Posts made by andyroo54

This is a good reminder to keep another spare of your SOE… I will do a back up on an old spare drive tomorrow. . I wouldn’t want to have these same problems!

Still having problems with this. It’s strange. I built a windows 7 pro image on a physical machine (samsung series 7 slate) and uploaded without sysprep because it was only to be deployed to the same hardware. But for whatever reason the virtual just won’t rename once it’s deployed to clients. I’ve tried installing the fog service both before/after sysprep and neither seems to work. Fog log doesn’t show any problems… I think anyway. Doesn’t show any tasks pending, but the host name in fog is totally different. Does the machine name have to be less than 15 characters when the fog service is installed maybe?

20/02/2012 9:32 PM FOG::GreenFog No actions were found.
20/02/2012 9:32 PM FOG::GreenFog No tasks found after validation!
20/02/2012 9:32 PM FOG::GUIWatcher Dispatch OK!
20/02/2012 9:32 PM FOG::printerManager Management level = 0
20/02/2012 9:32 PM FOG::printerManager This host is set to NO MANAGEMENT, we will exit now.
20/02/2012 9:32 PM FOG::printerManager Major printing operations complete, moving to tracking mode.
20/02/2012 9:32 PM FOG::printerManager New user detected: WINDOW\Administrator
20/02/2012 9:32 PM FOG::printerManager Waiting for tray to load…
20/02/2012 9:32 PM FOG::DirCleaner Starting directory cleaning process…
20/02/2012 9:32 PM FOG::DirCleaner Attempting to connect to fog server…
20/02/2012 9:32 PM FOG::DirCleaner Module is active…
20/02/2012 9:32 PM FOG::DirCleaner Determining which directories should be cleaned…
20/02/2012 9:32 PM FOG::DirCleaner No directories are configured to be cleaned.
20/02/2012 9:32 PM FOG::DirCleaner Starting directory cleaning loop…
20/02/2012 9:32 PM FOG::DirCleaner Module has finished work and will now exit.
20/02/2012 9:33 PM FOG::MODDebug Reading config settings…
20/02/2012 9:33 PM FOG::MODDebug Reading of config settings passed.
20/02/2012 9:33 PM FOG::MODDebug Starting Core processing…
20/02/2012 9:33 PM FOG::MODDebug Operating System ID: 6
20/02/2012 9:33 PM FOG::MODDebug Operating System Minor: 1
20/02/2012 9:33 PM FOG::MODDebug MAC ID 0 00:0C:29:82:CB:AC
20/02/2012 9:33 PM FOG::MODDebug MAC POST String: 00:0C:29:82:CB:AC
20/02/2012 9:33 PM FOG::MODDebug A user is currently logged in
20/02/2012 9:33 PM FOG::MODDebug Username: WINDOW\Administrator
20/02/2012 9:33 PM FOG::MODDebug Hostname: WINDOW
20/02/2012 9:33 PM FOG::MODDebug Attempting to open connect to: [url]http://fogserver/fog/service/debug.php[/url]
20/02/2012 9:33 PM FOG::MODDebug Server responded with: Hello FOG Client
20/02/2012 9:33 PM FOG::MODDebug Module has finished work and will now exit.

Just confirmed that if I:

Run sysprep, then upload and then deploy the image to another machine, (the PC name is 15 characters for some stupid reason, I can’t figure why my unattend.xml won’t specify the PC name, rather than giving it this random 15 character windows-wa532f2 name…), then rename the machine manually to a smaller name- THEN install fogservice and restart- THEN it will rename to the correct FOG name…

So basically I need to rename the PC after sysprep to a short name (can probably do this with a powershell script), THEN get FOG service to install on SECOND start up… I wonder if I can even do that… “second” log on commands?

[quote=“ikaney, post: 1365, member: 513”]I’ve just upgraded my Fog installation from 0.29 to 0.32. Really really impressed with how far it has progressed and the spanky new web interface is wonderful!

Unfortunately, I’m still having problems dealing with Windows 7 images which I thought the upgrade would resolve.

I currently have a machine (HP Compaq 6005) that’s ready to perform an image upload from and have registered the host, created the image slot as Windows 7/single partition resizeable and created a task to upload. The machine PXE boots fine and gets to the usual image upload screen (partimage) but for some reason it detects the filesystem as RAW rather than NTFS. I’ve even tried multiple partition/no resize and that still behaves the same.

