Capture Windows 8.1 Image

Hello I am in the process of capturing a Surface Pro Windows 8.1 image. I would like to create a task to capture the image instead of having to create the capture media --> copy it to that computer and have it copy the image file back to
SCCM. Can this be done? Thanks.
Charles

Have a look at something like this:
http://www.windows-noob.com/forums/index.php?/topic/6353-using-system-center-2012-configuration-manager-part-7-build-and-capture-windows-7-x64-sp1/
This will build and capture your machine. In case you really only want to capture simply disable the build part. Also keep in mind that in that case the machine requires a client to push the task sequence to.
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Since the capture media is no longer working for capturing Windows 8.1 images,

Since Copy Profile doesn't work when you use the sccm capture media to capture a Windows 8.1 image
This is how I been capturing my Windows 8.1 image.
1. Manually sealing the image. Logged in as Administrator, I run, C:\Windows\System32\sysprep\sysprep.exe /generalize /oobe /shutdown /unattend:"C:\Windows\System32\sysprep\sysprep64-81-std.xml" this points to my answer file which contains copy
profile=true. Once Windows is shutdown, I boot directly to PXE, using a TS of the method found in the link below.
2. I then use this method to capture the image directly to a wim file. http://blog.coretech.dk/mip/capture-none-syspreped-image-using-sccm-running-imagex-from-a-ts/
I'd like to hear how others are capturing there Windows 8.1 images, because I am always looking for a better method.

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Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM) Command-Line
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj980032(v=winembedded.81).aspx
Sysprep (Generalize) a Windows installation
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh824938.aspx
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What is the size of capture window for MX440-VTD8X?

I am trying to figure out how best to resize video I have captured with my MX440-VTD8X. For the application I am using (AVISynth) I need to calculate the PAR (Pixel Aspect Ratio), for this I need to know the size of the capture window for my video capture card.
I think that this card uses a Philps SAA-7114H, although I cannot be certain as MSI don't seem to publish this fact anywhere. (I found a few references to the 7114 via Google so that is the best lead I have had so far).
Anyway, even if I knew it used a 7114H that doesn't much help as I can't find any published data that tells me what the capture window (in microseconds) is for this card. The WDM driver might modify the window so how, so I can't just look it up in the datasheet for the 7114H.
I am looking for figures for the capture window for both PAL and NTSC,
could someone please help?
many thanks,
Kevin

To quote from the article I have been using which gives step-by-step instructions on how to calculate to aspect ratio ..
(Pixel Aspect Ratio, Source Aspect Ratio and Target Aspect Ratio)
"To determine your source PAR, you first have to know what the aspect ratio of the capture window of your capture device is. This capture window is fixed, but again it is rarely exactly 4:3. The device always digitizes the same area of your video and resizes it to the size you set in your capture application. The raw captured height is always 480 lines for NTSC and 576 for PAL. The width of the capture window has to be determined. A table with known values (and a more elaborate explanation) can be found in section 5.4. A method for determining this value yourself can be found in chapter 11.
Once you know the capture window width, the Image Aspect Ratio of your device can be calculated as:
PAL IAR = (4 / 3) * ([window width in µs] / 52.0 µs) / (576/576)
NTSC IAR = (4 / 3) * ([window width in µs] / 52.6555 µs) / (480/486) "
The 'window width' is given for some capture cards in the guide, but unfortunately not the MSI one I am using, and the 'window width' does vary from one type of capture card to another.
Without this information I am at a brick wall. There is a method to determine the window by using a PAL DVD player as the source video, playing some test image, the problem is that I only have an NTSC DVD player so I can't use that technique,
this is something that the manufacturer must know, but unfortunately they rarely publish it,
Kevin

"Unable to capture window image"

if I select a window to be screenshot, I get this error:
Your screen shot can’t be saved.
Unable to capture window image.
(shortcut: cmd-shift-4 and then space)
It seems to be new in Lion. Never had that problem before. And regular screenshots seem to work fine (cmd-shift-3).
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Thanks Davide ...
I created com.apple.screencapture.plist with Terminal and restarted the Mac.
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Why is the image in my capture window of Premiere Pro 2 is too large.

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Also, for future reference, PPro2 has a different forum http://forums.adobe.com/community/premiere/premierepro_previous?view=all
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Read Bill Hunt on a file type as WRAPPER http://forums.adobe.com/thread/440037
What is a CODEC... a Primer http://forums.adobe.com/thread/546811
What CODEC is INSIDE that file? http://forums.adobe.com/thread/440037
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WDS 2012 Image Capture - Stuck at 50% "Capturing Windows image metadata..."

