I like to use Audit Mode for all of my Windows image builds. It’s clean, doesn’t create necessary accounts, and specifically exists for capturing images. I’ve used this in Windows 7 for years. Windows 8 also has an Audit Mode that works in the same way. When you get prompted to customize your desktop and create …
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As the Windows XP End-Of-Life approaches (April 8th), let’s take a look at some other technology that was released the same year as Windows XP: The original iPod was released in 2001. The Nokia 8310, released in 2001. Smartphones didn’t exist yet. The original Xbox was released in 2001. Halo, anyone? To be fair, XP has seen hundreds …
Announced today: Microsoft will re-introduce the Start Menu in a future update of Windows 8.1. Here’s a screenshot from the demo today: More on the story here.
Traditionally, MDT has always been the “lite touch” (LTI) deployment solution providing interaction during task sequences to input a computer name, choose your OU, choose packages to install, etc. Alternatively, SCCM has been the “zero touch” (ZTI) solution, where these configurations are scripted, assigned from task sequence variables, or grabbed from a database, requiring no …
For those who are considering the upgrade to SCCM 2012 R2, make sure that you have already upgraded your workstations Windows XP to Windows 7! Configuration Manager 2012 R2 requires the WIndows 8.1 ADK (formerly WAIK) which does not natively support migration from Windows XP (or even Vista) using USMT6 or WinPE. You will receive …
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