MDT 2012 measuring amount and deployment time

I'm on beginning of MDT's Adventure. For our Client we have to prepare in a monthly basis image load reports that contain amount of images deployed in requested period of time with information how many each OS installation took time. If it's possible to
collect those information from MDT 2012/WDS logs and if it is possible to automation of preparation image load report process.

You could always do a .count of your logging directory on the MDT DS.  The other option would be a Powershell script that runs at the end of the deployment.  It could be something as simple as --
#TS Variables
$tsenv = New-Object -COMObject Microsoft.SMS.TSEnvironment
$scriptroot = $tsenv.Value("Scriptroot")
#Machine Log Path
$machineLog = machinelog.txt
#WMI Variables
$os = get-wmiobject win32_operatingsystem
$computer = get-wmiboject win32_computersystem
#VALIDATE MACHINE LOG EXISTS.
if (!(test-path $scriptroot\$machinelog)){
new-item -path $scriptroot\$machinelog}
#ADD CONTENT TO MACHINE LOG.
add-content -path $scriptroot\$machinelog -value "Machine built - $(Get-Date) - Machine Name : $computer.name OS : $os.version"
#DONE
exit 0
This is really basic but you get the idea.  Have it shoot data to a file.  Usually you would want this into an xls file, but that takes a bit more work.  I take no responsibility for this script and it has not been tested, it's more to give
you the idea of the construct for what you would need.  Good luck.

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    0x030F0209
    0x746E6547
    0X49656E69
    0X6C65746E
    So tried the same in another HP machine ,the deployment was success and also was able to capture the refrence machine.
    Need your help to find why this error occurred in this specific HP model D530 alone. Is it the reason that ADK was not supported in that specific model.
    D530 is the maximum available HW model in client environment so your help will be much appreciated.
    Thanks in Advance!!

    I have never seen that error before (see identical post). I did a quick internet search and found the following:
    http://optimizewindows8.wordpress.com/2013/03/26/how-to-fix-error-code-0x0000005d/
    Either:
    1) Upgrade your machines with modern processors that support the ADK.
          or
    2) Downgrade to the WAIK
    http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=5753 and stick with Windows 7.
    Keith Garner - keithga.wordpress.com

  • SCCM 2012 deployed application outside of Maint Window and before Deployment time

    I have an application that I set for deployment time of 7pm today. The collection that I deployed it to had a maint window start time of 7pm - stop time of 6am.
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    I have time based on: UTC should I change that to Client Local Time? I thought UTC meant that for example if I have deployment set at 7pm and My sccm server is in a different time zone that when the respective time zone reached 7pm that it would start the
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    I clicked on the maint Tab on the collection that I deployed it to and there is only 1 maint window for that collection.
    I went to a client that it installed on and viewed the execmgr.log. The lasttime it was populated was today at 6am. I then tried another client and same thing last entry was from 6am.

  • Windows Restarted Unexpectedly while applying systems settings after MDT 2012 deployment.

    Posted this in another forum, so I figured give this forum a try.
    Hello,
    I wonder if anyone can help or point me in the right direction.  I've created a couple of WIMs and deployed them out using MDT 2012 and WDS running on a Windows 2008R2 server.  The images are created and captured fine.  Sysprep runs with no issues
    and I can deploy out the images to any PC/laptop I want.
    The issue I'm running into is I can deploy out this image to 100 PC's without any issue.  Then all of a sudden, I'll get an error saying Windows restarted unexpectedly or encountered an unexpected error and can not continue.  This will then happen
    from now on with this particular image.  For instance I've imaged a particular Dell Optiplex 790 multiple times with no problem, then all of a sudden I get this error on this or any other PC i image.
    If I create a new image, the pattern just keeps happening over and over again.  I know it's not an issue with the physical computers themselves and I can imagine something is corrupting every image I have over a certain amount of time, so I'm sort of at
    a loss.  Driver issue perhaps?
    Thanks,
    Mike