The machine in question does not have the 100MB system partition and has had the usual things performed, chkdsk, defrag, etc.

Any ideas?[/quote]

Can you replicate this with another machine? Maybe try a virtual?- Just be sure to set the virtual HDD to IDE, not SCSI!

[quote=“MikeyMike, post: 1288, member: 493”]I apply SP1 as an offline installer (you also get an extra count to 4 re-arms total if you do this) and I also apply all windows updates to the image before uploading and its always worked with various Dell, HP and Acer laptops and desktops on my school network. I run checkdisk, ccleaner also and then defrag about 4 times before an upload image. I still run fogprep and dont have fog client installed and havent seen the issue you have mentioned at all. Hope that helps![/quote]

I don’t get that error with SP1? My SOE has SP1 and I haven’t had any probems with .32

Hi there Russell, if you were talking to me then I’ve figured out my problem, it was related to a badly written program that changes the startup sound for windows 7. I never should have put in it was only for a laugh, and was meant to take it out. I figured it out by rebuilding the image one things at a time, process of elimination. I got it on the 3rd or 4th time as I had a feeling it was the culprit.

I’ve made a guide here Bruce:

[url]http://fogproject.org/forum/threads/how-to-make-a-simple-snapin-start-to-finish.304/[/url]

CONTINUING FROM THE FIRST POST

[B]STEP 6: Making the SFX installer[/B]
Go ahead and launch SFX Maker. On the first screen it will ask you which file you want to include. This is the 7zip archive we made in the last step. So hit the plus icon and navigate to the SFX Adobe folder where archive is.

[IMG]http://i1107.photobucket.com/albums/h386/andyroo54/7.jpg[/IMG]

Now move to the “General” Tab at the top. Set the extraction path to a temporary folder. Make sure you choose “hide extraction progress” and “delete the SFX file after extraction”.

[IMG]http://i1107.photobucket.com/albums/h386/andyroo54/8.jpg[/IMG]

Now move to the “Icon” tab. Here you can choose which Icon you want. You can also make your own icons and copy them to the “resources” folder in the SFX Maker directory. To make an .ico file you can use this free program:
[url]http://www.321download.com/LastFreeware/page40.html#IcoFX[/url]

[IMG]http://i1107.photobucket.com/albums/h386/andyroo54/9.jpg[/IMG]

Now move to the “Execute” Tab. [B]This is important[/B], this is the path to the file that we want the SFX Maker to run after it is extracted on the machine. In this case we want to use this path:
%%T\Install.cmd
This will follow the temporary path where the SFX is extracted to, and run our command to install adobe.

[IMG]http://i1107.photobucket.com/albums/h386/andyroo54/10.jpg[/IMG]

Now choose “Make SFX” at the bottom right of the window. That’s it! Make sure you test the SFX thoroughly. If it works then you can upload the Snapin to FOG for deployment.[B] REMEMBER:[/B] The finished SFX will delete itself after being extracted, so make sure you make a copy somewhere or else you will have to repeat step 6.

Select “New snapin” from the snapin Menu.

[IMG]http://i1107.photobucket.com/albums/h386/andyroo54/11.jpg[/IMG]

Now you can add the details and then browse to the location, then click add! All done!

[IMG]http://i1107.photobucket.com/albums/h386/andyroo54/12.jpg[/IMG]

This guide is intended as a loose guide only for people new to FOG and snapins. This is just the way I do it and I haven’t had any problems. You can get as creative as you like with your snapins, you could for example get the .cmd script to check for older versions of Adobe reader and ask it to uninstall them before installing the new version. In this example I used an .exe for Adobe, but you can also use .msi installers, just update the script to use “msiexec” and change the quiet switches. I’ve tried to keep it straight forward and simple. The only limit is your imagination!

Another useful site is App Deploy. Lots of great information for deploying specific software.
[url]http://www.appdeploy.com/[/url]

I’m still by no means an expert, but I hope this might help someone in a similar situation to what I was a few months back. Feel free to post comments I will try to answer them if I can.
Thanks and goodluck![quote=“andyroo54, post: 1271, member: 267”]Hi,
When I started I couldn’t find much information on the process. There is a lot of information but I couldn’t find any guides as such for total newbies. So now that I’ve got the hang of it I thought I’d make one for others new to FOG and Snapins. I have attached the guide as a PDF, or you can read below.

