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To obtain the hash, you’ll need a utility that calculates SHA-1 checksums for files – fortunately Microsoft has a free download called the File Checksum Verifier Utility . Run fciv.exe from the command line on your reference PC to obtain the desired checksum:

To obtain the hash, you’ll need a utility that calculates SHA-1 checksums for files – fortunately Microsoft has a free download called the File Checksum Verifier Utility . Run fciv.exe from the command line on your reference PC to obtain the desired checksum:

What is Desired Configuration Management (DCM)? DCM is a feature in SCCM that will provide a framework for assisting organizations in both defining and enforcing corporate policies and standards for system configurations, whether related to the operating system or an application installed on the system. Feature include authoring and scheduling, model-based design leveraging Service Modeling Language (SML) (a component of Microsoft's Dynamic Systems Initiative) which makes the features we're about to discuss possible. Some of the key scenarios that drove the features Microsoft delivered in the final release of DCM include: Regulatory Compliance - demonstrating regulatory compliance in system configurations. Not only deploying a compliant standard system configuration, but being able to periodically prove adherence to these policies. Pre and post change configuration - Verify that no unplanned changes took place during the implementation of a planned change. Monitoring for "...

What is Desired Configuration Management (DCM)? DCM is a feature in SCCM that will provide a framework for assisting organizations in both defining and enforcing corporate policies and standards for system configurations, whether related to the operating system or an application installed on the system. Feature include authoring and scheduling, model-based design leveraging Service Modeling Language (SML) (a component of Microsoft's Dynamic Systems Initiative) which makes the features we're about to discuss possible. Some of the key scenarios that drove the features Microsoft delivered in the final release of DCM include: Regulatory Compliance - demonstrating regulatory compliance in system configurations. Not only deploying a compliant standard system configuration, but being able to periodically prove adherence to these policies. Pre and post change configuration - Verify that no unplanned changes took place during the implementation of a planned change. Monitoring for "...

Overview : During a SCCM task sequence a specific application is to be installed.  The task sequence is designed to use a NOMAD cache to poll the source.  The sequence fails as no available cache is available. How to troubleshoot? On the NOMAD cacheing server Open regedit and check the package status details. Select the sub folder that corresponds to the cached item and review the details on the right.  You should check the following item are present and correct [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\1E\NomadBranch\PkgStatus\LDC002FE] "Percent"="100.000" "Version"="2" "CachePriority"="1" "CacheToFolder"="D:\\NomadBranchCache" "ReturnStatus"="Completed Successfully" "AlreadyCached"="0" Also check the logs for specific behaviour. C:\ProgramData\1E\NomadBranch\LogFiles The log should state "CacheStatus: (ELD)  pkgID="LDC002FE"(0) local=100.000% verified...

Overview : During a SCCM task sequence a specific application is to be installed.  The task sequence is designed to use a NOMAD cache to poll the source.  The sequence fails as no available cache is available. How to troubleshoot? On the NOMAD cacheing server Open regedit and check the package status details. Select the sub folder that corresponds to the cached item and review the details on the right.  You should check the following item are present and correct [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\1E\NomadBranch\PkgStatus\LDC002FE] "Percent"="100.000" "Version"="2" "CachePriority"="1" "CacheToFolder"="D:\\NomadBranchCache" "ReturnStatus"="Completed Successfully" "AlreadyCached"="0" Also check the logs for specific behaviour. C:\ProgramData\1E\NomadBranch\LogFiles The log should state "CacheStatus: (ELD)  pkgID="LDC002FE"(0) local=100.000% verified...

SYMPTOM When the PXE client comes up with the PXE copyright message and completes the DHCP phase, but then displays: TFTP.... After a while, the following error message is displayed: PXE-E32: TFTP open timeout Depending on the PXE client's system setup boot device list configuration, the PC then either stops or tries to boot from the next boot device in the system setup boot device list. CAUSE 1 The "PXE-E32" error indicates that the PXE did not get a reply from the TFTP server when sending a request to download its boot file. Possible causes for this problem are: 1. There is no TFTP server 2. The TFTP server is not running 3. TFTP and DHCP/BOOTP services are running on different machines, but the next-server (066) option was not specified RESOLUTION 1 Make sure that a TFTP server is set up and running. When the TFTP service is running on a different machine than the DHCP or BOOTP service, you need to add option 066 (next-server) to the DHCP/BOOTP server configuration, an...

