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Migration Tips

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Installing MDT 2010 on Windows 7: Date - Feb 14, 2012; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Can you install Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 on a Windows 7 computer and then use this computer to deploy Windows 7 to other computers?
Troubleshooting: Reg.exe command in MDT task sequence not applied when deploying 64-bit Windows 7: Date - Jan 25, 2012; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to resolve a problem where a reg.exe command in an MDT task sequence is not being applied when deploying Windows 7 x64.
Copying a deployment share from lab to production environment: Date - Dec 21, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Here's a tip on how to successfully copy an MDT 2010 deployment share from your lab environment to your production environment.
Prevent opening a command prompt window in Windows PE: Date - Dec 20, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; This tip describes how to prevent opening a command prompt window in Windows PE.
Adding a version to a master image: Date - Oct 25, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to add a version number to a master image for deployment.
Getting Lenovo drivers for MDT deployments: Date - Oct 20, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to get Lenovo drivers in a form you can use for MDT deployments.
Getting HP drivers for MDT deployments: Date - Oct 20, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to get HP drivers in a form you can use for MDT deployments.
Installing Windows 7 SP1 using MDT 2010: Date - Oct 13, 2011; Rating - 4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Tip on installing Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 (once it becomes available) using MDT 2010
Identifying 16-bit applications that won't run on 64-bit Windows: Date - Aug 11, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to identify 16-bit apps in your current environment that won't be able to run when you migrate users' computers to 64-bit Windows 7.
Disable F8 during LTI install: Date - Jul 14, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How do prevent users from opening a WinPE command prompt during LTI install using MDT 2010.
Troubleshooting static IP address page not displaying in Windows Deployment Wizard: Date - Jun 01, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; You want to use MDT 2010 to deploy Windows 7 and specify a static IP address for each target computer during deployment, but when you run the Windows Deployment Wizard on a target computer the wizard page that enables you to configure a static IP address is not displayed—why?
Troubleshooting task sequences not displaying: Date - May 31, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; You have a dozen task sequences created in MDT but when you run the Windows Deployment Wizard on a target computer only some of your task sequences are displayed—why?
How to duplicate a task sequence: Date - May 25, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Here are the steps you can perform to make a duplicate copy of a task sequence in MDT 2010.
Inject multiple packages into an offline Windows image: Date - May 24, 2011; Rating - 5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; You can use DISM to inject multiple packages into an offline Windows image.
Backing Up Your MDT Infrastructure: Date - May 19, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to back up your Microsoft Deployment Toolkit infrastructure.
Changing the Display Resolution in Windows PE during LTI: Date - May 18, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to change the display resolution in Windows PE during a Lite Touch installation using MDT 2010.
Replicating the MDT Database: Date - May 18, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; A tip concerning replicating the MDT database in a multi-site environment.
Creating Windows image catalogs using Windows SIM: Date - May 12, 2011; Rating - 3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; A tip concerning creating Windows image catalogs using Windows SIM for different system architectures.
Suppressing the Network Location Wizard after LTI deployment: Date - May 11, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; This tip explains how you can prevent the Network Location Wizard from being displayed after an LTI deployment that joins the target computer to the domain.
Configuring a static IP address using MDT 2010: Date - Apr 21, 2011; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; A tip on how you can configure a static IP address using MDT 2010.
Adding desktop icons during deployment: Date - Apr 20, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to add desktop icons such as Computer or Network to a target computer's desktop during deployment.
The Windows Virtual PC alternative to upgrading: Date - Apr 19, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; If you have a Windows Vista computer and are considering doing an in-place upgrade to Windows 7, you might want to follow the approach described in this tip instead.
Troubleshooting missing task sequences in Windows Deployment Wizard: Date - Mar 24, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to resolve the issue of no task sequences being displayed when the Windows Deployment Wizard runs on the target computer.
Troubleshooting the Sysprep and Capture task sequence: Date - Mar 23, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to resolve an issue involving the use of the Sysprep and Capture task sequence in MDT 2010.
Selecting from multiple MDT deployment shares: Date - Mar 23, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; This tip describes how you can select which MDT deployment share to use when several are available on the network.
Identifying reference computers by MAC address in MDT 2010: Date - Mar 17, 2011; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; This tip describes how you can identify your reference computers by their MAC addresses so that you can capture an image of these computers.
Using Vista answer files with Windows 7: Date - Mar 15, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Can you use answer files created for Windows Vista to perform unattended installs of Windows 7?
Troubleshooting an empty task sequence page in Lite Touch wizard: Date - Mar 10, 2011; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; You are trying to deploy Windows using MDT 2010 using LTI but the task sequence page of the wizard is blank. Why?
Pre-specifying the computer name for Windows PE: Date - Mar 09, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Here's a tip on how you can pre-specify the computer name for Windows PE.
Adding feature packs to Windows PE: Date - Mar 09, 2011; Rating - 4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; When adding feature packs to a Windows PE image, make sure you also add the corresponding language packs.
Copying and customizing task sequences in MDT 2010: Date - Feb 25, 2011; Rating - 3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; This tip describes how you can copy and then customize a task sequence in MDT 2010.
Determining the UUID of a computer: Date - Feb 25, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to use WMI to determine the UUID of a computer.
Updating a Windows Image: Date - Feb 25, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Here's one method you can use for updating a Windows image that you want to deploy using MDT 2010.
Changing the name of your MDT server: Date - Jan 13, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; If you change the name of your MDT server then you need to do a few other things to make your deployments continue to work.
Specifying the deployment type when running LiteTouch.vbs: Date - Jan 12, 2011; Rating - 3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; You can override the deployment type specified in the CustomSettings.ini file of MDT 2010 when you run LiteTouch.vbs from the command line.
Installing Windows 7 on a different partition or disk: Date - Jan 12, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; You can use MDT 2010 to install Windows 7 on a disk or partition you specify.
You cannot relocate the Windows directory: Date - Jan 11, 2011; Rating - 5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; An explanation of why Windows must always be installed in the Windows directory in Windows Vista and later.
Troubleshooting deploy from media method: Date - Jan 06, 2011; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; You are using the deploy from DVD media method with MDT 2010 and an error occurs when Windows files are being expanded.
Including software updates in a deployment: Date - Jan 05, 2011; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; You should be careful when adding software updates to Microsoft Deployment Toolkit.