Grant Windows sysadmin privileges in SQL
Sometimes you come across a system where you have admin access to the PC but cannot access SQL. Follow these excellent steps to get back […]
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How to Use ImageX in WinPE
Boot from the WinPE CD or USB drive, and run ImageX. You can capture to a network location if you map the drive beforehand. Capture […]
Creating a customized image with MDT
Please note, if you need customized help with this, contact us for reasonably-priced help with MDT. No job is too small or too large. Making […]
SnagIt! 11 Automated and Silent Installation Instructions
SnagIt! is a screen capture utility.On the SnagIt website, you can download an enterprise installation manual. Unfortunately, in my experience, this manual is incomplete, and […]
Windows 7 links to USB and DVD media
Microsoft has the ISO files for the Home, Professional, and Ultimate versions of Windows 7 available for download via the Digital River website. These ISOs […]
MDT: Define and create a new theme in Unattend.xml
In a deployment task sequence, you can edit the Unattend.xml file and define a custom background for the theme and which Aero color to use. […]
MDT: Issues restoring image with Internet Explorer 10 or 11
Issue By default, Windows System Image Manager adds a specialize pass phase to configure Internet Explorer. Normally it doesn’t matter if you leave this configuration […]
Windows 7 Upgrade Key on Clean Install
If you try to use a Windows 7 upgrade product key on a clean install (an installation where there was not already a copy of […]
MDT: Reading Log Files
Log files are placed in %SYSTEMDIR%TEMPDeploymentLogs. Use SMS Trace to view and make sense of these files. It’s part of the SCCM 2007 Toolkit. Install only […]