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Updates fail or time out when WSUS is used during an MDT or SCCM capture0 (0)
This guide assumes that you use Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT build 8443) or Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) capturing Windows 10. You capture a task sequence, and the capture computer does not have Internet access. When the task sequence is running and the computer is checking for updates (pre-application installation), the installation freezes for 2 hours while searching for updates. After that, all approved updates are scrolled through and installed in seconds. But after several attempts, the process then fails and times out, and you receive error messages like the following: Failed to download: 4816e53b-6f86-43c5-a740-0cafbe6317f5 result(4) : Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 1703 for x64-based Systems (KB4015583) ZTIWindowsUpdate 4/18/2017 4:15:59 PM…
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Windows 10 1709 Fall Creators Update – SCCM Build and Capture Task Sequence Failing0 (0)
We recently had put together a SCCM Build and Capture task sequence to update our images up to Windows 10 version 1709. We copied the install.wim from the sources folder of the Windows 10 v1709 ISO and added this as our operating system capture image. We took our existing task sequence (which has lots of things in it like Office for example) and just pointed the Apply Operating System step at the new wim file. We booted a fresh Hyper-V machine using PXE boot (using the Unknown Computers collection) and it booted straight into WinPE and found the task sequences available to the collection. So we selected the build and…
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SCCM OSD – Restart a task sequence wizard in WinPE without rebooting0 (0)
If you have started a task sequence in Configuration Manager and you hit a problem, the last thing you want to do is to have to go through the reboot process back into Windows PE. So, if you want to just restart the task sequence without rebooting, carry out the following steps: Press F8 to bring up the command prompt (which will also stop the computer automatically rebooting Run the following command: X:\smsb\ini\386\TsBootShell.exe You should now find that your task sequence has restarted. Comments If you have any questions or feedback on this guide, please feel free to leave us a comment below and we will try to get back to…
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Using Windows Expand Tool to Extract CAB Files0 (0)
If you are a regular user of downloaded CAB driver packs then you are probably using something like 7-Zip to extract them. Well there is an alternative way of extracting the CAB file using a basic Windows tool. Download your CAB file and make note of the file location. Then open a command prompt and go to the location of your CAB file: Then type in the following command: expand cabfilename.cab . -f:* where: cabfilename.cab = the name of the CAB file you want to extract For this guide purposes we will use the Dell Latitude 5480 Windows 10 drivers: Hit Enter and the process will start the extraction: Once…
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Inject Windows Updates into WIM Image Files Using PowerShell0 (0)
To inject Windows Updates into custom-built images that you are using in your Configuration Manager OSD environment, you may find that keeping them up to date is a real problem. If you are happy with the image itself and do not want to make any changes to it, why should you need to rebuild and recapture it to include all the latest Windows Updates? One solution is to install Windows Updates during your OSD task sequence which is great, but very time consuming if your image is a few months (in some cases years!) old. However, there is a way of injecting Windows Updates into your custom WIM files offline…
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HP Driver Pack Matrix0 (0)
If you are looking for HP driver packs then you can use the HP Driver Pack Matrix below: Notebooks & Tablets Windows 10 64-bit Windows 8.1 64-bit HP Elite x2 1012 G1 Tablet HP Elite x2 1012 G1 Tablet with Travel Keyboard sp77863.exe (Updated: 2016-10-07) – HP EliteBook 1030 G1 Notebook PC sp77666.exe (Updated: 2016-10-07) – HP EliteBook 1040 G3 Notebook PC sp77205.exe (Updated: 2016-08-18) – HP EliteBook 820 G3 Notebook PC HP EliteBook 840 G3 Notebook PC HP EliteBook 850 G3 Notebook PC HP ZBook 15u G3 Mobile Workstation sp77184.exe (Updated: 2016-08-18) sp77187.exe (Updated: 2016-10-25) HP Spectre Pro x360 G2 Convertible PC sp76272.exe (Updated: 2016-06-15) sp76271.exe (Updated: 2016-06-08) HP ZBook…
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SCCM – Windows 10 Sysprep Capture Errors0 (0)
So today we built a new custom Windows 10 image on a virtual machine and created our new SCCM capture media from the very latest version and every single time we ran the capture it failed at the Sysprep step. Infuriated by this as we have done captures hundreds of times, we started the annoying method of going through the log files. As the capture was failing at the sysprep part we knew to take a look at the sysprep error logs first which can be found in this location on your machine: C:\Windows\System32\Sysprep\Panther You should see a file called something like setuperr.log – look in here and you should find…
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Setting Computer Name automatically during OSD Process – SCCM/ConfigMgr 20120 (0)
We have been looking into getting our OSD process to automatically change the computer name to what we want it to be for a while now but never really had much luck with it. Reading various forums and blogs, many people have said to use WSNAME and many others saying use scripts, all of which never seemed to quite work for us. What we wanted was a three letter prefix with the serial/tag number of our machines. Most of our machines (99%) are Dell’s and we wanted to use the 7 digit asset tag with a 3 letter prefix but things like the WSNAME only seemed to work with our…
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SCCM – Add Local User to Administrators Group During OSD0 (0)
You may have seen our previous post about adding a local user to a machine during SCCM OSD using a “Run Command Line”. Well in this guide we will show you how to add a local user into the Administrators Group on the local machine. This means that you can add a local user and then make them a local administrator all within the SCCM OSD task sequence. Instructions You will need to add a “Run Command Line” step towards the end of your task sequence ensuring it is after the Windows deployment and the ConfigMgr Client installation. Then, you should use the following command: The details for what each…
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SCCM – Add Local User During OSD0 (0)
If you want to add a local machine user to your deployed machine during your SCCM OSD process then you can do this using a standard “Run Command Line” step. Guide So, you need to add a “Run Command Line” step in your task sequence towards the end, after the Windows deployment and after the ConfigMgr Client install. You should then give it a meaningful name and use the following command line: Each of these parts is detailed below and can be changed to your own requirements: cmd.exe /c – required to run a successful command net user – run the “net user” command LocalAdmin – name of the local…
