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Set the computer name using the BIOS Asset Tag
If you are setting the Asset Tag the same name that the computer is, it makes sense to only have to input it once. I created a powershell script that will do the following: If VM or Mac: Exit 0 If computer exists in SCCM: Exit 0 If AssetTag Exists/Not empty: Set OSDComputerName to AssetTag,…
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Deploying Creative Cloud Packages 2017
Quick Post on the install order of – Use your favourite App Packaging Wrapper / PSADT Update: CloseApp Line for PSADT: Show-InstallationWelcome -CloseApps ‘CreativeCloudPackager,Adobe Application Manager (Updater),PDApp,AAM Updates Notifier,Acrobat,Muse,Bridge,InDesign,lightroom,Outlook,Visio,Winword,Project,PowerPoint,Excel,Visio,AutoCAD,ImporterREDServer,dynamiclinkmanager,LogTransport2,SpeedGradeCmd,SpeedGrade,QuickTimeOoP,PhotoshopServer,Adobe QT32 Server,GPUSniffer,Incopy,Dreamweaver,Coldfusion,DreamweaverHelper,Jrun,Dreamweaver Beta,Dreamweaver Beta Helper,node,Fuse,AfterFX,Photoshop,Animate,CINEMA 4D Lite,CineRenderAE,aerender,SA Color Finesse 3 UI,mocha4ae_adobe,Illustrator,dvaaudiofilterscan,Adobe Premiere Pro,Character Animator,Flash,Adobe Prelude,Adobe Audition CC,CEPHtmlEngine’ If package has Exceptions Exceptions\ExceptionDeployer.exe –workflow=install –mode=pre –installLanguage=en_US Don’t do…
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Disabling (Adobe’s) Office Add-ins
I don’t think outlook should be making PDFs.. You can disable the add-ins with group policy Download Office ADMX files 2013: https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/download/details.aspx?id=35554 2016: https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/download/details.aspx?id=49030 Copy the files under ADMX to your policy central store Now create a group policy, browse to User Configuration > Administrative Template > Microsoft Outlook 2016 > Miscellaneous > List Of…
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MDT Toolkit files fail to download – could not resolve source
If this happens during OSD, it is likely due to 2 settings in the BIOS. I recommend WIN7 – Boot mode: Legacy Sata mode: AHCI Win10- Boot mode: UEFI Sata mode: AHCI From the log: The task sequence execution engine failed executing the action (Use Toolkit Package) in the group (Initialization) with…
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Build and Capture fails if KB3160005 IE sec cumulative update is installed
Update: Adding more scratch space to the boot wim seems to have resolved the problem on Windows 10, Windows 7 seems to still have issues. Update: This update is also in Windows 10 CU 3163018, causing the same error. No workaround yet If your build and capture is failing at the capture step make sure you don’t…
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Slowwww Windows 10 Login when using NetApp for Folder Redirection
There is an issue that causes the login to be significantly slower when using Folder Redirection and NetApp. The problem is a file lock occurs on the Desktop.ini files during login. Our current workaround is to use a logoff script to delete the desktop.ini Download DeleteDesktopIni.zip
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Adding Admin Elevated websites to trusted sites/intranet/etc
It’s very easy to customize the trusted sites for users by using group policy preferences without locking the settings down however what about websites that need to be ran as a different user? To work around this I created a simple C Sharp program that sets the registry before launching the site in IE …
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Ensure the Operating System applys to C: drive not D: drive
This problem will increase more and more as everyone starts to use wim’s instead of the OS media in SCCM. There are a few workarounds for this problem however the best method is to force the new OS the reevaluate Drive Letters with 3 easy steps after applying the OS Create a Run Command Line step…
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Bad Fat mifs in a multiple user environment
If you are getting alot of error 2719 under SMS_INVENTORY_DATA_LOADER in a multiple user enviroment such as a lab of computers consider tweaking the data you are collecting. Inventory Data Loader failed to process the file G:Program FilesMicrosoft Configuration Managerinboxesauthdataldr.boxProcessH5CCBXME.MIF because it is larger than the defined maximum allowable size of 5000000. Solution: Increase the…
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Creating Collections to deploy ConfigMgr client updates (the easy way)
Get the Servicing Exstension from Microsoft NOW as it does all the work!!! http://blogs.technet.com/b/configmgrteam/archive/2014/12/09/now-available-microsoft-system-center-2012-configuration-manager-servicing-extension.aspx Once you have this, in the Admin node, there’s a site servicing section -> client targeting. You click ‘Create Query’ and it makes a nice query for your collections. Then you go about creating your collection. click next. Select Add Rule -> Query Rule…