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If you have been working with SCCM deployments long enough, eventually you may encounter a need to display a window during running Task Sequence. It may be just a simple message box advising user to save all their data, up to more complex solutions with multiple options for the users. Whichever it might be, you … Continue reading
In a perfect world all your SCCM content is managed properly and all Distribution Points are in a healthy status. Unfortunately, in a real-life that may not always be the case. Before running a major upgrade project, or perhaps a new release of your build, it might be good idea to check status of the … Continue reading
You may have encountered a scenario where TPM needs to be set to version 1.2 in order for encryption to work correctly (e.g. on Windows 7 platform). Many machines come with TPM 2.0 these days, however they still offer a backward-compatibility of running TPM 1.2 – quite often this is available as an option that … Continue reading
This article is for all of those who receive 0x80091007 “The hash value is not correct” error message when trying to deploy WIM file using SCCM 2012 and you have already tried the following (without success): You trigged “Update Distribution Points” action, but it didn’t help You removed content from distribution points and re-distributed, but … Continue reading
You may have encountered a problem with your Task Sequences that a step to start BitLocker encryption does not work as expected. Depending on a method used to start the encryption (e.g. built-in “Enable BitLocker” step, StartMBAMEncryption.wsf script), the error you are getting varies, but quite often the underlying issue is the same: the TPM … Continue reading
Ever wondered how to control Task Sequence progress bar? This post will give you a quick overview on how to tap in to relevant object with an example of custom delay step. This approach works just fine in both MDT and SCCM Task Sequences without modifying a single line of code! Controlling the progress bar … Continue reading
In Windows OSD there comes a time when you have to dive into startup process of Windows PE. Whether it is to troubleshoot boot up time issues, or to create a bespoke deployment solution, having a basic understanding of chain of events taking place when WinPE loads helps a great deal. In this article I … Continue reading
There are countless ways to set a hostname in SCCM OSD Task Sequence: through variables, queries or manipulating various files. You can automate hostname assignment and derive it from, for example, a serial number or a MAC address, however sometimes it is necessary to prompt user to enter hostname (e.g. for hostname to match asset … Continue reading
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