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Alexey Semibratov's Blog on OSD/SCCM/MDT
Download: Drivers Harvester I've updated Drivers Harvester Tool with a new version. Now it takes a...
Date: 12/19/2016
I updated Drivers Harvester tool addressing the issue with PNF files I described here Enjoy!
Date: 09/01/2015
In my blog article with harvesting drivers tool here I described how to harvest drivers from the...
Date: 08/11/2015
The standard MDT step called "Install Windows Updates" calls ZTIWindowsUpdate.wsf script that...
Date: 08/10/2015
I have not written any new blogs due to some technical difficulties and being extremely busy in last...
Date: 08/07/2015
I'm removing this page soon, since the new ZTIWindowsUpdate.wsf from MDT 2013 U1 works just fine....
Date: 08/07/2015
By default, MDT logging routine masks the entire line if it sees the word "password". I came across...
Date: 11/13/2014
In my previous blog post here:...
Date: 07/23/2014
I hope everybody leverages DART Remote Recovery remote agent in their OSD task sequences with MDT...
Date: 07/07/2014
I bet you've seen technicians, imaging computers, ignore failed task sequences when in Live OS...
Date: 06/17/2014
How many times a technician came back to you reading some "4005" generic error back to you expecting...
Date: 05/19/2014
Download: Drivers Harvester Update from 12/19/15 - now the program copies all OEM drivers to a...
Date: 11/05/2013
Dave Hornbaker from Deployment Guys wrote a script some time ago, that kicks off MBAM encryption of...
Date: 08/12/2013
Another custom query and a function for me. Basically, IP address is a mutivalue property, and...
Date: 01/30/2013
One of most useful reports is Administrative Security > Administrative users security...
Date: 01/29/2013
After looking at a couple of reports / SQL queries for Lenovo models, I realized that they have some...
Date: 01/23/2013
Here is the script, that will find all groups computer belongs to and if they start with some...
Date: 10/09/2012
You may run in a situation, when LoadState captures the same profile two or more times. This happens...
Date: 09/25/2012
I converted reports I created for CM 2007 to 2012 format:...
Date: 04/11/2012
Remember "Compliance Report, break down by months"? I created two child reports - one shows break...
Date: 03/19/2012
Hi! How many times you have been looking for SMSTS.LOG checking all possible locations, finally...
Date: 12/21/2011
Next version to...
Date: 12/20/2011
Sometimes it's hard to accommodate all needed packages in SCCM cache, so admins usually increase the...
Date: 12/15/2011
Update - I've found a bug and fixed it. Now you can call this script from PE in OS Refresh scenario...
Date: 11/29/2011
Recently, I asked Michael Niehaus would it be a good idea to send Events, that normally go to...
Date: 11/04/2011
Instead of maintaining endless Update Lists with patches from each month, I created this custom...
Date: 05/03/2011
Creating faster OEM Images with OSD and MDT. Introduction OEM scenario is where you prepare the...
Date: 01/18/2011
Sometimes it may be usefull to see when the last time computer account contacted domain, so you...
Date: 10/12/2010
It's always a good idea to have Trace32.exe copied to every computer to be able to take a look on...
Date: 06/07/2010
This article is obsolete. The algorithm how was changed in recent versions of MDT, and now this...
Date: 03/17/2010
Script to add some packages to all distribution points As your SCCM hierarchy grows, you might found...
Date: 02/11/2010
It's always been challenging to choose either to check "Hide all deployments from end users" in...
Date: 02/05/2010
Here is an SCCM report, that takes computer name and shows all collections that computer belongs to...
Date: 01/13/2010
After you have fixed the problem with scanstate.exe can't access down level manifests,...
Date: 01/12/2010
Update: MDT 2010 Update 1 addresses this issue. Frank Rojas came up with much simpler idea of just...
Date: 12/10/2009
BUG: when after implementing this solution the customsettings.ini is not getting processed. Download...
Date: 12/04/2009
As you could notice at this post by Michael Niehaus, on a back there is a big "dos" window with a...
Date: 11/30/2009
Here is how I do it for OS and Service Packs select Caption0, CSDVersion0, COUNT(1) from ( select...
Date: 11/05/2009
My customer asked me for a solution, and he described the process like this:1. Technician walks to...
Date: 10/09/2009
There is a known issue when you're setting Legal Notice text and caption in GPO and when deploying...
Date: 08/28/2009
SCCM stores AD organizational unit in the DB exposing it to v_RA_System_SystemOUName view. The...
Date: 07/29/2009
I started using Hyper-V to build my reference XP images, and the reason for that - Hyper-V is the...
Date: 07/21/2009
UPDATE 01/29/2013: I'm no longer using Windows service and srvany, I recommend to use standard...
Date: 07/16/2009
When you don't have Internet Connection, going through all patches may be a real pain, so, to make...
Date: 04/05/2006
Network infrastructure is very important for successful SMS deployment. The most network consuming...
Date: 04/03/2006
Developing and testing MOM scripts sometimes can be tricky, because you can’t simply cut and paste...
Date: 02/20/2006
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