Thursday, January 31, 2013

Converting 3010 exit code to 0


If the 3010 exit code is causing a problem (perhaps by forcing an unwanted reboot in the middle of a SCCM task sequence reboot) the following property can be set to enable a 0 exit code when 3010 would normally be the result.

MSIRESTARTMANAGERCONTROL=Disable


Thursday, January 24, 2013

Robocopy


Copies all files and folders from the source location to the destination location.
Robocopy <PathToSourceFolderLevel> <PathToSourceFolderDestination> /E

/E and subfolders inc empty ones

/Z copies files in restartable mode (if there is a network interruption the job can restart midway through the file it was copying previously - useful for large files.)

/LOG:<PathToLogFile>

BE CAREFUL WITH THE /MIR OPTION IT CAN PERMANENTLY DELETE FILES ON THE DESTINATION.

Make sure the log file is specified to land in a writable location by the process running it!  users, system etc.

A command similar to this may be useful for making a copy or back up of a user profile.
It would need to be running elevated as an admin but you get the idea.


md %userprofile%bak
robocopy %userprofile% %userprofile%bak /xj /purge /s /R:0 /XD %temp% /XF *.tmp /TEE /NFL /NDL /LOG:%userprofile%BAK\robolog

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

WebEx Recorder and Player WBS28



The target executable is "C:\Program Files (x86)\WebEx\Record Playback\AtAuthor.exe"  By default this program launches in Recorder mode and reports itself in Help About as WebEx Recorder WBS28.  The same executable provides the Player mode as well.  When launched with a –PLAYER switch the AtAuthor.exe launches in player mode and reports itself in Help About as WebEx Player WBS28

WebEx Recorder And Player cannot properly capture displayed activity by other applications when virtualised.  (App-V 4.x)

atrecply.msi downloadable from link below.  Install creates a .wrf association to the player.

http://www.webex.com/play-webex-recording.html

More information

You can download and install a standalone version of the WebEx Player or Network Recording Player to play back any recording that was made using the WebEx Recorder or Network-Based Recorder.

WebEx Network Recording Player for Advanced Recording Format (.arf) files
This WebEx Network Recording Player allows interactive playback of WebEx Advanced Recording Format (.arf) files that have been streamed or downloaded to your site. With this WebEx Network Recording Player, you can control the session panels, just as in live WebEx meetings, and navigate to an event in the recording via the Table of Contents. Advanced Recording Format files contain all audio from the recorded session, including WebEx Integrated Teleconferencing, 3rd Party Conferencing, VoIP, and Audio Broadcasting.

WebEx Recorder and Player for WebEx Recording Format (.wrf) files
This is a standalone version of the all-in-one WebEx Recorder and Player for .wrf files.

There is a discussion here about what can be edited and how.
https://themeetingson.webex.com/docs/T27LD/mc0805ld/en_US/support/rec_play_faq.htm



Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Sequencer Build Config


Sequencer:
Disable SFT versioning if required.

Disable:
SCCM Agent Host
Windows Defender
Windows Search
Windows Update
Any autoupdating that is turned on in build apps (note it shouldn't BE on)
System Restore

Also consider turning off DEP

For Windows 10 Sequencer

Removed all default start tiles
Removed Store task bar shortcut
Activated all status bar notification icons
Turned off Cloud
Deactivated Defender
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender
DisableAntiSpyware DWORD 1
Disable Defender Notification icon in startup

Disabled Windows Search
Disabled Windows Update

Turned off versioning in the sequencer.

Created
c:\source
C:\temp

Activated file extensions in explorer.

User Configuration > Admin Templates > Start Menu and Taskbar and then enable Remove Notifications and Action Center.

Disable cortana
computer configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Search > Allow Cortana=Disabled

Disable Store
User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Store Turn off the Store Application=Enabled


Enable bi-directional copy and paste in VirtualBox

Set Control Panel to small icons

Turn off Updates from more than one place in Settings




Thursday, January 10, 2013

PXE boot failure (WDS)


In some circumstances restarting the Windows Deployment Service (WDS) can solve failing PXE boots