I hope it is easy to understand, and believe me it gets easier very quickly the more you do.

Thanks for looking.[/quote]

Hi,
When I started I couldn’t find much information on the process. There is a lot of information but I couldn’t find any guides as such for total newbies. So now that I’ve got the hang of it I thought I’d make one for others new to FOG and Snapins. I have attached the guide as a PDF, or you can read below.

I hope it is easy to understand, and believe me it gets easier very quickly the more you do.

Thanks for looking.

[CENTER][B]A newbie’s Guide to creating a FOG snapin[/B][/CENTER]
[CENTER] [/CENTER]
[B]Introduction[/B]
If you are reading this chances are you’re not sure how to make a snapin for FOG. I will give a little introduction and also the basic process of what a Snapin does. You can also skip the below if you already know this.
[B]What is a Snapin?[/B]
Ok, so a Snapin is used to deploy programs to your computers after you have imaged them. Manually installing each program can be very tedious and time consuming. There are many ways to do this, however I’ve found this way works best for the organisation I work in, however I believe it will apply to any IT department.
Once your computer is imaging, you can specify which programs you want it to have installed. An example might be:
Anti Virus, Microsoft Office, Adobe Reader, Adobe Flash.
Generally you will likely have more, this is just an example. So now that you have specified which snapins you want your Machine to have, it will start installing them automatically once logged on after imaging. So that’s the process.
[B]How does it work?[/B]
Snapins are compressed self extracting executable files. Simple right? It is once you have done it a few times!
Essentially, you get your program installation files, (exe or msi), add them into a folder (just easier to manage) write a simple .cmd script that calls the installer to start, then compress the files into a .7zip archive, then use a program to finish it. I use “7zip SFX Maker”- [url]http://sourceforge.net/projects/sfx-maker/[/url] .
You just select the 7zip archive with SFX maker and tell it to execute the cmd script once extracted. There are a few other options you can select with SFX maker but I will detail them in the walkthrough. In my example I will make an installer for Adobe Reader X (10). Ok without further ado, let’s make a Snapin!

[B]HOW TO MAKE A SNAPIN[/B]
[B]Step 1: What you need- basics[/B]
If you haven’t already, go download and install 7zip:
[url]http://www.7-zip.org/[/url]
Ok, now you need to download 7zip SFX Maker:
[url]http://sourceforge.net/projects/sfx-maker/[/url]
SFX Maker doesn’t “install” like a normal program, you just extract then run it. So, extract SFX Maker, then move the folder to C:\Program Files (x86) and make a shortcut to “7-ZIP SFX Maker”.
We will leave SFX Maker alone for a moment.
[B]Step 2: The installer[/B]
Ok as above in this example I’m going to make an installer for Adobe Reader 10. When finished it will automatically install Adobe Reader X and make a few Registry changes to avoid some prompts. First create a folder for your installer. Call it something descriptive:

[IMG]http://i1107.photobucket.com/albums/h386/andyroo54/1.jpg[/IMG]
Download the full installer from Adobe and save it into the folder you just made:
[url]http://get.adobe.com/reader/enterprise/[/url]

[IMG]http://i1107.photobucket.com/albums/h386/andyroo54/2.jpg[/IMG]

[B][COLOR=red]You may want to test the install before you go any further to make sure it installs correctly. [/COLOR][/B]

[B]Step 3: Additional items[/B]
Now I’ve tested Adobe Reader installing and I’ve found I want to make a few changes to the registry after the install. These can be done by adding some registry entries and including them in the snapin. You may or may not want to do this yourself. I also changed units to Centimetres but will not include that in this example. For this example I want to:
Disable automatic updates
Disable protected mode (can cause some issues)
And automatically accept the EULA (end user license agreement)
You can export the registry settings by using Regedit after you have installed the program, and set the options manually in the program, see here:
[url]http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc781982(WS.10).aspx[/url].
If you want to add these entries yourself just copy and paste the below into a text document, then name them with the extension example.reg and they will turn into registry entries. Only include everything under the line.
Disable updates:__________________________________________________________________
[B]Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00[/B]

