Rob414

Brill psydii!! This worked a treat for me in a domain environment. Just had to also deploy the print queues in GPO under computer section and your script in user logon and worked a treat Rab

Hi guys, Trying to use SCCM to create a complete backup of a machine in WinPE at the start of a task sequence. I’ve managed to do this previously with WinXP machines and Configmgr 2007, but now we’ve upgraded to Configmgr 1802 and trying to backup Win10 machines, the same method doesn’t seem to work. I’ve integrated MDT into SCCM and following this guide: which is along the same lines as with WinXP backup. However, the TS errors our with the following from the ZTIBackup log: About to run command: "C:\_SMSTaskSequence\WDPackage\Servicing\x64\dism.exe" /Capture-Image /CaptureDir:C: /ImageFile:"\\\.wim" /Name:"201905172105CDrive" /Compress:MAX /ConfigFile:"C:\_SMSTaskSequence\WDPackage\Tools\\wimscript.ini" /ScratchDir:"C:\_SMSTaskSequence\Scratch" ZTIBackup 17/05/2019 21:05:23 0 (0x0000) Command has been started (process ID 1960) ZTIBackup 17/05/2019 21:05:23 0 (0x0000) Console > Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool ZTIBackup 17/05/2019 21:05:24 0 (0x0000) Console > Version: 10.0.17134.1 ZTIBackup 17/05/2019 21:05:24 0 (0x0000) Console > Error: 2 ZTIBackup 17/05/2019 21:05:24 0 (0x0000) Console > The system cannot find the file specified. ZTIBackup 17/05/2019 21:05:24 0 (0x0000) Console > The DISM log file can be found at X:\windows\Logs\DISM\dism.log ZTIBackup 17/05/2019 21:05:24 0 (0x0000) Return code from command = 2 ZTIBackup 17/05/2019 21:05:24 0 (0x0000) Error creating an image of drive C:, rc = 2 ZTIBackup 17/05/2019 21:05:24 0 (0x0000) ZTIBackup COMPLETED. Return Value = 2 ZTIBackup 17/05/2019 21:05:24 0 (0x0000) ZTI ERROR - Non-zero return code by ZTIBackup, rc = 2 ZTIBackup 17/05/2019 21:05:24 0 (0x0000) Not sure which file it apparently can’t find, and I’ve confirmed the account does have rights to save to the specified location. So at a bit of a loss. Has anyone seen this before and know how to get around it? Or is there another perhaps better way to create a backup of a PC from TS? Thanks for any help.

Hi, hopping someone could point me in the right direction to where I might be going wrong. I’m running Win10 LTSB and looking to block use of USBs except certain ones. I have a GPO where under “System/Device Installation/Device Installation Restrictions” I have set the following Allow administrators to override Device Installation Restriction policies - Enabled Prevent installation of devices not described by other policy settings - Enabled Allow installation of devices that match any of these device IDs - Listed Hardware IDs and Compatible IDs of the USBs I would like to run Have double checked RSOP that the GPO is indeed enabled and picked up. However, the result has been that ALL USB devices are blocked. Have not configured any removable drive restrictions elsewhere. So wondered if this GPO is still usable or is it depreciated for LTSB? Does anyone else use this setting and it works? Thanks for any help.

mrwoberts, yeah i've tried a few of these PS scripts, i'll take a look at that one you suggest. Many of the ones i've tested tend to leave some icons behind in the start menu. We decided to go with LTSB so we weren't getting the metro apps issues and better control over the updates. The EDU edition looked to be exactly the same as enterprise but missing Cortana.

Hi, had a look at the app you suggested and made a few tweaks with it. Managed to shave a little bit off the student build but nothing significant.

I did try our build with an SSD and our standard 8Gb RAM and was much better times. However we're stuck with HDDs for most of the estate unfortunately. Rab

Thanks for the tip mrwoberts, i'll have a look at Shutup10 and see how that goes. Cheers, Rab

Thanks for the replies guys. We have HDDs or hybrids on our student machines. SSDs would be much better I agree, but management won't go with that option (new drives in old machine). I've not updated the BIOS though, will look at that as well to see if it helps. We use Deep Freeze to reset our machines as well, so it's always a first login for the student. But if they logout and not restart, the subsequent logins are much better. Default profile is sitting at 77MB I didn't think there were metro apps running on LTSB, but i'll double check that. Thanks, Rab

HI all, We are in the middle of creating a Windows 10 build for staff and students. We’ve been testing v1607 LTSB for students in a small lab over the last few months and it seems stable enough to be used as the base image for the remainder of our student labs for this coming year. My issue is login times. Even on the stripped down LTSB version it takes a good 90sec from login to desktop (which always seems longer when sitting in front of it). When building the image we use a setup profile and copy this to default (same as we did for Win7) which on the whole seems to be working fine. Start menu layout etc are all there for each login, search works ok. Just the time it takes to get there. Have checked all the usual things in default profile to make sure there’s no unnecessary files lurking. Have also checked GPO for any unnecessary influences. Just wondering if anyone could offer any tips they’ve found when tweaking their image to speed up logins. Thanks for any help, Rab

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Thanks alfatec, I’ve removed the apps using PowerShell from the setup profile and then copy the setup profile over to the default profile using DEFPROF. As I understand it the switches are meant to stop the apps reinstalling for subsequent users, but that doesn’t seem to work. I would be doing this on a custom image and then rolling this out to multiple machines.

Hi all, Is anyone using DEFPROF to copy a setup profile to the default profile for Win10? I’ve downloaded the latest version for Win10 (1.11) and using the switches /NoAppx and /DeleteAppxService to get rid of the built in apps. However, the apps still install per user. Anyone had success with this or are you using something else that’s better? Thanks in advance. Rob

Thanks disk but i managed to get a script to gather in the boot info from the event logs. I'll get a look at Soluto though, could be handy. Cheers

Hi, I’ve been looking for a way to collect the boot and login times from a list of remote computers. Would anyone happen to have something they’ve used, can point me in the right direction? I’ve tried a few powershell scripts that are meant to gather event logs, but not managed to get one to work yet. Thanks v much for help. Rob

Thanks Seawolf. Not exactly sure what the server is running on, i'll have to do some quiet digging (the server guys don't like to give much away). Looks like we're not the only one with the issue and not just a misconfiguration in our server Rob