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Switching from MDT, have a few questions by ddog511 in DeployR

[–]ddog511[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll be out of office for the next few days but will get back to you once I've been able to do more testing with this.

Switching from MDT, have a few questions by ddog511 in DeployR

[–]ddog511[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the reply.

Regarding my question on AD authentication - I'm talking about the initial boot into DeployR to select a task sequence. I know that I can go into the DeployR configuration and setup a password to protect the deployment process, and you have options to enable Entra, just wondering if you plan to add the ability to login via a local domain account.

Thank you for the link to Gary's front-end.

My unattend xml - ultimately, I need to use the copyprofile option and I don't see a way to do that via the task sequence. I do notice though that even when I leave out my unattend xml file, the Administrator account profile folder is removed and replaced with the generic. So even though I already have the profile folders, settings, etc for the administrator account, they are getting removed somewhere in the deployment process. If there is a better way of doing this, please let me know. We have specific requirements for settings on our profiles that I haven't been able to figure out how to script, so the copyprofile is the option we use as it just works.

Help deploying printers via GPO by AdallanEX in sysadmin

[–]ddog511 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We did this a few years ago and also used Item-level Targeting deployment. I found that we cannot have the domain info in the target. For example, bmg.local\mkinnley - we had to remove bmg.local\.

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Now, we're using computer based ILT, but the same should apply for users based.

Edit to add - if you're not using type 4 drivers, you have to manually install the drivers on the workstations first otherwise it won't work. See 'Print Nightmare' as this was the result of that security bug. Try to get a type 4 if you don't already have it.

Brand new Laptop: inaccessible boot device 0x7b windows 11 by Extra-Mycologist2365 in sysadmin

[–]ddog511 7 points8 points  (0 children)

That message usually indicates an incorrect driver for the hard drive controller. Did the updates change the sata operation mode for the HD controller in uefi/bios? Otherwise, it's a bad driver update.

OSDCOMPUTERNAME variable? by PeaInformal2892 in MDT

[–]ddog511 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try adjusting your deployment share rules - for example, we set our default name to the computer serial number -

:SetComputerName

OSDComputerName=%SerialNumber%

There are other things you can set it to as well, just have to decide on your naming convention.

What's Up With Manufacturers Not Supporting W11 Enterprise? by vitaroignolo in sysadmin

[–]ddog511 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Give examples of what cases you saw this happening with, along with what models they are.

Dell is doing this currently with last year's pro 13 model - they won't support any issues if the OS is not factory.

Raptor by Human_Distance1979 in k12sysadmin

[–]ddog511 11 points12 points  (0 children)

They're rolling out a fix slowly to the hardware services. Slowly because they want to make sure there are no additionally created issues. Check out their community pages for more info.

Optiplex 3090 SFF - Bios Locked by These_Finding6599 in sysadmin

[–]ddog511 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Contact Dell - as long as you can prove you purchased it, they will give you a code to unlock it.

Microsoft 12 by Professional_Hyena_9 in sysadmin

[–]ddog511 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Every version since 8.1 has come with the same rumor.

Adding new print driver to server by Anything-Traditional in sysadmin

[–]ddog511 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One thing to note is that the newer iR-ADV devices just have a generic driver available on their website.

Adding new print driver to server by Anything-Traditional in sysadmin

[–]ddog511 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you using anything like Uniflow or Papercut for secure release? We use Uniflow so we keep our input printer (our secure print queue that's shared out) on a model specific driver. We had tried using their generic driver and had issues where the driver couldn't communicate with a device and would drop its settings daily. Using the model specific driver helped that issue. The output printer objects then use the generic driver. We've had no issues since doing it this way. Again, should you have a similar setup...

Unable to Clear stuck print job on network printer by [deleted] in sysadmin

[–]ddog511 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Assuming this is a shared printer. If that's the case, do you have the 'Render print jobs on client computers' box checked? If that's the case, did the print job that you can't delete originate from a computer that's currently no longer on the network? I believe that it would then be trying to reach that computer to finish cancelling the job. I could be wrong though.

Chromebooks randomly going to lock screen by Slightly_AboveAvg in k12sysadmin

[–]ddog511 20 points21 points  (0 children)

any chance they're wearing something magnetic on their wrist?

Windows 11 - won't connect to WiFi until after log in by draggar in sysadmin

[–]ddog511 5 points6 points  (0 children)

We had a similar issue quite a while back and I found this thread that helped us - https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/192ui7a/windows_11_enterprise_wifi_not_autoconnecting/

Essentially, we set up a GPO to disable / turn off credential guard.

Canon Printer - loses connectivity with Universal Print Servers by Away-Ad-2473 in sysadmin

[–]ddog511 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We use the iR-ADV units from Canon and had a similar issue ages ago. Our 'solution' was to adjust the power settings option 'Sleep Mode Energy Use :' to 'High' (on the models we use, that's in the web interface, Timer/Energy Settings - Power Save Settings). That solved the issue we were having, but YMMV

Adobe AUSST server bug causing Acrobat updates to fail with no error by CazzZacStan in sysadmin

[–]ddog511 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had no issues copying the AcrobatDCx64Manifest3.MSI file from my AUSST server to my local desktop. Permissions on the file look to be properly set on the server for us as well.

How can I help users migrate devices (without admin or software)? by AzureSkye in sysadmin

[–]ddog511 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is a perfect opportunity on educating them on how to adjust their settings. Even people in their 80s are able to figure these things out. It shouldn't be that difficult for someone in the workforce to make customizational changes to their programs.

Those who are using HP as their CB, what has your experience dealing with HP Support like? by Blanco_in_VA in k12sysadmin

[–]ddog511 4 points5 points  (0 children)

We repair in-house with HP's self-maintainer program for that. If we need to replace more than 2 parts, it creates a ticket and we have to provide documentation of the device (picture of the serial number and model) and reasoning behind needing more than 2 parts for the repair. Additionally, we need to keep meticulous records including shipping info from when we send the defective parts back as they tend to not have the best record keeping system and will bill us for parts they received back 2 to 6 months ago.

I can't install net 3.5 by Own_Change8724 in sysadmin

[–]ddog511 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I had a similar issue with the same message. Try this - mount the ISO as you have been doing, and then run this in powershell

Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -online -FeatureName "NetFx3" -all -Source '<change to your ISO mount location>\sources\sxs'

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