    I'm having what sounds like the same problem, which is why I posted it with this thread.  I have been using MDT 2013 on various computers without any issues and now I am receiving the
    Windows restarted unexpectedly message after the image has been applied.  It will not get past the error.  We only recently began using MDT 2013 with windows 2012 R2, so I don't have much experience troubleshooting.  The only error I
    found in the smsts.log is as follows:
    User specified local data drive D: TSManager
    2/6/2015 1:20:20 PM 628 (0x0274)
    D:\_SMSTaskSequence does not exist TSManager
    2/6/2015 1:20:20 PM 628 (0x0274)
    Creating directory D:\_SMSTaskSequence TSManager
    2/6/2015 1:20:20 PM 628 (0x0274)
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    TSManager 2/6/2015 1:20:20 PM
    628 (0x0274)
    Failed to create D:\_SMSTaskSequence (3) TSManager
    2/6/2015 1:20:20 PM 628 (0x0274)
    I am deploying windows 8 (x64 &x86) custom wim images created using Hyper-v.  In my custom.ini file I use an IP address for my server and I join the computer to our domain.  
    1) Could the IP address be causing the problem?  Should I use the full domain address for my server?
    2) If the WIM file is locked somehow or unavailable, what services should I turn off on the server?
    3) Any other suggestions?
    I won't have access to the server for a couple of days and I wanted to get help before I start to make changes or create another image.  Thank you!

  • SCCM's OSD (not MDT): Task sequence can be tweaked into imaging Windows+VHD Native Boot, but can it go all the way and deploy?

