Tag Archives: Windows 7 Deployment

MDT 2012: Sysprep and Shutdown

Posted on March 16, 2012 by

With today’s virtualisation technologies, the Windows imaging process of creating and deploying a reference image is not always suitable. In some scenarios you may just want to deploy Windows, patch it, then sysprep and shutdown a machine without capturing an image. … Continue reading →

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Windows 8: Windows 8 Consumer Preview is now available for download!

Posted on February 29, 2012 by

Windows 8 Consumer Preview is now available for download. This is a very exciting day in the IT community. There’s so much chatter on twitter, Google+ etc. You can get it here: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows-8/download

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MDT2010: Deployment Scenarios

Posted on June 28, 2011 by

I’ve been asked a few times, which task sequence template to use? Well, when planning your deployments, you should first consider the usage of your task sequences. There are 4 task sequence usage scenarios in MDT 2010, they are New Computer, Refresh, … Continue reading →

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Windows 7 Deployment: Volume Activation Videos

Posted on June 27, 2011 by

One important aspect of deploying Windows 7 and Office 2010 is activating the products. The actual process is straightforward, but understanding the technology properly requires a little investment in time. I’ve added a few videos below to get started. Windows 7 … Continue reading →

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MDT 2010: User State Migration

Posted on May 25, 2011 by

In order to automate the User State Capture and Restore task sequence steps in MDT 2010 you will need to configure your deployment share so it knows where to store the data. MDT 2010 installs the User State Migration Tool … Continue reading →

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MDT 2010: Managing Product Keys

Posted on May 24, 2011 by

If you are deploying Windows Vista/7 Professional, Enterprise or Server 2008(R2) and you have a KMS host configured, you can simply ignore the sections that ask for product keys during Lite-Touch deployments and skip past them without adding aditional propertys. … Continue reading →

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MDT 2010: Deployment Type

Posted on May 23, 2011 by

When automating your Lite-Touch environment, you should first consider the usage of your task sequences. There are 4 task sequence usage scenarios in MDT 2010, they are the new computer scenario, the refresh computer scenario, the replace computer scenario and the upgrade … Continue reading →

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MDT 2010: Timezone

Posted on May 20, 2011 by

To automate the TimeZone setting in your Lite-Touch deployments, edit the CustomSettings.ini file and add the following line for Windows XP/2003: TimeZone=85 or for Windows Vista/Server 2008/Windows 7/Server 2008 R2 use: TimeZoneName=GMT Standard Time Now to hide the pane during … Continue reading →

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MDT 2010: Setting the built in Administrator Password

Posted on May 19, 2011 by

As you may be aware, the local administrator account is disabled by default in Windows 7. MDT 2010 re-enables it and resets the password. This is initially done when you create a new task sequence so you don’t really need … Continue reading →

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MDT 2010: Finish action

Posted on May 18, 2011 by

One importing thing when deploying images is ensuring there is some sort of indication that Lite-Touch has ended and the machine is ready for use. For security, you may wish to shut the machine down at the end or log … Continue reading →

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