Suddenly a software failed to install during OSD. This had been working for several months. There were different error messages like the ones below “Install Software failed, hr=0x80091007. The operating system reported error 2148077575: The hash value is not correct.” “Hash could not be matched for the downloaded content” “The program for advertisement XXXX has failed because […]
15.01.2013 UPDATE: New Query As you probably already know Oracle just released a Java update to patch two critical vulnerabilities, including one that had been exploited in ongoing and accelerating attacks. https://blogs.oracle.com/security/entry/october_2012_critical_patch_update So I thought that this was a good time as ever to make a little list of tips that could be helpful keeping Java […]
As seen on my previous post http://msitpros.com/?p=271 I showed how to integrate language packs into one set of installation files for office. In that post I also showed you how to put a config.xml in the root of the directory together with the setup.exe. Inside that XML file we added all the languages we wanted […]
You often want to redirect start menu and Desktop folders to another location when you configure a terminal server farm. I often redirect this to C:custom. This is because I do not want to rely on another server in the network to display the start menu and desktop to the users. The only downside is […]
I often work in multiple domain forests. There is often a wish to use only one task sequence for everyone. One problem with this is that you need to have unique step for each domain in regards of the domain join process. And the big question is how do we identify where the computer is […]
Microsoft has released a great guide for How to use Group Policy to deploy and configure an installation of Microsoft Office 2010. The guide can be found here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=66a6848c-6c28-4b61-9c12-a8cad4b380a4 Inside this document is also a great link to another great document. They have created a document that helps you find the right policy setting for […]
This post is a reminder to myself. Sometimes I can ping and connect mmc – Event viewer on remote computer, but I can’t connect to c$. Most of the times this is because the following registry setting has been set: "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Key: SYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesLanManServerParametersAutoShareWks" REG_DWORD with a value of 0. In order for Admin share to […]
There is a problem when a driver is only signed for Windows 7. Many drivers these days are only signed for Windows 7. Sccm expects to find signing for Vista as well….. You will receive the following error when the driver is only signed for Windows 7: Error: Some driver(s) cannot be imported successfully, please […]
Sometimes when you upgrade/install over office 2003 you will experience that .doc, .xls and .ppt does not work anymore. One way to fix this is to go to programs and features and change the office 2007 installation and choose repair. Another "cool" method is running the following commands: winword /r Excel /r powerpnt /r This […]
In order to use variables in task sequences we first have insert some. To do that you right click on the desired collection and choose "modifiy collection settings": Then you go to the collection variables and click on the yellow star: Then you will get a window where you can insert a variable name and […]