    Hello All,
    What I am trying to do is use SCCM's own OSD Task Sequence / Windows PE to deploy an operating system that boots using VHD Native Boot. (C:\ = VHD File  with Windows, D:\ Data drive with BCDBoot).
    MDT 2013 Can do it I've been told, but I am putting off MDT until Windows 10 if I can get away with it.
    TechNet VHD Native Boot on Windows 8.1:
    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh825689.aspx
    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh825691.aspx
    The good news is it is working up to the "Apply Operating System" phase, but that apply operating system phase is reported as an error even though it completes successfully. It can't clean up the SMSTS folder it's looking for on the C:\ because
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    which works for US before we upgrade to Windows 10 with utilizing MDT.
    I am not talking about deploying an OS to a VHD file and putting that file on a network share i.e.
    http://blogs.technet.com/b/configurationmgr/archive/2013/10/31/new-in-system-center-2012-r2-configuration-manager-deploying-an-operating-system-to-a-virtual-hard-drive-vhd.aspx
    I reported getting the diskpart script working first here:
    https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/ff124f09-1d2e-4fc4-a5b6-63b683f3d208/native-vhd-boot-deployments-from-sccm-2012-r2?forum=configmanagerosd
    Here it is:
    rem work around any USB disk left in or any CDROM detected by PE as drive D
    select volume D
    assign letter=F noerr
    rem select the formatted volume and reassign it's drive letter
    select volume C
    assign letter=D
    rem create and setup VHD file
    create vdisk file=D:\DEV_WIN81.VHD maximum=250000 type=expandable
    select vdisk file=D:\DEV_WIN81.VHD
    attach vdisk
    create partition primary
    active
    format FS=NTFS quick label="Developer Win81 VHD"
    assign letter=C
    rescan
    exit
    (type=fixed is better for performance - we'll surely activate when we have dual boot 8.1 / Windows 10 later for the Win10 VHD's)
    The Task Sequence looks like this:
    I'd like to add a few more steps after apply operating system if I can, but I have to resolve this error with "Apply Operating system before I can go further."
    Question:
    Can an OSD guru tell me if there are any Task Sequence Variables we could throw at this to make the Apply Operating System sequence complete without error so we can do all SCCM OSD Deployment steps?
    If we can, then someone (not me) gets to add a new TechNet blog post about this being possible. It's my understanding presently that only MDT can support deploying WIM files into VHDs on Workstations, that boot them.
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    get any issues.
    I'm only allowed enough characters to paste the tail end of the apply operating system phase only:
    <![LOG[Execution engine result code: Success (0)]LOG]!><time="18:29:37.691-420" date="12-26-2014" component="TSManager" context="" type="1" thread="960" file="tsmanager.cpp:929">
    <![LOG[Cleaning Up.]LOG]!><time="18:29:37.691-420" date="12-26-2014" component="TSManager" context="" type="1" thread="960" file="tsmanager.cpp:675">
    <![LOG[Removing Authenticator]LOG]!><time="18:29:37.691-420" date="12-26-2014" component="TSManager" context="" type="1" thread="960" file="tsmanager.cpp:686">
    <![LOG[shKey.DeleteValue( c_szRegValue_SecurityToken ), HRESULT=80070002 (e:\nts_sccm_release\sms\framework\ccmutillib\ccmutillib.cpp,1660)]LOG]!><time="18:29:37.691-420" date="12-26-2014" component="TSManager" context="" type="0" thread="960" file="ccmutillib.cpp:1660">
    <![LOG[Cleaning up task sequence folder]LOG]!><time="18:29:37.691-420" date="12-26-2014" component="TSManager" context="" type="1" thread="960" file="utils.cpp:2329">
    <![LOG[Unable to delete file C:\_SMSTaskSequence\TSEnv.dat (0x80070005). Continuing.]LOG]!><time="18:29:37.738-420" date="12-26-2014" component="TSManager" context="" type="1" thread="960" file="ccmfile.cpp:1056">
    <![LOG[hr, HRESULT=80070091 (e:\nts_sccm_release\sms\framework\core\ccmcore\ccmfile.cpp,1218)]LOG]!><time="18:29:37.738-420" date="12-26-2014" component="TSManager" context="" type="0" thread="960" file="ccmfile.cpp:1218">
    <![LOG[Failed to delete directory 'C:\_SMSTaskSequence']LOG]!><time="18:29:37.738-420" date="12-26-2014" component="TSManager" context="" type="2" thread="960" file="ccmfile.cpp:1218">
    <![LOG[(dwRet = ::SetNamedSecurityInfoW ((WCHAR*) pszObjectName, objectType, OWNER_SECURITY_INFORMATION, pOwnerSID, NULL, NULL, NULL)) == ERROR_SUCCESS, HRESULT=80070005 (e:\qfe\nts\sms\framework\tscore\utils.cpp,6675)]LOG]!><time="18:29:37.738-420" date="12-26-2014" component="TSManager" context="" type="0" thread="960" file="utils.cpp:6675">
