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I am not sure what the reason is not for using Group Policy Preferences in this instance!? Item level targetting can be set on all the shortcuts from one location based on security group/if a file exists etc. No need for scripts and redirected shares! You can even add shortcuts to the quick launch and desktop if required, again with item level targetting. This is available on XP and 7 and works the same on both.

Is there any reason why you aren't using MDT2010? It links in with WDS (for PXE boot) sorts out driver injection and computer naming as well and its free! Not had a problem with the sysprep for W7 with it, whereas I couldn't get a good working image (to use on our ancient ghost server) because of the way W7 installs with the help of the unattend file.

Come on though, that cable is designed to eliminate vibration.

That is a bargain!! Ill take 2!

Is there any reason why you aren't looking at MDT? It is MUCH easier to get the drivers sorted for!

I have always used Zedge which is in the market. It probably loses them because you don't have Nyan Cat as your ringtone YouTube - &#x202aNyan Cat [original]&#x202c‏

So VAMT allows activation of OEM licences you just have to type the codes? We have 710 stations here So MS basically make you purchase you licences twice once OEM and then another time for the volume activation? Bit harsh one would think really!!

The keys are OEM's atm just bought through the manufacturer (we have XP on them atm just looking at upgrading). How do we get the MAK or KMS keys? I'm guessing they come with the programs which would mean purchasing everything again!!

We are looking at central deployment of W7. Have come across a slight issue with the volume licencing available to schools currently. We have W7 pro on our stations and MDT as the deployment service. I have heard about the KMS system and it sounds great, but how do you get the KMS system working without an OVS or School agreement? We have paid for our Windows licences so without putting the individual keys into the stations to activate them how do we go about centrally deploying and activating! The MS site is SO difficult to decipher and get information from, the licencing programs are all crazy and it seems strange that we would have to go for a subscription licence model and pay for the Windows licences effectively again just to activate!! Help!

Well just recently: http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2011/may/11/unions-attack-plans-to-reform-employment-laws Think about it this way, although they probably don't shape the way our countries employment law has been developed they do allow us to have some say directly in the way our country is run. voting is one thing, but as the weekly bin collection voters have found out, promises aren't always kept!

That would scare the hell out of me!!!! At least you could then completely guarantee that you wouldn't be able to sleep lol

I have to say that that is just plain wrong! Unions are there to protect, we wouldn't have half the privaledges at work without them. How do they cost the country more money than putting up hundreds of (already) rich politicians in their 'second' home in London? Or the 100 bedroom house the deputy pm has..... They protect the very people that ACTUALLY work really hard for what can amount to hardly anything at all.

Can you capture this in an MSI instead and simply install it before?

So the machine works in Windows on the same port that PXE doesn't? You should be able to eliminate the STP issue by restarting into PXE rather than powering off and on I would think? You can get to the deployment part of WDS using PXE then? Do you have driver compatability issues? ie a dodgy one?

I would be highly surprised if Dell etc dropped support for XP just like that, I would think that any sales dept would be able to sort out units for you with a driver set which works on XP. i know commercial businesses which still rely on XP and it was only 2 weeks ago I saw a fairly tidy suited up (bad description of a business woman) lady open up her laptop to reveal....... Windows 2000 prof.... All our units are XP based we get ours from stone Computers. You could also look at creating a new OU set outside of the RM system one and use FOG or MDT to push out client builds and use them as vanilla clients. The old RM system should just still work fine providing you don't poke too mcuh!!

Sorry I think I misinterpreted your original requirements somewhat! I have certainly not heard of an automated control which can be used in this form, I would think that a Radiobuton would be too restrictive with its automatic grouping functions and that a tickbox with custom actions assigned to it would be the simplest solution to the problem. I would agree with @Los0jos that an multidim array of boolean values created on form creation (or import of the data) would be simplest and then on click of the controls do a manual iteration through the array values to ensure that the conditions are met for the tickbox to be enabled.

It is difficult to visualise what you need, could the same be accomplished with a listbox with tickboxes enabled?

Is this a kind of multiple choice style exercise? I suppose you could arrange the radio buttons in rows then upon a selection of a button disable the others in that particular column?

Hi me again.... I have managed to make a default template for XP by editing Unattend.txt and Sysprep.inf to create a default setup for us. However the Windows 7 xml files don't make sense to me.... there are 6 of them for a start... I can understand the x64 ones but..... There is: Unattend_x86.xml Unattend_Core_x86.xml Unattend_PE_x86.xml What does each do?!

What about the Motorola Xoom?

Just had a thought could I edit the templates in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Deployment Toolkit\Templates changing the default XML files copied over?

This is one of the MAJOR downsides of MDT. The creation of templates is a totally manual process involving creating the task sequence etc can be customised then saved as a new template. This however does not create a template for the unattend.xml file does it? It is rather annoying having to edit the file each time to stop it from adding the US keyboard settings. Anyone managed to get this sorted?

Nope is it worth waiting for? What features have been added? i was looking at trialling SCCM but might hold off and continue with for deployment for now.

Bring some books with you. I used to get the train, although it was only 30 minutes you can really get into reading during this time as you have no other distractions. Apart from looking out the window, which depending on which area you are driving through can be quite relaxing for a while at least!!

Hi, Just thought I would mention that its not a good way of using the controls by manually doing that. There are dedicated position controls such as the layout panels in VB.NET which you can use to automatically position your controls. This will sort out all the postitioning for you and give you a consistent interface in which you won't have to duplicate all the code above. J