When you are deploying an operating system in Specops Deploy, you start with creating the make, model and OS driver folders tree. Many people want to jump to importing drivers, but it’s important to understand how to find the... Read More
Deployment
How to deploy Java 8
We get a lot of questions from customers wondering how to deploy Java 8 to their client computers. Most people just want to add the Java support and get rid of the automatic update feature so that the clients... Read More
How to: become the LOCAL SYSTEM account with PsExec
If you are an administrator using Specops Deploy, you may have had the following experience: an application can be deployed without any problems when you are trying it on your local machine but when you try to deploy it... Read More
Remove unwanted APPX applications
Have you ever wanted to deploy a Windows 10 client, but without all the built-in Windows Store applications that it comes with? This is possible with running a simple script in MDT. The following script removes unwanted applications after... Read More
Why won’t my WinPE image connect to my deployment server anymore?
If your WinPE image will no longer connect to your deployment server, it may be because of the following: A driver has been added to the boot image that isn’t Windows PE compatible, the boot image has become corrupt,... Read More
Orphaned Deployments
I have been known to say “Group Policy comes without a this may be a career limiting configuration change you are about to make, are you sure!? message.” You can do a lot of things with GP that can cause... Read More
Multiple Drives Causes a Deployment Error
My colleague Johan had lent his tablet to Mikael, another fellow Product Specialist, to evaluate for a few days. When Mikael started to deploy Windows 8 to the tablet with Specops Deploy, he got the following error: Failure (5456):... Read More
Custom MDT Properties
There is a relatively new feature in Specops Deploy/OS that has proven to solve some interesting challenges. There have been a few posts related to the feature showing examples of how it can be used. You can find the... Read More
NIC Configuration Error
Recently, I redeployed a few laptops with Specops Deploy and after boot up I got the following error: Once I hit OK, the computer rebooted into the same error. This unusual error is caused by the system booting into an... Read More
PowerShell 002
Another day-in-the-lifetype post. We have all been there; systems engineers, developers, hobbyists, tinkers or the like finding ourselves troubleshooting network issues. And the first thing we do? Anyone? PING. Right? We all head to PING or IPConfig or some... Read More