    <![LOG[SetNamedSecurityInfo() failed.]LOG]!><time="18:29:37.738-420" date="12-26-2014" component="TSManager" context="" type="3" thread="960" file="utils.cpp:6675">
    <![LOG[SetObjectOwner() failed. 0x80070005.]LOG]!><time="18:29:37.738-420" date="12-26-2014" component="TSManager" context="" type="3" thread="960" file="utils.cpp:6687">
    <![LOG[SetObjectOwner (szFName, SE_FILE_OBJECT, c_szAdministrators), HRESULT=80070005 (e:\qfe\nts\sms\framework\tscore\utils.cpp,6772)]LOG]!><time="18:29:37.738-420" date="12-26-2014" component="TSManager" context="" type="0" thread="960" file="utils.cpp:6772">
    <![LOG[RemoveFile() failed for C:\_SMSTaskSequence\TSEnv.dat. 0x80070005.]LOG]!><time="18:29:37.738-420" date="12-26-2014" component="TSManager" context="" type="3" thread="960" file="utils.cpp:6816">
    <![LOG[RemoveDirectoryW failed (0x80070091) for C:\_SMSTaskSequence]LOG]!><time="18:29:37.738-420" date="12-26-2014" component="TSManager" context="" type="2" thread="960" file="utils.cpp:6900">
    <![LOG[Deleting volume ID file C:\_SMSTSVolumeID.7159644d-f741-45d5-ab29-0ad8aa4771ca ...]LOG]!><time="18:29:37.738-420" date="12-26-2014" component="TSManager" context="" type="1" thread="960" file="resolvesource.cpp:506">
    <![LOG[DeleteFileW(sVolumeIDFile.c_str()), HRESULT=80070002 (e:\qfe\nts\sms\framework\tscore\resolvesource.cpp,508)]LOG]!><time="18:29:37.738-420" date="12-26-2014" component="TSManager" context="" type="0" thread="960" file="resolvesource.cpp:508">
    <![LOG[Deleting volume ID file D:\_SMSTSVolumeID.7159644d-f741-45d5-ab29-0ad8aa4771ca ...]LOG]!><time="18:29:37.738-420" date="12-26-2014" component="TSManager" context="" type="1" thread="960" file="resolvesource.cpp:506">
    <![LOG[DeleteFileW(sVolumeIDFile.c_str()), HRESULT=80070002 (e:\qfe\nts\sms\framework\tscore\resolvesource.cpp,508)]LOG]!><time="18:29:37.738-420" date="12-26-2014" component="TSManager" context="" type="0" thread="960" file="resolvesource.cpp:508">
    <![LOG[Successfully unregistered Task Sequencing Environment COM Interface.]LOG]!><time="18:29:37.738-420" date="12-26-2014" component="TSManager" context="" type="1" thread="960" file="environmentlib.cpp:910">
    <![LOG[Command line for extension .exe is "%1" %*]LOG]!><time="18:29:37.738-420" date="12-26-2014" component="TSManager" context="" type="0" thread="960" file="commandline.cpp:228">
    <![LOG[Set command line: "X:\sms\bin\x64\TsProgressUI.exe" /Unregister]LOG]!><time="18:29:37.738-420" date="12-26-2014" component="TSManager" context="" type="0" thread="960" file="commandline.cpp:731">
    <![LOG[Executing command line: "X:\sms\bin\x64\TsProgressUI.exe" /Unregister]LOG]!><time="18:29:37.738-420" date="12-26-2014" component="TSManager" context="" type="1" thread="960" file="commandline.cpp:827">
    <![LOG[==========[ TsProgressUI started in process 8012 ]==========]LOG]!><time="18:29:37.754-420" date="12-26-2014" component="TsProgressUI" context="" type="1" thread="8040" file="winmain.cpp:330">
    <![LOG[Command line: "X:\sms\bin\x64\TsProgressUI.exe" /Unregister]LOG]!><time="18:29:37.754-420" date="12-26-2014" component="TsProgressUI" context="" type="0" thread="8040" file="winmain.cpp:332">
    <![LOG[Unregistering COM classes]LOG]!><time="18:29:37.754-420" date="12-26-2014" component="TsProgressUI" context="" type="1" thread="8040" file="winmain.cpp:204">
    <![LOG[Unregistering class objects]LOG]!><time="18:29:37.754-420" date="12-26-2014" component="TsProgressUI" context="" type="1" thread="8040" file="winmain.cpp:495">
    <![LOG[Shutdown complete.]LOG]!><time="18:29:37.754-420" date="12-26-2014" component="TsProgressUI" context="" type="1" thread="8040" file="winmain.cpp:512">
    <![LOG[Process completed with exit code 0]LOG]!><time="18:29:37.754-420" date="12-26-2014" component="TSManager" context="" type="1" thread="960" file="commandline.cpp:1123">
    <![LOG[Successfully unregistered TS Progress UI.]LOG]!><time="18:29:37.754-420" date="12-26-2014" component="TSManager" context="" type="1" thread="960" file="utils.cpp:2903">
    <![LOG[Sending success status message]LOG]!><time="18:29:37.754-420" date="12-26-2014" component="TSManager" context="" type="1" thread="960" file="tsmanager.cpp:784">
    <![LOG[MP server http://OUR-SCCM.ourcompany.com. Ports 80,443. CRL=false.]LOG]!><time="18:29:37.754-420" date="12-26-2014" component="TSManager" context="" type="1" thread="960" file="utils.cpp:5881">
    <![LOG[Setting authenticator]LOG]!><time="18:29:37.785-420" date="12-26-2014" component="TSManager" context="" type="1" thread="960" file="utils.cpp:5903">
    <![LOG[Set authenticator in transport]LOG]!><time="18:29:37.785-420" date="12-26-2014" component="TSManager" context="" type="0" thread="960" file="libsmsmessaging.cpp:7734">
    <![LOG[Sending StatusMessage]LOG]!><time="18:29:37.785-420" date="12-26-2014" component="TSManager" context="" type="1" thread="960" file="libsmsmessaging.cpp:4023">
