Clkj Posted July 14, 2012 Posted July 14, 2012 (edited) Hi Everyone, I have recently taken over at a primary school and have decided to set up MDT 2012 and use WDS to PXE boot ect... Ive never used it before so tried it on a test network - was suprised by how easy it was to set up and create an image, There was just a few annoying things: 1. The windows PE part keeps asking for regional settings - can i stop it from doing this? 2. At what part do i join the PC to the domain? (I did it in Windows PE when deploying the image - Is the the best way?) 3. When the image deployed it logged in - i just want it to come up with the login page rather than completly log in? 4. do i put ALL the software in the image? (Apart from AV) We use SCCM at the secondary school i work at so ive got use to using that - but i didnt set it up so i was unsure on these few things. Apart from that i managed to create and deploy with no errors. Thanks for any replys. Edited July 14, 2012 by Clkj Added a question
jamesfed Posted July 14, 2012 Posted July 14, 2012 I assume you have built a 'Media Image' and that by saying Windows PE you mean light touch deployment (which uses Windows PE) then will go from there 1. In Rules add the following beneth [Default] TimeZoneName=GMT Standard Time TimeZone=085 UserLocale=en-GB UILanguage=en-GB SkipLocaleSelection=Yes That should scrub out it asking about regional settings 2. In media rules you can set it to domain join automaticly if you want using these settings (again below default) SkipDomainMembership=YES JoinDomain=yourdomainnamehereinfqdn DomainAdmin=Administrator DomainAdminDomain=yourdomainnamehereinfqdn DomainAdminPassword=yourdomainadminpassword 3. Let it login - that is part of the setup and at that stage will install any applications 4. You can do if you want to, we add things like AV (Sophos) and Outlook in as applications and leave the rest to App-V. Enjoy!
jamesfed Posted July 14, 2012 Posted July 14, 2012 Oh and update the media image after you have made the changes and re import the WIM file into WDS.
Clkj Posted July 14, 2012 Author Posted July 14, 2012 Thanks - I will try this on Monday! I thought you couldn't put an Sophos in an image?? And the login thig is annoying because it means I can't just leave it to do it like In can at the other school - but I supose that's the difference between ZTI and LTI. Thanks for your help.
jamesfed Posted July 14, 2012 Posted July 14, 2012 RE Sohpos ect I meant it as put them in applications (to install) as part of the MDT task sequence.
Clkj Posted July 14, 2012 Author Posted July 14, 2012 RE Sohpos ect I meant it as put them in applications (to install) as part of the MDT task sequence. Ah okay - I misunderstood what you said. I'll have a look at that on Monday. At the other school I work at a script checks if Sophos is installed when the computer boots (every time ) then installs it if it isn't. Your way sounds easier! That hide shell thing looks good aswell. It still doesn't log you off the administrator account though - but that don't matter much. Thanks
qcomer Posted July 15, 2012 Posted July 15, 2012 Ah okay - I misunderstood what you said. I'll have a look at that on Monday. At the other school I work at a script checks if Sophos is installed when the computer boots (every time ) then installs it if it isn't. Your way sounds easier! That hide shell thing looks good aswell. It still doesn't log you off the administrator account though - but that don't matter much. Thanks I have mine ask when joining the domain and it also has OUs in a drop down on the screen (in the lite touch interface) it also does not log back in after the final reboot. I can omit some information from my silent settings and post it if you would like? Lots of trial and error with ours. I spend a lot of time in SCCM/MDT. 1
djones Posted July 15, 2012 Posted July 15, 2012 It still doesn't log you off the administrator account though - but that don't matter much. There could be an issue with your deployment if it is not logging off at the end. In your rules section, you can add the SkipFinalSummary=Yes and FinishAction=Reboot/Logoff/Restart or Shutdown commands. However, if you already have these and it isn't working as expected I would suggest you have an element of the task sequence that is not completing properly as that is what I had happen at one stage - can't remember off hand what caused it though, sorry! Dave 2
jamesfed Posted July 15, 2012 Posted July 15, 2012 There could be an issue with your deployment if it is not logging off at the end. In your rules section, you can add the SkipFinalSummary=Yes and FinishAction=Reboot/Logoff/Restart or Shutdown commands. However, if you already have these and it isn't working as expected I would suggest you have an element of the task sequence that is not completing properly as that is what I had happen at one stage - can't remember off hand what caused it though, sorry! Dave Never knew about FinishAction - cheers for that!
