A client ran into an issue that prevented them from deploying any application (including our Specops Deploy CSE) via normal Microsoft Windows GPSI. This was happening on a Windows 2008 R2 Domain and Windows 7 x86 clients, but I believe it... Read More
Keep your corporate golden image golden
Trying to keep a golden image up-to-date is a challenge many IT administrators struggle with. But it’s a necessity since updating the image with patches and settings means you shorten the time your users need to wait. There’s a... Read More
How to find the right drivers in OS deployment
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
Part II – The Fully Automated Capture and Deployment Setup
Part I – Introduction OU Structure The first thing we need to do, is to get the Base OS (Windows XP and Windows 7) to install on two clients with the latest Patches. We do this at first semi-automatically... Read More
Part I – The fully automated Capture and Deployment Setup
Purpose: Create a fully automated Capture process and Deploy that image automatically to clients on a regular basis. For example, update the client images once per month with the latest security patches. Or you can use parts of this... Read More
Windows 7 Screen Resolution defaults to 1024×768 – Alternate/proper way to do it
A colleague asked me why I didn’t use the UI to change Screen Resolution in my previous post? Well, I usually do. And I intended to show how to do it in that post, but there is a minor... Read More
Things to do before a Capture
Doing a Capture and creating a new image to deploy to your clients is quite straight forward with Specops Deploy (and also a clean MDT, this is not Specops Deploy specific). Just install a client, patch it and then... Read More