Mdt 2012 Deployment Guide Step by Step 3 of 11

Device Driver Management 3.1 Obtaining Device Drivers for a Deployment In order to deploy a single image to multiple hardware types, MDT performs a “driver injection” during the OS load process. For this to work, any and all relevant drivers need to be imported into the deployment share in advance. Depending on the hardware vendor, the process for obtaining these drivers may vary but will generally involve going to the vendor website and downloading the drivers for specific hardware models. Continue reading

Mdt 2012 Deployment Guide Step by Step 2 of 11

2.1 Creating an MDT Deployment Share An MDT Deployment Share is the specific deployment environment which will be used for OS deployment. The share contains all elements of the deployment including drivers, applications, OS images etc. Log on to the MDT server and open the “Deployment Workbench” Right-click on “Deployment Shares” in the left pane of the workbench and select New Deployment Share In the New Deployment Share Wizard, choose a location for the new share. Continue reading

Mdt 2012 Deployment Guide Step by Step 1 of 11

1.0 Deployment Infrastructure Overview The new OS Deployment Infrastructure for the Configuration Centre is based around Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 with Update 1. MDT relies on a number of underlying software components and is able to deploy a number of different Operating Systems including Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 on the client side and Windows Server 2003, 2008 and 2008 R2 on the server side. This document is focused on deployment of Windows 7 clients. Continue reading

Windows Comparison of Windows Commands and Linux Commands

So I went to this conference awhile back and sat through a presentation. Not really interesting, but since I am new to the whole Linux world I thought I would pass this along. Here is a PowerPoint presentation explaining the difference’s between Windows and Linux commands, at least common ones. Enjoy! Linux-Windows - Comparison of Commands

Scripting Open Excel Sheets in Separate Windows

If you work in an environment similar to my previous position, then you would know how often you hear certain complaints after upgrading people to new applications or Operating Systems. Well one of those complaints came from individuals that we upgraded to Office 2010. They were use to the option of opening up Excel Spreadsheets in separate windows, but in Office 2010 you can’t do this by default you have to make a few tweaks. Continue reading

Scripting Clean Java Temporary Install Files From User Profiles Win 7 Xp

So I had an issue awhile back that need to be rectified and the fix was to clean out temporary install files from the Sun/Java folder in User profiles. This had to be done on about 700 machines, so I created this little script that cleans out these files and pushed it out to via AD. I hope you enjoy….. Win 7 - Clean Java Temp Files CD C:\ CLS ECHO REM *** This DELETES temporary install files from the REM *** SUN/JAVA folder in User Profiles. Continue reading

Scripting Mount Printer at Startup Script

So I had to come up with a batch script that would allow the user (in a lab) to select the printer that they wanted to use during that login session. Pretty much this was placed in the startup folder on a few lab machines and every time someone would login (Deep Freeze Machines) it would ask them to select the printer that they wanted to print to. It worked pretty well, I hope someone makes use of it. Continue reading