Clkj Posted July 15, 2012 Author Posted July 15, 2012 I have mine ask when joining the domain and it also has OUs in a drop down on the screen (in the lite touch interface) it also does not log back in after the final reboot. I can omit some information from my silent settings and post it if you would like? Lots of trial and error with ours. I spend a lot of time in SCCM/MDT. That would be very helpfull thankyou. There could be an issue with your deployment if it is not logging off at the end. In your rules section, you can add the SkipFinalSummary=Yes and FinishAction=Reboot/Logoff/Restart or Shutdown commands. However, if you already have these and it isn't working as expected I would suggest you have an element of the task sequence that is not completing properly as that is what I had happen at one stage - can't remember off hand what caused it though, sorry! Dave I havent put any of this info in - I didnt know you could. Where do i write this? Also where do i write the part about automatically joining it to the domain? Sorry ive never really used it before! Thanks for your help.
jamesfed Posted July 15, 2012 Posted July 15, 2012 Same place as before in Media > Rules and below [Default] 1
Clkj Posted July 15, 2012 Author Posted July 15, 2012 (edited) Same place as before in Media > Rules and below [Default] Thanks - I might give this a go now on my virtual machines. Im expected to do a role out of Windows 7 to 90 computers next Monday using this. I think ill have to make 4 images aswell. All on something i have practically no experience in! Do they have to be in a certain order? Also i just booted in PE and its set the keyboard as US-English and wont let me change it. The locale settings still show up i just cant edit it? is that whats suppose to happen? Thanks Edited July 15, 2012 by Clkj
Clkj Posted July 15, 2012 Author Posted July 15, 2012 (edited) Sorry to be a pain. All the scrpt worked thanks. Apart from selecting keyboard as english uk. One more question - The local administrator account? Can i set the password for it? I cant seem to log on? Thanks Edited July 15, 2012 by Clkj
jamesfed Posted July 15, 2012 Posted July 15, 2012 Same place as usual you want AdminPassword=yourlocaladminpasswordhere Forgot to mention this should help you with keyboard KeyboardLocale=0809:00000809
Clkj Posted July 16, 2012 Author Posted July 16, 2012 Now that ive put all the rules in the Sysprep and capture task sequence doesnt run. Is there a way of doing this so i dont have to keep changing rules all the time? Thanks everyone
sted Posted July 16, 2012 Posted July 16, 2012 Unhide the capture screen or set up a 2nd deployment share for captures
Clkj Posted July 16, 2012 Author Posted July 16, 2012 Unhide the capture screen or set up a 2nd deployment share for captures Its says in the rules the capture screen isnt hid. But i have set up a new deployment share and its now working fine. I thought it would make things confussing have 2 shares but it doesnt. Thanks
Clkj Posted July 17, 2012 Author Posted July 17, 2012 (edited) When the computer is imaging it does so fine until the final log on. It will sit there for about 5 minutes with nothing but a blue screen then say it cant connect to the deployment share? Ive checked passwords ect and all seem fine? Any ideas? Thanks Edited July 17, 2012 by Clkj
garethEds Posted July 21, 2012 Posted July 21, 2012 I really would purchase this book: Deployment Fundamentals, Vol. 1: Migrating to Windows 7 using MDT 2010 Lite Touch and WDS eBook: Johan Arwidmark, Mikael Nystrom: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store It's for MDT2010 but the theory is the same. It's the book I used to comfogure our original system and I haven't looked back since. Gareth
john Posted July 22, 2012 Posted July 22, 2012 I really would purchase this book: Deployment Fundamentals, Vol. 1: Migrating to Windows 7 using MDT 2010 Lite Touch and WDS eBook: Johan Arwidmark, Mikael Nystrom: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store It's for MDT2010 but the theory is the same. It's the book I used to comfogure our original system and I haven't looked back since. Gareth Another vote for this book I used it to setup our MDT and some others now and its great
Clkj Posted July 22, 2012 Author Posted July 22, 2012 Another vote for this book I used it to setup our MDT and some others now and its great Ive just bought the book, thanks for pointing it out. Hopefully it will help alot!
garethEds Posted July 22, 2012 Posted July 22, 2012 Ive just bought the book, thanks for pointing it out. Hopefully it will help alot! Once you have the basics in place you can start building on it by reading various blogs etc. We followed the book to the letter and it just worked. Gareth
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