
Querying registry for AD Site Name in a Task Sequence
Hi, there are lots of different methods to query AD Site Name in a Task Sequence, one of them is querying the AD Site-Name value from registry. The registry key and value to be read is HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy\State\Site-Name And here is the Task Sequence condition example to check registry Hope it helps

SCCM failed to create task sequence media error
SCCM failed to create task sequence media error Error : Failed to create media The detail of the error in my case was: Beginning media generation Failed to find the volume for system partition, it might be drive letterless Marking partitions active is only supported for MBR disks. Unable to activate partition (0×80004001) Error formatting […]

SCCM Operating System Deployment SMSTSLog File Locations
Hi, I tried to list SCCM Operating System Deployment SMSTSLog File Locations in this post as there are lots, please write me if I’ve missed one or you find an error. Windows PE before HDD format x:\windows\temp\smstslog\smsts.log Windows PE, after HDD format: x:\smstslog\ Windows PE, after HDD format, Task sequence completed <largest fixed partition>\SMSTSLOG Task […]

Using WMIC to find make and model information
There lots of different methods to query make and model information of a computer, but using WMIC to find make and model information is one of the quickest ones. You’ll need only to run wmic computersystem get manufacturer, model command in command prompt. You can use the information here to query the WMI in […]

Turn off package compression for WIM files in SCCM 2007
As you know SCCM compresses package contents and creates a .PCK file to distribute the package to other sites. It works nice, but when it comes to big single files like WIM files, it spends hours to compress and decompress. And there is also no file size benefit when you compare the sizes of .pck […]