[B][HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\10.0\FeatureLockdown][/B]
[B]“bUpdater”=dword:00000000[/B]

Disable protected:_________________________________________________________________
[B]Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00[/B]

[B][HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\10.0\Privileged][/B]
[B]“bProtectedMode”=dword:00000000[/B]

EULA:___________________________________________________________________
[B]Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00[/B]

[B][HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Adobe\Acrobat Reader\10.0\AdobeViewer][/B]
[B]“EULAAcceptedForBrowser”=dword:00000001[/B]

[B]Save your registry entries into the SFX-Adobe Reader X folder:[/B]

[IMG]http://i1107.photobucket.com/albums/h386/andyroo54/3.jpg[/IMG]

[B]Step 4: The script and sleep[/B]
Now we need a script. The script is responsible for installing the program, and in this case making the registry entries also. I use .cmd scripts as they are simple to write, and once you have a good one you can just modify it for other programs. Below is the script I will us. DELTE THE RED TEXT, it only serves to explain , then Copy and paste this into a notepad document, and save it as “install.cmd” then save to the SFX Adobe folder:

@ECHO OFF
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
CLS [COLOR=red](This clears the command window screen)[/COLOR]
ECHO INSTALLING ADOBE READER X DO NOT CLOSE [COLOR=red](this message will appear in a window)[/COLOR]
ECHO.
START “Adobe Reader” /wait “AdbeRdr1000_en_US.exe” /sAll /rs /msi EULA_ACCEPT=YES [COLOR=red](this calls the Adobe reader to start installing. The switches at the end help make it unattended. There are many switches)[/COLOR]
SLEEP.exe 10 [COLOR=red](this just gives the script a little time to breathe)[/COLOR]
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
CLS [COLOR=red](below are all of the registry edits as mentioned earlier) [B](( NOTE: As per the screen shot, I did originally use “REGEDIT /S” However this doesn’t work. Please use the REG IMPORT as updated below))[/B][/COLOR]
REG IMPORT Disable_protected.reg
SLEEP.exe 1
REG IMPORT Disable_updates.reg
SLEEP.exe 1
REG IMPORT Units_to_CM.reg
SLEEP.exe 1
REG IMPORT EULA.reg
ECHO INSTALLED ADOBE READER X
ECHO.
SLEEP.exe 5
EXIT [COLOR=red](ends the script)[/COLOR]
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

[B][COLOR=red]As above DON’T FORGET TO DELETE THE RED TEXT it will cause errors if you leave it in the script. [/COLOR][/B]
Now your script should look something like this when you edit it:

[IMG]http://i1107.photobucket.com/albums/h386/andyroo54/4.jpg[/IMG]

You may have noticed in the script the command line “Sleep.exe” then a number. This is a little utility to give pauses to your script. You can download it here and add it to your SFX Adobe reader folder. [url]http://www.computerhope.com/dutil.htm[/url]
If you want your PC to restart after the installation you can add the following line, fog also give you that option when uploading the snapin:
shutdown -r -c “New program installed PC must now restart”
I don’t recommend this for snapins with FOG because you really want them all to install one after the other. You can manually restart it later once all Snapins have been deployed. [B]I strongly suggest that you now test the script/install, make sure that when you run the Install.cmd it properly installs Adobe Reader X and adds the registry entries.[/B] If so then you can proceed to the next step.

[B][COLOR=#ff0000]IMPORTANT NOTE:[/COLOR][/B] If using Vista or Win 7 you must turn off UAC evaluation prompts for administrator otherwise windows will prompt for permission to install, and hold up your unattended process. To turn off, in your system image you shoud type secpol.msc into the start/run bar, then choose “local polices>security options>User account control:Behavior of the elevation prompt for administrators in Admin approval mode” and choose “Evaluate without prompting”. Also disable “User account control: Switch to the secure desktop when prompting for elevation”.

[B]STEP 5: Making the 7Zip archive[/B]
Ok that’s the hard part done! Now for the fun part! You should have all of your items together now in the one folder as below:

[IMG]http://i1107.photobucket.com/albums/h386/andyroo54/5.jpg[/IMG]

Now select them all, then right click and choose “Add to SFX-Adobe ReaderX.7z”

[IMG]http://i1107.photobucket.com/albums/h386/andyroo54/6.jpg[/IMG]

7Zip will now compress the files into a 7Zip archive. Now we will make the SFX!