I have tried capturing a few images after running sysprep, and they are getting stuck at 50% completion, never moving past after hours of waiting. "Capturing Windows image metadata...". If I look on the WDS server I see that the file
hasn't been modified since it was actually capturing and moving the progress bar.
Has anyone ever experienced this, or have any ideas of how to troubleshoot?
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Hi motenoob,
What system edition and MDT edition you are capturing? If it is Windows8 or 8.1, it seems is the know issue, you can refer the following KB:
Sysprep and Capture task sequence fails when it tries to capture Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 images
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/4e28cac0-29e4-4f24-a8f0-30d34d543a76/wds-2012-image-capture-stuck-at-50-capturing-windows-image-metadata?forum=winserversetup
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SCCM 2012 R2: Build and Capture - Windows 8.1 prompting for network

I have upgraded my SCCM 2012 SP1 (CU2) to SCCM 2012 R2 and I am attempting to Build and Capture Windows 8.1 Enterprise. Everything is perfect except for the OS prompting for a network selection during the process, if I click "next" on that screen
the Capture finishes without incident. The same is true of the Deploy as well...
Is this a bug from my upgrade?
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Hi LillonelC
Can you point out how and where to do this?
When capturing with MDT 2013 on VMware I do not see this, naturaly, since the "machine" only has one network adapter.
But when deploying to a Laptop I get the wireless Setup screen...
On beforehand Thank You!
With kind regards
We aren't using MDT but what we did was create a package called Windows 8.1 - Compnents. In it placed a file named "32Bit-Unattend.xml" and 1 named "64Bit-Unattend.xml".
During the capture in the "Apply Operating System Image" I put a check in the box "Use an unattended or Sysprep answer file for a custom installation". The package was Windows 8.1 - Compnents the File name was "32Bit-Unattend.xml".
I did the same for 64-bit and used the 64-bit version.
Here is content of the 32-bit file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend">
<settings pass="oobeSystem">
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<OOBE>
<HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage>
<HideWirelessSetupInOOBE>true</HideWirelessSetupInOOBE>
<NetworkLocation>Work</NetworkLocation>
<HideOnlineAccountScreens>true</HideOnlineAccountScreens>
<HideOEMRegistrationScreen>true</HideOEMRegistrationScreen>
<HideLocalAccountScreen>true</HideLocalAccountScreen>
</OOBE>
</component>
</settings>
<cpi:offlineImage cpi:source="wim://SERVERNAME/e$/osimages/win_8.1_x86/sources/install.wim#Windows 8.1 Enterprise" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" />
</unattend>
Here is the content of the 64-bit file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend">
<settings pass="oobeSystem">
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<OOBE>
<HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage>
<HideWirelessSetupInOOBE>true</HideWirelessSetupInOOBE>
<NetworkLocation>Work</NetworkLocation>
<HideOnlineAccountScreens>true</HideOnlineAccountScreens>
<HideOEMRegistrationScreen>true</HideOEMRegistrationScreen>
<HideLocalAccountScreen>true</HideLocalAccountScreen>
</OOBE>
</component>
</settings>
<cpi:offlineImage cpi:source="wim://SERVERNAME/e$/osimages/win_8.1_x64/sources/install.wim#Windows 8.1 Enterprise" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" />
</unattend>
If that doesn't help I can try to clarify it a bit further.
PS You won't need to do this for the deploy, only the capture.
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Not able to install sysprepped Windows 8.1 image, an OfflineServicing error appears.

Hello
I have Windows 8.1 Enterprise image failing at the end of the PE phase from a
WDS Server. I´ve searching through every related post but nothing solves the issue. My scenario is similar to this one (http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/7ce4c49d-e8a4-460a-ae17-240daaf5f50e/deploying-a-win7-image-via-wds-fails-with-offlineservicing-error?forum=w7itproinstall),
but with Windows 8.1 Enterprise instead.
Basically, I have sysprepped Windows 8.1 and capture the image successfully without any problem. Then, I´ve uploaded the image to my WDS without any unattend xml file, but when trying to install it I get the following error message after completing the "Expanding
Windows Files" phase:
“Windows could not apply unattend settings during pass [offlineServicing]”
I´ve used the official image release, plus the only one partition disk is formatted before the installation. Every configuration seems to be set correctly. I wonder if there is any particular issue related to Windows 8.1.
I´ve already done this procedure with many other OS images and I´ve never got this error message.
Furthermore, I also tried to perform the installation with an empty unattend answer file attached to the deployed image, but the error still appears.
I wonder if the Win8.1 image needs a proper configuration of the unattend answer file, specially on the
Pass 2 of OfflineServicing. Unfortunately I don´t know how to configure it. I would like to keep the credentials and partition configuration be set manually.
Thank you for any help you can give me.

