agarabaghi

So we are venturing down the same path with the new Java security. We are having an issue with sites being blocked and needed to manually whitelist them. Has anyone managed to make the DeploymentRuleSet.jar file yet? Ive created the .jar file and used the guides to combine the .xml file with the site exceptions. Im running into issues though once I've signed the .jar with our wildcard .p12 and apply it to the sun\java\deployment folder. When i open up the java configure panel, and go to security the blue hyperlink shows up, and it shows the contents of my .xml. But when I go the site defined as "run" in the XML it says cannot verify self signed Deployment Rule Set jar... Is this an issue with the signing cert or my method?

So we have been using MDT for a while to deploy win7 x64. In WDS I have the Unattend file selected, but was looking at adding a task sequence with win 8.1 x64, and while creating the unattend.xml file, i realize i would have to change the WDS property... So my question is, is it not possible to have 2 different OS's deployed from the same WDS / MDT server?

i cant seem to get the unattend.xml file to even open up? Im on Server 2012 with MDT 2012 installed, and it keeps erroring out?

Any good write up on creating the unattend.xml file for MDT to deploy Win 8.1?

So im trying to use the Lenovo ThinInstaller with Update Retriever. Ive added the task sequence entires as stated in the .pdf but I run into an issue where it prompts me that a reboot will be necessary to install the drivers Im using this command to call the thininstaller: "c:\Thin\ThinInstaller.exe" /CM -search A -action INSTALL -noicon -includerebootpackages 1,2,3,4 -noreboot -repository "\\path to repo" Ive been testing it once the deployment is finished and it pops up with a Reboot Required. Yes or No. Prompt. Anyclue how to suppress that message?

windows 7, but we ran into an issue with some lenovo machines that if i didnt grab the rapid driver certain program would not install. Strange issue, and cause a lot of issues, so i like to go through the download lists as thoroughly as posssible. The cab option seems really nice! How do u load the cab into mdt, jsut point to it and it extracts it ?

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whoa! sweet man!

Am im doing this wrong... Whenever we get a new model of computers i go to the manuf website and put in the service tag and download every driver, extract the files and then import them into MDT out of box drivers. Is there a simplere more efficient way to do this with WDS / MDT? We dont have sccm setup yet...

great to know!

wow! awesome. What about after imaging... do you notice boot times or login times being fast enough that a non guru user would notice?

Awesome, would you say there was a speed improvement?

Has anyone used these drives and deployed an image to them... anything special needed to be done?

No suggestions on how i can get the .vbs to either reboot when complete. or at least continue to the next part of the script...

Ok i figured it out! After the install script, while the machine is in the thawed state i need to execute this command: That manually activities office via out KMS server.

doesnt seemed like the change made a difference... any other ideas? it seems like if i could jsut put a reboot command in the .vbs it would work, but i know nothin about vbs.... here is the pastebin of the offscrub.vbs from the MS FixIt tool: '=============================================================================== - Pastebin.com

We are moving to Office 2013 in our labs, and I was wondering what steps everyone was taking. Our labs are controlled by DeepFreeze, and we use that to push batch files. Ive created a software install using the MS customization tools through Deployment Work Bench MDT 2012... It is suppose to uninstall all instances of office 2010, but it does not. After setup has ran for office 2013, we still have entries for sharepoint workgroup, MS Office Tools, and Office ProPlus in Remove programs and features in control panel. MS released a FixIt which completely removes Office. But, you cant run it silently, so i extracted the files and use the following .vbs in our batch file to remove office 2010 This fully uninstalls office 2010. To which we then push this script: This script runs the setup file which points to the .msp and install office 2013. Everything works, except for when we launch the program, it says it cannot activate it. When you launch Word, it says cannot activate, if you x out of the window, it asked for 1st run setup, click recommended settings and then it says office has been activated please reboot all applications. If you restart the computer the same process occurs. This happens whether the machine is thawed or frozen through deepfreeze.

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We are starting to deploy office 2013, and using the Office Customization tools we run into a couple issues where certain parts of Office 2010 do not properly or completely uninstall. If we just push the office 2013 uninstall even with the .msp to uninstall office 2010, we notice that Sharepoint workgroup and MS Office Tools folder remains. MS has release a FixIt which do properly uninstall everything. Unfortunately I cannot get the FixIt to run silently. Ive extracted the .msi and have created a silent command to run: OffScrub10.vbs /ALL /Quiet This command works, but it will not go to the next line in the batch file I am pushing it from. We are using deepfreeze to push the .bat file to our lab machienes... Here are both scripts: Script 1: Copies office2013 install files and .vbs to local directory, then executes the .vbs with the silent commands, I'd like for the machine to reboot once the .vbs is finished to ensure the uninstall is complete. but it does not. Script 2: Runs the seteup.exe which calls the .msp file and installs office 2013 both scripts work, but I have to manually tell deepfreeze to reboot the machiens (ive notice if i wait approx. 15mins the uninstall is complete, but I cant be sure, which is why i would like the script to reboot the machine once the vbs is finished) I don't know if its possible but can i tell the .vbs to just reboot when it has completed?

THis is the next bunch in the log file:

So i pulled up a new test machine. Found it by discovering the OU it was part of. Disabled the firewall manually, and added the AD admins account as local admin... Ran the client wizard and i see the CCMSetup folder created ... but the log is just sitting here:

It is indeed showing a ccmsetup folder and the ccmsetup.exe is running... how long does it usually take? Shouldnt i see the Client column on SCCM 2012 change from NO to YES under this client machines name?

I disabled the firewall on this test machine and this is the new error:

maybe that is what is blocking it. my firewall says managed by system admin, what exceptions do i need to add?

here is a screen shot