[SIZE=3][COLOR=#ff0000][B]CONTINUED IN NEXT POST[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE]

[url=“/_imported_xf_attachments/0/40_A newbies Guide to creating an SFX.pdf?:”]A newbies Guide to creating an SFX.pdf[/url]

I understand why it would be good to have sourgeforce fourms opened up. Looks like FOG lost a lot of people. I would have kept the “we have a new forum” notice up for some time, and left a read only version for the old forum…

[quote=“andyroo54, post: 1248, member: 267”]Like Catsrules said you could do it via a snapin. .CMD would do fine. I would just find out what time their shifts end, email stating that their machines must be shut down by a certain time or they will loose any unsaved work. Kirksec you can do the pop up shutdown in win 7 via command line easily:

shutdown -r -c “Machine needs to re-image as per notice. Will restart in 30 seconds”

Try it!

There are more switches though I believe for that command.[/quote]
Here you go, so you could set the time to :600 seconds, that is 10 minutes and plenty of time for them to close their work.

[SIZE=14px][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=#111111][B]Command to reboot windows computer:[/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
[COLOR=#111111][FONT=Consolas]shutdown /r[/FONT][/COLOR]
[SIZE=14px][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=#111111]The above command will set a time out of 30 seconds to close the applications. After 30 seconds, windows reboot will start.[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=14px][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=#111111]If you want to reboot Windows with your own time out value you can use the below command.[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
[COLOR=#111111][FONT=Consolas]shutdown /r /t timeout_in_seconds[/FONT][/COLOR]
[SIZE=14px][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=#111111][B]To shutdown a Windows computer:[/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
[COLOR=#111111][FONT=Consolas]shutdown /s[/FONT][/COLOR]
[SIZE=14px][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=#111111][B]To abort computer reboot from command line:[/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=14px][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=#111111]If you have issued a reboot command and have changed mind, you can stop Windows reboot by running the below command.[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
[COLOR=#111111][FONT=Consolas]shutdown /a[/FONT][/COLOR]
[SIZE=14px][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=#111111][B]To force applications to close without warning[/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
[COLOR=#111111][FONT=Consolas]shutdown /r /f[/FONT][/COLOR]
[SIZE=14px][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=#111111][B]Open the shutdown GUI[/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
[COLOR=#111111][FONT=Consolas]shutdown /i[/FONT][/COLOR]
[SIZE=14px][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=#111111][B]Add reason for the reboot of the computer[/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
[COLOR=#111111][FONT=Consolas]shutdown /r /c “This is the reason for the reboot of the computer”[/FONT][/COLOR]
[SIZE=14px][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=#111111]The above commands for system reboot work on all Windows releases – Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows server 2003 and 2008.[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=14px][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=#111111][B]Reboot Windows using WMIC commands[/B]:[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE=14px][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=#111111]You can run the below wmic command to reboot Windows OS.[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
[COLOR=#111111][FONT=Consolas]wmic os where Primary=‘TRUE’ reboot[/FONT][/COLOR]

[quote=“Catsrules, post: 1244, member: 296”]You might be able to do this with a scrip and send it out via snap in. Like a vbs scrips like this
[CODE]msgbox"This computer has a task pending! Please reboot to start the task",48,“Task Pending”[/CODE]

But it would be cool to have on of those bubble popup on the task bar, saying there is a task pending.[/quote]

Like Catsrules said you could do it via a snapin. .CMD would do fine. I would just find out what time their shifts end, email stating that their machines must be shut down by a certain time or they will loose any unsaved work. Kirksec you can do the pop up shutdown in win 7 via command line easily:

shutdown -r -c “Machine needs to re-image as per notice. Will restart in 30 seconds”

Try it!

There are more switches though I believe for that command.

You bet! Rebuild is 95% done, tested and working spot on, tested today on few diff machines, all good! Will have to do a write up on how I do drivers because it works perfectly, but was fairly time consuming to figure out…

Time to go home…

Ok figured it out a little while ago, just thought I’d post it up. You wouldn’t guess, or at least I did. Last night scouring the web I found a mention that some third party software can cause a problem.