Hello, thanks for the replay but I didn't found any relevant log file on the client machine.
Unattend mode is unchecked, and I haven't used DISM at all when creating the image. I haven't also opened nor updated any metroApp (although if this were the case, it would raise an issue on sysprep phase).
X:\Windows\panther directory does not exists; (C: volume is not available at installation phase)
X:\Windows\diagerr.xml doesn't have any relevant information (it defines some AtrributeType tags with a number in a xml format but it has no content on any tag.)
X:\windows\tracing\ folder is empty;
X:\windows\Logs & \Logs\CBS folders are empty;
I've checked all the volume and I couldn't find any relevant log which shows an error on the instalation.
In addition, I tried to look into WDS server, but the Enable Log property that the article refers for Windows Server 2012 (WDS is installed in a Windows Server 2012), is not shown at the
EventViewer - Deployment-Services-Diagnostics section. Plus, I search the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\WDSMGMT
entry in order to enable it, but it does not exist.
WDS worked and is working without any issue regardless this Windows 8.1 image. I don't think it has a somthing to do with its configuration.
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Windows 2012R2 Server Image. Setup cannot continue due to a corrupted installation file.

Hello!
When I try to deploy Windows Server 2012R2 64bit on a local machine from my WDS server. I get this error :
"Setup cannot continue due to a corrupted installation file. Contact the vendor of your Windows installation disc or your system administrator for assistance"
This message appear at the last step of the installation. (Finishing Install)
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Help Windows 7 deployment image

Hi,
I have recently created a custom Windows 7 reference image, I have changed the background, installed programs and configured. I then uploaded to my deployment server (Using server 2012, WDS and MDT 2012) and then deployed to a test machine. However
when I came to log into the test machine the desktop background had changed back to the Windows 7 default and although the programs were installed, it appeared that none of them had ever been opened and I had to re-configure them all. Is there anyway where
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Apologies if this has already been asked

The best practice for standard imaging best practices is to make all OS tweaks and enhancements from the local Administrator account. Then once you are ready to sysprep the image and prepare for capture, you will need to utilize the CopyProfile=TRUE option
in your Unatten.xml answer file.
Below is a sample of the Unattend.xml answer file with the CopyProfile feature enabled which allows the profile settings captured to be seen across all other profiles that log in for the first time, post-deployment:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend">
<settings pass="specialize">
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
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</component>
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HT1296 How can I capture and save an image on my screen for later retrieval

How can I capture and save an image on my iPad screen for later retrieval, perhaps on my Laptop (Windows 7)?
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Thanks, Don.

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Capture window 'black'?

FCP 5.1.4
Capturing HDV from small Sony Handycam (set to iLink). Never captured from this camera before. Capture window will play tape back and forth ... but there is no image in the window. Just black.
Mmmm. Any ideas? Something to do with the setting in the camera?
All ears,
Ben

possibly the camera settings -
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It is creating the folder and copying the wim, but it does not show up in the Deployment Workbench under operating systems. Any ideas? I assume the problem is coming from having imported the wim with setup files previously.

Hi,
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Custom .wim image not visible after importing to MDT.
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I tried to change wim name and description property - but nothing worked for me.
So I applied the original image to folder and then recaptured it with imagex I am using (newest WAIK).
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dism /Get-WimInfo
It is now visible in MDT.
Can you please explain what you did.
i am using image capture cd generated using SCCM to capture the wim file.
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MDT 2012 Update 1 - Attempting to capture Windows Thin PC but it keeps looping after reboot.

I have been trying to capture a master image of Windows Thin PC we have prepared using MDT 2012 Update 1 but to no avail. When attempting the capture process using LiteTouch.vbs it syspreps and then reboots as it normally would and then it simply keeps rebooting
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Can you update the share (full update, regenerate from scratch?)
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Then run the following command:
"cscript.exe x:\deploy\scripts\litetouch.wsf /debug:true /debugcapture"
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Build and Capture - Windows 2012 no longer possible

Dear all
We are using SCCM SP1 and facing since May 2013 the following problem:
Our - until May 2013 working - Task Sequence to build and capture our Windows 2012 Datacenter Image does not capture when we install updates during this sequence.
The following steps are working:
- Restart in Windows PE
- Partition Disk 0
- Apply Operating System
- Apply Windows Settings
- Apply Network Settings
- Setup Windows and Configuration Manager
If the next step is Install Updates, it installs the updates, reboot twice, shows again the status of the task sequence and then we can see the login screen from Windows 2012 instead of starting the step "Prepare Configuration Manager
Client".
As soon as we disable the Install Updates step, the task sequence can go to "Prepare Configuration Manager Client" and can successfully capture a new wim.
What could be the problem? Thanks for any hints.
best
JBAB

check your windowsupdate.log and see what updates it's installing, one or more of them is causing a reboot which the task sequence does not expect or like and that is probably your issue, remove that update(s) from the deployment and start again
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