    <![LOG[Setting message signatures.]LOG]!><time="18:29:37.801-420" date="12-26-2014" component="TSManager" context="" type="0" thread="960" file="libsmsmessaging.cpp:1295">
    <![LOG[Setting the authenticator.]LOG]!><time="18:29:37.801-420" date="12-26-2014" component="TSManager" context="" type="0" thread="960" file="libsmsmessaging.cpp:1325">
    <![LOG[CLibSMSMessageWinHttpTransport::Send: URL: OUR-SCCM.ourcompany.com:80 CCM_POST /ccm_system/request]LOG]!><time="18:29:37.801-420" date="12-26-2014" component="TSManager" context="" type="1" thread="960" file="libsmsmessaging.cpp:8604">
    <![LOG[Request was successful.]LOG]!><time="18:29:37.832-420" date="12-26-2014" component="TSManager" context="" type="0" thread="960" file="libsmsmessaging.cpp:8939">
    <![LOG[::RegQueryValueExW(hSubKey, szReg, NULL, NULL, NULL, &dwSize), HRESULT=80070002 (e:\qfe\nts\sms\framework\tscore\utils.cpp,811)]LOG]!><time="18:29:37.832-420" date="12-26-2014" component="TSManager" context="" type="0" thread="960" file="utils.cpp:811">
    <![LOG[RegQueryValueExW is unsuccessful for Software\Microsoft\SMS\Task Sequence, SMSTSEndProgram]LOG]!><time="18:29:37.832-420" date="12-26-2014" component="TSManager" context="" type="2" thread="960" file="utils.cpp:811">
    <![LOG[GetTsRegValue() is unsuccessful. 0x80070002.]LOG]!><time="18:29:37.832-420" date="12-26-2014" component="TSManager" context="" type="2" thread="960" file="utils.cpp:842">
    <![LOG[End program: ]LOG]!><time="18:29:37.832-420" date="12-26-2014" component="TSManager" context="" type="1" thread="960" file="tsmanager.cpp:805">
    <![LOG[Finalize logging request ignored from process 856]LOG]!><time="18:29:37.832-420" date="12-26-2014" component="TSManager" context="" type="1" thread="960" file="tslogging.cpp:1737">
    <![LOG[Process completed with exit code 0]LOG]!><time="18:29:37.863-420" date="12-26-2014" component="TSPxe" context="" type="1" thread="592" file="commandline.cpp:1123">
    <![LOG[Task Sequence Manager returned code 0x00000000]LOG]!><time="18:29:37.863-420" date="12-26-2014" component="TSPxe" context="" type="1" thread="592" file="tsmediawizardcontrol.cpp:2180">
    <![LOG[Exiting with return code 0x00000000]LOG]!><time="18:29:37.863-420" date="12-26-2014" component="TSPxe" context="" type="1" thread="592" file="tsmbootstrap.cpp:1238">
    <![LOG[Execution complete.]LOG]!><time="18:29:37.879-420" date="12-26-2014" component="TSBootShell" context="" type="1" thread="760" file="bootshell.cpp:693">
    <![LOG[hMap != 0, HRESULT=80070002 (e:\qfe\nts\sms\framework\tscore\environmentscope.cpp,493)]LOG]!><time="18:29:37.879-420" date="12-26-2014" component="TSBootShell" context="" type="0" thread="760" file="environmentscope.cpp:493">
    <![LOG[m_pGlobalScope->open(), HRESULT=80070002 (e:\qfe\nts\sms\framework\tscore\environmentlib.cpp,335)]LOG]!><time="18:29:37.879-420" date="12-26-2014" component="TSBootShell" context="" type="0" thread="760" file="environmentlib.cpp:335">
    <![LOG[this->open(), HRESULT=80070002 (e:\qfe\nts\sms\framework\tscore\environmentlib.cpp,553)]LOG]!><time="18:29:37.879-420" date="12-26-2014" component="TSBootShell" context="" type="0" thread="760" file="environmentlib.cpp:553">
    <![LOG[::RegQueryValueExW(hSubKey, szReg, NULL, NULL, NULL, &dwSize), HRESULT=80070002 (e:\qfe\nts\sms\framework\tscore\utils.cpp,811)]LOG]!><time="18:29:37.879-420" date="12-26-2014" component="TSBootShell" context="" type="0" thread="760" file="utils.cpp:811">
    <![LOG[RegQueryValueExW is unsuccessful for Software\Microsoft\SMS\Task Sequence, SMSTSEndProgram]LOG]!><time="18:29:37.879-420" date="12-26-2014" component="TSBootShell" context="" type="2" thread="760" file="utils.cpp:811">
    <![LOG[GetTsRegValue() is unsuccessful. 0x80070002.]LOG]!><time="18:29:37.879-420" date="12-26-2014" component="TSBootShell" context="" type="2" thread="760" file="utils.cpp:842">
    <![LOG[End program: ]LOG]!><time="18:29:37.879-420" date="12-26-2014" component="TSBootShell" context="" type="1" thread="760" file="bootshell.cpp:725">
    <![LOG[Finalizing logging from process 752]LOG]!><time="18:29:37.879-420" date="12-26-2014" component="TSBootShell" context="" type="1" thread="760" file="tslogging.cpp:1741">
    <![LOG[Finalizing logs to root of first available drive]LOG]!><time="18:29:37.879-420" date="12-26-2014" component="TSBootShell" context="" type="1" thread="760" file="tslogging.cpp:1583">
    <![LOG[Successfully finalized logs to D:\SMSTSLog]LOG]!><time="18:29:37.879-420" date="12-26-2014" component="TSBootShell" context="" type="1" thread="760" file="tslogging.cpp:1640">
    <![LOG[Cleaning up task sequencing logging configuration.]LOG]!><time="18:29:37.879-420" date="12-26-2014" component="TSBootShell" context="" type="0" thread="760" file="tslogging.cpp:584">
    MCSE,MCNE,SCO,Sair Linux/GNU, Open source-enthusiast.