So one of the first things I tested was a program I used to change the startup sound… Stupid mistake! I was going to change it back anyway… but seems this was the culprit… Stay away from dogey little programs like that, although most would say, “I would have anyway!”- what an annoying problem to resolve though… oh well on with the rebuild…

[quote=“kirksec, post: 1140, member: 289”]Under specialize - amd64_Microsoft_Windows_Shell-Setup_neutral

you will see there is a option to setup Copy profile to true[/quote]
Yes copy profile was set to true… this is a very annoying problem!

I will tomorrow install fresh win 7, put in audit mode, then generalize/sysprep and upload to fog, deploy then join to domain and see if problem exists. If not then likely something is wrong with my unattend. I will try another fresh install /upload /deploy it but with the unattend xml, if the problem re-occurs then it is definatly the xml. At which point I will build a new one from scratch and test again… This is painful… whatever the problem is I will post it up once figured out, unless someone else suggests the problem first!

[quote=“kirksec, post: 1136, member: 289”]Did you select the copy profile to = true in your Build of the XML file ?[/quote]

Which pass of the XML does this go into? I don’t think I did… what component is it?

[quote=“RuralIT, post: 1123, member: 155”]Thanks Matt. Ya, I’ve read through that blog. And it was helpful. I should have included it in my list above.

However, I do have the network set to “Work” in unattend.xml. That’s what really irks me. That and the fact that it is the one remaining problem that makes my unattended install need an attendant.[/quote]

Yes you can set that network location in the XML file, my problem is totally different. I’m at the pointy end of the process, or so i thought, I’ve figured out how I’m deploying drivers and it works well.

But my problem now is related to joining the domain. For some mysterious reason, the deployed image works brilliantly, but once I join it to the domain I get “the page failed to load” error from control panel/printers etc. All the icons in my computer have dissapeared. But then when you log on with a local account the problem goes away!

So strange… no idea how to fix!

I will do a write up/guide though for how I did drivers with win 7 because it was one of the most painful parts of the process.

[LEFT][COLOR=#333333][FONT=verdana]Hi, [/FONT][/COLOR][/LEFT]

[LEFT][COLOR=#333333][FONT=verdana]So I’ve built an image up for deployment, I sysprep it then deploy using FOG. [/FONT][/COLOR][/LEFT]

[LEFT][COLOR=#333333][FONT=verdana]The image works perfectly, however once I join the PC to the domain, I get this error:[/FONT][/COLOR][/LEFT]

[LEFT][COLOR=#333333][FONT=verdana]“The page failed to load”, on every section- Control panel, printers faxes etc. Even in my computer the icons for C:\ etc are all missing. [/FONT][/COLOR][/LEFT]

[LEFT][COLOR=#333333][FONT=verdana]It’s a very strange problem. If you log back on as the local admin the problem dissapears? There isn’t much info about this on the net?[/FONT][/COLOR][/LEFT]

[LEFT][COLOR=#333333][FONT=verdana]What’s strange is that it doesn’t happen if I install a machine from scratch win 7 x64 then join to domain, no problem… I think maybe the issue is caused somewhere during the sysprep process… Maybe it’s something to do with the unattend xml where it has the local admin account details… So strange. .[/FONT][/COLOR][/LEFT]

[LEFT][COLOR=#333333][FONT=verdana]Thanks…[/FONT][/COLOR][/LEFT]

Snapins deploy beautifully, just not renaming or AD joining?

Maybe I should install the Fog service after the image has been deployed? Get it to run on first log on? Does the EXE work with a silent switch?

Hi,
Ok, so I’ve got a VM ready to upload, in fact I have uploaded it. Now before I upload, I have tried:

Installed Fog service.
Run Fogprep.
Run windows sysprep and restart. Before it boots upload to Fog.

Deploy image to new VM, it deploys perfectly except, FOG will not rename the PC, and it will not join to AD.

So then I tried,

Install Fog service and RESTART machine,
Run Fogprep
Run windows sysprep and restart. Before it boots upload to Fog.

Either way Fog will NOT rename the machine, and it will NOT join to active directory.
What am I doing wrong??

Thanks,

Hi,

So I have a 30GB Virtual machine, windows 7 NTFS, If I Want to deploy this to every machine, and have expand to use the additional space on the comptuers drives, which option should I select? It should be single disk (resizable) right?