SYMPTOM When the PXE client comes up with the PXE copyright message and completes the DHCP phase, but then displays: TFTP.... After a while, the following error message is displayed: PXE-E32: TFTP open timeout Depending on the PXE client's system setup boot device list configuration, the PC then either stops or tries to boot from the next boot device in the system setup boot device list. CAUSE 1 The "PXE-E32" error indicates that the PXE did not get a reply from the TFTP server when sending a request to download its boot file. Possible causes for this problem are: 1. There is no TFTP server 2. The TFTP server is not running 3. TFTP and DHCP/BOOTP services are running on different machines, but the next-server (066) option was not specified RESOLUTION 1 Make sure that a TFTP server is set up and running. When the TFTP service is running on a different machine than the DHCP or BOOTP service, you need to add option 066 (next-server) to the DHCP/BOOTP server configuration, an...

BOOTMGR errors is if your PC is trying to boot from a drive that is not properly configured.  In other words, it’s trying to boot from a  non-bootable  source. Cause: This error occurs when either of the following conditions is true: The Windows Boot Manager (Bootmgr) entry is not present in the Boot Configuration Data (BCD) store. The Boot\BCD file on the active partition is damaged or missing. It is most likely the captured wim image had a corrupt/missing Bootmgr record. Open WInPE and run the command below. bcdboot c:\windows /s c: Now you should recapture the Wim and test a new Task Sequence deployment. Bootrec.exe /RebuildBcd   http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927391 Here is the content of that article: Resolution: Method 1: Repair the BCD store by using the Startup Repair option You can use the Startup Repair option in the Windows Recovery Environment to repair the BCD store. To do this, follow these steps: Put the Windows Vista installation disc in the disc drive, and t...

BOOTMGR errors is if your PC is trying to boot from a drive that is not properly configured.  In other words, it’s trying to boot from a  non-bootable  source. Cause: This error occurs when either of the following conditions is true: The Windows Boot Manager (Bootmgr) entry is not present in the Boot Configuration Data (BCD) store. The Boot\BCD file on the active partition is damaged or missing. It is most likely the captured wim image had a corrupt/missing Bootmgr record. Open WInPE and run the command below. bcdboot c:\windows /s c: Now you should recapture the Wim and test a new Task Sequence deployment. Bootrec.exe /RebuildBcd   http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927391 Here is the content of that article: Resolution: Method 1: Repair the BCD store by using the Startup Repair option You can use the Startup Repair option in the Windows Recovery Environment to repair the BCD store. To do this, follow these steps: Put the Windows Vista installation disc in the disc drive, and t...

Step 1 1 Check DHCP scope has option 66 with the SCCM server name set as the value. 2 WDS service is installed and running. 3 Under site Systems select the SCCM server and make sure "ConfigMgr PXE service point" role is installed 3.1 For a lab environment. Enable "Allow this PXE... to repond to incoming PXE requests" and "Respond to PXE request on all network interfaces". 4 Create a Collection called "Bare Metal OSD deployment" Step 2 5 Click on "Computer Asscocation"  > "Import computer Information" > Import single computer 5.1 Enter Computer name and MAC address to define system > Add to "Bare Metal OSD deployment" collection 6 Under the node OSD in SCCM click on "Task Sequence"> Select the TS you want to deploy to the collection > Right click and "Advertise", specify the "bare metal OSD deployments". 6.1 Set as mandatory assignemtn. Tick "Ignore maintenance windows...

Step 1 1 Check DHCP scope has option 66 with the SCCM server name set as the value. 2 WDS service is installed and running. 3 Under site Systems select the SCCM server and make sure "ConfigMgr PXE service point" role is installed 3.1 For a lab environment. Enable "Allow this PXE... to repond to incoming PXE requests" and "Respond to PXE request on all network interfaces". 4 Create a Collection called "Bare Metal OSD deployment" Step 2 5 Click on "Computer Asscocation"  > "Import computer Information" > Import single computer 5.1 Enter Computer name and MAC address to define system > Add to "Bare Metal OSD deployment" collection 6 Under the node OSD in SCCM click on "Task Sequence"> Select the TS you want to deploy to the collection > Right click and "Advertise", specify the "bare metal OSD deployments". 6.1 Set as mandatory assignemtn. Tick "Ignore maintenance windows...

