Make Service Tag the Computer Name in Landesk OSD

Jun

30

2011

We use service tags as our computer reference, and how we join our computers to the domain. I needed to have Landesk automate this for me, so I wanted to have ot pluck the information from BIOS. This is what I added to the script. When you’re creating/editing your deployment script you need to make ...
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Landesk · Operating System Deployment

Windows XP – Remove 30 second time with Landesk OSD

Jun

30

2011

I kept running into an issue where Windows XP would add a 30 second boot time, and I disliked have to manually go in and change it after the computer was done imaging. So with Landesk OSD this is what I did to fix it in the script. Browse out to: \\landeskcoreserver\ldmain\landesk\files edit the file ...
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Landesk · Operating System Deployment

Convert SATA IDE to AHCI aka – STOP 0x0000007B INACCESSABLE_BOOT_DEVICE 2

Jun

6

2011

I recently formatted my IBM x220 into IDE on accident, and wanted to change it from IDE to AHCI. This was a simple procedure, noted by MS : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922976 Exit all Windows-based programs. Click Start, type regedit in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER. If you receive the User Account Control dialog box, ...
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Operating System Deployment

WinPE automatic windows 7 activation

May

24

2011

We run Landesk, using the HII (Hardware Independent Imaging), which is run within a WinPE environment. I ran into issues where Windows 7 would not auto activate, which was causing issues, as some of the techs were forgetting to activate windows 7. We have a lot of internet restricted users, so once logged in as ...
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Operating System Deployment