCM 2012

Hi, here’s Martin again with a blog about how to Display a Special Lock Screen, when the Operating System Deployment Task Sequence Fails. When you are using System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, you might want to have an easy solution to see, if a OSD was successful or not. Normally you see this Picture after a Windows 8.1 OSD:
Windows 8.1 Normal Lock Screen
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SCCM 2012 R2 – Include Client Hotfix or Cumulative Update while on OSD

Martin Wüthrich Client Agent, Operating System Deployment, SCCM 2012

Refer to this Blog post, I decided to create a new one about including Hotfixes in OSD. Specially the new Release of SCCM 2012 R2 brings an annoying issue with extremly slow Downloads while on OSD (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2910552 ; this Hotfix superseding the KB2905002 which was first used in this blog).

There are two nice ways, how to apply Hotfixes like this to the Client while on OSD, one is documented and thus supported, the other one does just work 🙂 Continue reading →

SCCM 2012 R2 – OSD Error 0x87d00267

Martin Wüthrich Operating System Deployment

Hi, here’s Martin again.
Well, as written in a recent Blog Post (https://blog.hosebei.ch/2013/11/21/sccm-2012-install-windows-7-on-ssd-fails-with-error-0x87d00267/), I was thinking of, that the Problem should be resolved, but we had still the same issues.
Cause of we had nailed down the Problem to the Network, someone came up with the idea to set the Network Speed of the NIC instead of using auto configuration. Continue reading →

SCCM 2012 R2 – BYOD with Windows To Go and Bitlocker in Enterprise

Martin Wüthrich Bitlocker, BYOD, Operating System Deployment

Hi there, here’s Martin again.

My last Blog Post was about to create a Windows 8.1 To Go deployment with System Center 2012 Configuration Manager R2, and which configurations are required or are nice to set. In this Blog post, I tell you about how I expand the Task Sequence with enabling Bitlocker for the Windows ToGo and how to set a computername. Continue reading →

SCCM 2012 R2 – Speed up and slow down reboot in one step!

Martin Wüthrich Operating System Deployment

What do I want to say with this sentence, because for the first sight, it makes not a lot sense, but if we looking deeper…
With System Center 2012 Configuration Manager R2 the Task Sequences got a new step called “Set Dynamic Variables”. With this, you can set variables a lot easier than before, and you can set multiple TS variables in one step. Continue reading →

SCCM 2012 R2 – Windows 8.1 To Go deployment

Martin Wüthrich BYOD, Operating System Deployment

Today I would like to tell about my struggles when I tried to implement Windows 8.1 Togo with System Center 2012 Configuration Manager R2.
First, I would highly recommend to use this TechNet article as starting Point:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj651035.aspx
Let me Point out two hints to this “How to”:
1. Do not forget to set the Task Sequence Variable “SMSTSPreferredAdvertID”! (See TechNet link above)
2. You can really use your normal Task Sequence, but… see my TS Settings for Windows 8.1 Togo below.
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