I had a need for an accurate timezone and specific date format during Windows PE session when using SCCM OSD. To change timezone: At the start of the task sequence, run a command like “reg.exe import AUS_EST.reg” This is simply an export of HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\TimeZoneInformation. In my case, the contents of AUS_EST.reg looked like: Windows Registry [...]

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I came across an interesting and free tool. In their own words, this tool Quickly Generate Credible, Personalized ROI presentations and Proposals for System Center. The System Center ROI/TCO tool enables a comprehensive business case for the entire System Center suite including: System Center Operations Manager System Center Configuration Manager System Center Virtual Machine Manager [...]

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I had an issue recently where Outlook 2010 settings and signatures were not being migrated to the new machine when using USMT in conjunction with SCCM OSD. There is a Microsoft hotfix for USMT 4.0 to specifically address this, essentially it is an update of the executables, DLLs and XML files to support the Office [...]

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During a new deployment of a Certificate Services, I needed to increase the validity period of the CA certificate issued from the root (and offline) CA to the issuing CA (online and domain joined). By default this is only valid for 1 year. After unsuccessful hunting around the GUI options, I realised that this is [...]

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