Today I worked on a small MDT LiteTouch deployment solution at one of our customers. I thought this was going to be another easy day in the office. I was SO wrong 🙂 After a day looking through log files, debugging and trying to figure out what was going on, I finally found the solution. Thanks Jacques for posting this great tip. When running WAIK 1.1 on a x64 Windows 2008 systems, you cannot generate a catalog for a captures x86 Vista or Windows 2008. It’s a shame, really. But there is a workaround: Copy the original catalog of your…
Browsing: WIndows Vista
This week Microsoft released the latest version of the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack for Software Assurance (MDOP) on http://licensing.microsoft.com, including the SoftGrid 4.2 Client and Sequencer which add Vista compatibility. The CD image also contains the Diagnostic and Recovery Toolkit, Asset Inventory Service, Advanced Group Policy Management and System Center Desktop Error Monitoring. For more information on these other products see this MDOP overview page. The SoftGrid versions in the MDOP package include: The SoftGrid Virtual Application Server (VAS) version 4.1.1.302 The SoftGrid Client version 4.2.0.302 The SoftGrid Sequencer version 4.2.0.303 Note that there is no 4.2 version of the SoftGrid Virtual…
Deploying Microsoft Windows Vista Operating System Images Using SMS 2003 Virtual Labhttp://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6067734Event OverviewAfter completing this lab, you will be better able to: • Install the SMS 2003 OS Deployment Feature Pack Update. • Install USMT 3.0 to capture and restore user state information. • Create an Image Capture Wizard CD. • Image a Windows Vista client computer. • Import the Windows Vista image into an SMS 2003 image package. • Deploy the Windows Vista image to upgrade a Windows 2000 client computer. NoteBy registering for this Virtual Lab – you will receive a one-time follow up call from a Microsoft representative to inform you of special…