    I have already set it to FALSE. The solution to this will be some different OSD Task Sequence variables or a statement that it can't be made to work.
    I believe that setting defines what volume will be the BOOT / OS Drive Letter. Some people were getting D:\WINDOWS as their boot volume drive letter. Setting to true means whatever was the System Drive letter (usually C) in the image will remain as such
    after it was was applied, setting it to false will make the system have the same drive letter arrangement as what Windows PE detects. In my case I set it to false so that no matter what the new VHD file setup as drive C will be the system drive. I'll set it
    to true on the next deployment but I expect there to be no difference, because in both PE and the WIM the installation volume is the C:.
    We are talking about the DRIVE LETTERS Windows PE SCCM OSD is using for it's temporary files - and how we can manipulate these locations using OSD Task Sequence Variables, so the Apply OS doesn't try and clean up files that are not there
    - and fail with an error if you have added a VHD Native Boot volume.
    This OSDPreserveDriveLetter setting isn't having any effect on the problem here.
    I believe that Format step is setting some task variables used by the OSD Deployment process - telling it where to store it's temporary files. However between the Format Disks and Apply operating system steps the OSD Task Sequence isn't picking up on the
    fact what was the C:\ after Format HDD step is now the D:\ .
    A developer who has an understanding of how the OSD boot process executes in order would be able to see what's going on here.
    MCSE,MCNE,SCO,Sair Linux/GNU, Open source-enthusiast.