A solution is to periodically purge the oldest logfiles. This is easily done by creating a scheduled task with following command: C:\>Forfiles.exe /P C:\WINDOWS\system32\LogFiles\W3SVC1 /M *.log /D -30 /C "Cmd.exe /C del @path"   See  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753551(v=ws.10).aspx

A solution is to periodically purge the oldest logfiles. This is easily done by creating a scheduled task with following command: C:\>Forfiles.exe /P C:\WINDOWS\system32\LogFiles\W3SVC1 /M *.log /D -30 /C "Cmd.exe /C del @path"   See  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753551(v=ws.10).aspx

Tips- How to package software Switches -r Causes Setup.exe automatically to generate a silent setup file (.iss file), which is a record of the setup input, in the Windows folder.   Packages cmd files must have drive letter more info at  http://www.appdeploy.com/ tick "suppress program notifications" to stop systray bubble/add and remove programs Useful silent (un)install code: msiexec /I "xxxx.msi" transforms="xxxx.mst" /qn /norestart (/qn shows no interface, /qb shows basic progress bar) msiexec /x "xxxx.msi" /qn /norestart C:\WINDOWS\IsUninst.exe -fC:\xxx\xxx.isu -a (-a is for silent) IMAGEx Enter “ imagex /info img_file “, where “img_file” represents the location of the  WIM  file. You should see now the description of the  WIM file  as an XML file. The name of the tag for the  image number  is  IMAGE INDEX . Create a new folder where the image shall be mounted. This is the image path. Now, you can  mount the image : imagex /mount img_fi...

Tips- How to package software Switches -r Causes Setup.exe automatically to generate a silent setup file (.iss file), which is a record of the setup input, in the Windows folder.   Packages cmd files must have drive letter more info at  http://www.appdeploy.com/ tick "suppress program notifications" to stop systray bubble/add and remove programs Useful silent (un)install code: msiexec /I "xxxx.msi" transforms="xxxx.mst" /qn /norestart (/qn shows no interface, /qb shows basic progress bar) msiexec /x "xxxx.msi" /qn /norestart C:\WINDOWS\IsUninst.exe -fC:\xxx\xxx.isu -a (-a is for silent) IMAGEx Enter “ imagex /info img_file “, where “img_file” represents the location of the  WIM  file. You should see now the description of the  WIM file  as an XML file. The name of the tag for the  image number  is  IMAGE INDEX . Create a new folder where the image shall be mounted. This is the image path. Now, you can  mount the image : imagex /mount img_fi...

Open a command prompt and type   wmic csproduct get identifyingnumber,vendor,name This will query WMI and return the Serial number, Computer model, Manufacturer.

Open a command prompt and type   wmic csproduct get identifyingnumber,vendor,name This will query WMI and return the Serial number, Computer model, Manufacturer.

When you enable transparent caching , Windows 7 keeps a cached copy of all files that a user opens from shared folders on the local volume. The first time a user opens the file, the file is stored in the local cache. When the user opens the file again, Windows 7 checks the file to ensure that the cached copy is up to date and if it is, opens that instead. If the copy is not up to date, the client opens the copy hosted on the shared folder, also placing it in the local cache. Using a locally cached copy speeds up access to files stored on file servers on remote networks from the client. When a user changes a file, the client writes the changes to the copy of the file stored on the shared folder. When the shared folder is unavailable, the transparently cached copy is also unavailable. Transparent caching does not attempt to keep the local copy synced with the copy of the file on the remote file server as the Offline Files feature does. Transparent caching works on all files in a shared f...

When you enable transparent caching , Windows 7 keeps a cached copy of all files that a user opens from shared folders on the local volume. The first time a user opens the file, the file is stored in the local cache. When the user opens the file again, Windows 7 checks the file to ensure that the cached copy is up to date and if it is, opens that instead. If the copy is not up to date, the client opens the copy hosted on the shared folder, also placing it in the local cache. Using a locally cached copy speeds up access to files stored on file servers on remote networks from the client. When a user changes a file, the client writes the changes to the copy of the file stored on the shared folder. When the shared folder is unavailable, the transparently cached copy is also unavailable. Transparent caching does not attempt to keep the local copy synced with the copy of the file on the remote file server as the Offline Files feature does. Transparent caching works on all files in a shared f...