Monthly Archives: August 2008

Working with different languages in Windows XP

Posted on 19. August 2008 by kongkuba

  Deploying XP with different languages can sometimes be a real challenge. Not that it’s that difficult to make the different settings in sysprep.inf or unattend.txt but you still need to make sure the correct files are present during installation, … Continue reading →

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SAS storage drivers in WinPE 1.5 (2005)

Posted on 15. August 2008 by kongkuba

  So, I don’t know if there are any one out there who still playing around with BDD/MDT and SMS? if not your are the lucky ones… Myself I still have customers who are running that setup… Basically it runs … Continue reading →

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SCCM versions

Posted on 13. August 2008 by kongkuba

  As you properly know there are some significant differences in the way SCCM/OSD works before SP1 and after SP1. One being the OS target drive during the WinPE phase (D or E instead of C), and also weather or … Continue reading →

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Wrong PC name after deployment

Posted on 11. August 2008 by kongkuba

  A while ago, I noticed that the PC name specified during the "Import Computer Name" part of SCCM didn’t stick  trough out the entire deployment process.. The strange thing was that this wasn’t the case for all my task … Continue reading →

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easy way to change PC name during Deployment

Posted on 5. August 2008 by kongkuba

  I know there are many ways to handle PC naming during deployment, like prestaging, variables, userexit scripts, etc. But a very simple way is to just have the PC prompt you for a Name during The TaskSequece. I wrote … Continue reading →

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