Deployment Server’s Linux automation is a light-weight and versatile imaging environment. Being less than a tenth of the size of the WinPE automation options, it is an attractive choice for those desiring to leverage PXE imaging across their enterprise. ...
In order to bolster the overall security of their Windows operating systems, Microsoft publishes every patch Tuesday an updated Malicious Software Removal ( MSRT ) tool. This comes down each month through Windows Update and performs a stealthy malware ...
It's just been brought to my attention that Brian Madden yesterday posted this very interesting blog,
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The scripting of Windows patching in a reliable, auditable fashion is fundamental to any automated Windows build process. The simplest way I've encountered for Altiris administrators to invoke the patch process is through a VBScript which invokes ...
As I keep forgetting where the Dell driver cabs are, I thought that I should document it somewhere.... ;-)
http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/enterprise-client/w/wiki/2065.dell-driver-cab-files-for-enterprise-client-os-deployment.aspx
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Just a little query to to detail how many computers have the Intel 7 Series SATA AHCI controller which has Device ID 1E03. These new controllers come on our shiny new Dell Latitude E6330, but I was curious to see if anyone else in our managed ...
For those that still have to maintain XP images, today's article shows my trick for testing the validity of new mass-storage drivers. This enables me to confirm mass-storage support in sysprep in minutes rather than hours.
Introduction
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Normally, I'm a silent deployment guy. That's not to say I'm quiet, it's more that in all our deployments I prefer zero interaction with the user. Sometimes though, this is not possible and interaction is required.
Over the last ...
Metrics, metrics, and more metrics.
I've been analysing the results from the last few months of deployments (encompasing nearly 300 machines across several departments with varying hardware) by 'binning' the deployment times got the ...
If WAN Nirvana seems a thousand miles away to you in your deployments, grab a coffee and immerse yourself here for the next half-hour. The tricks I'll be showing today will not only potentially save you many days of work, it just might make your ...