  • Dell Laptops E7440 & E7240 - Issues with connecting to MDT 2012 deployment share

    Hi,
      Good afternoon.Need help on this please
    -Test laptops Iam using are 2 * E7440 and 1*E7240. One laptop of model E7440 has our image installed and other two (1*E7440 & 1*E7240) are shipped from Dell with default Win 7 64 bit OS.
    -Test desktops Iam using are Dell Optiplex 3020 & Dell 3010 . Both models have our own images of Win 7 64 Bit.
    -Laptops and desktops are on same network .
    -For OS deployments we have MDT 2012.
    -While there are no issues with desktops, all the laptops mentioned above don’t connect to MDT deployments share . The detailed error message I get when I run a litetouch ISO is ‘A connection to the deployment share could not be made. Connection OJ.Possible
    cause:invalid credentials. Retry : Try again to connect to the deployment share.’
    -Have injected all possible network & storage drivers mentioned by Dell &  Intel into MDT boot image but the problem still persists. Still WinPE doesn’t detect network adapter wherein IPaddresses are not picked in WinPE mode.
    -Have been testing each and every driver by manually loading them into Winpe mode to see if they pick up the IP addresses and I finally found one driver by name ‘e1d63x64.inf ‘ which I downloaded directly from Intel website. This one is picking IP Address
    in WinPE mode when loaded manually. Also have tested the connectivity to MDT server in WinPE mode with net use command and it was successful.
    Have injected this driver into MDT Laptop deployment share, regenerated the ISO and tried again however Iam still unable to connect to the deployment share with litetouch ISO.
    The above driver is very much part of set of network drivers on Dell website too.But it doesn’t work.
    -Have also tried combination of network & storage drivers from Dell website  (along with the above one mentioned ) injecting them into the MDT laptop boot image but no luck.
    -Every time I make changes to drivers in boot image,I update deployment share & recreate boot image .
    -This very litetouch iso connects to  MDT deployments share for Dell desktop models 3010 & 3020 but have issues with laptop models E7440 & E7240. This means any connectivity or access issues can be ruled out. Also no problem with our image cause
    this happens even with brand new shipped laptops with your inbuild win 7 OS.
    -Have tried all options suggested on internet,tested all the drivers suggested but no luck.
    -For example I tried latest E7440 netwrok & storage drivers ,Dell Win PE drivers,drivers from Intel website,etc  individually as well as in combinations but the issue persists.
    -If you google many express similar issues with these laptop models.
    Though I used the drivers suggested by various bloggers,nothing worked for me.
    Any help on this is appreciated.Thanks in advance.

    Hi,
    I have several E6420, O3010 and since a week also some E7440 and E7240 on site.
    I never had issues using the current Dell PE package for MDT.
    At the moment my PE contains only the drivers from the Dell PE 3.0 package (WinPE3.0-Drivers-A13-D67JC)
    and all my systems mentioned abobe have no issues connecting to the deployment share.
    (btw: I have also some older E6400, E6410 and O390 I do no longer support, they
    are supported by the pack Dell-WinPE-Drivers-A05.CAB according
    to the Dell site, but I just started a deplymenst on a E6410 and is is also workign with just the latest PE pack)
    I'd
    suggest you start over with your deplyoment share using at least MDT2012 Update 1.
    Create a folder "PE" under "Out-of-Box Drivers" and extract latest Dell PE pack and import he drivers there
    Create a selection profile e.g. "PE Drivers" and include just the "PE" folder created above
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