Create a Windows 7 BitLocker Partition in ConfigMgr
In System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM / ConfigMgr) something I’ve done a few times is to create a BitLocker partition for Windows 7 during an Operating System Deployment (OSD) Task Sequence. I’ve seen the method used here a few times before but I wanted to document it for myself so that I can use it for an upcoming article on configuring BitLocker with TPM+PIN from...
Read MoreMDT and ConfigMgr Build Drivers for Windows 7
When doing Windows 7 builds in either MDT 2010 or ConfigMgr 2007 you have to download and install a selection of drivers that are to be installed in your images. Some drivers are used for the WinPE boot image so that the boot image can access the local harddisk (a boot critical driver) and also drivers that allow the machine to connect to the network so that it can continue the MDT/ConfigMgr...
Read MoreSetting a UK Keyboard in ConfigMgr 2007 OSD
In the UK, we actually get the US version of Windows 7 and Office 2010, so whenever I do any build engineering in either MDT or ConfigMgr one of the first things I need to customize are the regional settings. In particular the keyboard layout and location. There are many ways to achieve this ranging from manually making the change in a reference image or creating an unattend.xml file. In this...
Read MoreWindows 7 Aero Theme Not Enabled After Deployment
An issue I saw a number of times at customers was that the Windows 7 Aero theme was not enabled after deployment. I saw this numerous times in early workshops and pilots for customers and completely forgot about it until I saw the question asked again a few weeks ago. So here is a post describing the sort of symptoms you might see and how to workaround it. There are two main tools...
Read MoreWindows 7 Self Optimizing Boot Process
You may have heard the about the fact that Windows 7 (and actually, Windows Vista too) has improved boot up times over Windows XP and dismissed it as “that there marketing speak”. Surprisingly, it’s actually true! On top of that, the boot process is also optimized over time to make things even faster. This blog post gives a high-level overview of how this works and also provides...
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