Richard Smith
Consultant - Microsoft Services - United Kingdom
The Last Post...!
I am sad to say that this is my last post to my personal blog site - but don't worry I've become...
Date: 03/13/2008
Useful Script Number 1 - Start and Stop Services
So over the next few weeks, I will be presenting a mini series of scripts that may useful in your...
Date: 03/10/2008
The Deployment Guys blog has landed
What is The Deployment Guys blog? "The Deployment Guys" is a blog focused on deployment....
Date: 01/28/2008
GUI Interface for USMT
Dan Cunningham has written a GUI wrapper for the User State Migration Tool (USMT) In Dan's...
Date: 01/11/2008
powercfg - Useful if you know the GUIDS!
So I have been doing some work with powercfg - and found it a very useful tool for scripting power...
Date: 11/29/2007
System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Toolkit released
For those that haven't seen it , we have just released the SCCM 2007 Toolkit for download. This...
Date: 11/23/2007
Windows Vista Deployment Planning - Part 3
In Windows Vista Client Build and Deployment Process, I presented the diagram that I use when...
Date: 11/23/2007
Moving from RIS to Windows Deployment Services (WDS)
I wanted to point you in the direction of a document that helps with moving from Remote Installation...
Date: 11/23/2007
Microsoft Product Evals on Virtual Hard Disk
I am often asked why deployment is such a great place to work as a consultant and I usually answer...
Date: 11/12/2007
Microsoft Deployment Released
The first release of Microsoft Deployment is now available. This release marks the first in a series...
Date: 11/12/2007
Microsoft Deployment RC1 Released
Business Desktop Deployment (BDD) is now Microsoft Deployment! The RC1 release and new name for the...
Date: 10/25/2007
Deployment 4 - Using Your BDD 2007 Task Sequences as Templates
So - Deployment 4 Beta 3 - very cool indeed...but I bet your thinking "how can I use the task...
Date: 10/02/2007
Disabling the Network Location Prompt
Over the past few months, many of the clients I have been working with have started deploying...
Date: 09/25/2007
New Deployment Forum Site...
Deployment Forum is a new community Web site devoted to IT professionals deploying Windows. Myself...
Date: 09/18/2007
Deployment 4 Beta 3 Released
The BDD team have announced that Deployment 4 (the code name for the next version of Business...
Date: 09/17/2007
Windows Vista Deployment Planning - Part 2
Back in July, I started a series of articles on Windows Vista Deployment Planning, and in Windows...
Date: 09/12/2007
How drivers are added to Windows PE and Windows Vista during an unattended installation
My MCS colleague and top deployment gent - Mark Aslett has put together a handy process list for how...
Date: 08/15/2007
Adding Dynamic OEM Information to a BDD 2007 Build
My colleague in MCS UK, Adam Shepherd has come up with a solution to dynamically set the machine and...
Date: 08/15/2007
General Purpose CustomSettings.ini
One thing that seems to stump a number of people with BDD 2007 is using the CustomSettings.ini file...
Date: 08/02/2007
WMI Tags for Task Sequencer Logic
One of the things that I am often required to obtain for customers are certain WMI tags so that we...
Date: 08/01/2007
Windows Vista Deployment Planning - Part 1
As promises - I will start to deep dive into the areas that I consider when working with clients on...
Date: 07/22/2007
Multiple Partitions in BDD 2007
Have had a couple of requests to cover creating multiple partitions using BDD 2007. By default BDD...
Date: 07/22/2007
Useful Registry Changes During Build Creation/Image Deployment
As I have worked with different customers, a number of common requests often pop up for changes...
Date: 07/17/2007
Windows Vista Client Build and Deployment Process
I often get asked about the process I go through when working with clients on deployment projects -...
Date: 07/05/2007
BDD Lite Touch and Zero Touch Lab Recommendations
So - I get asked a lot about how to set up a test lab or Proof of Concept environment for Lite Touch...
Date: 06/26/2007
User Account Control - What you need to know from a deployment perspective
I've had a couple of emails from people attempting to use their own admin accounts to carry out the...
Date: 06/26/2007
Computer Name Selection in ZTI Deployments
I've been asked by a few people about the RequestComputerName.vbs script that i use in the ZTI...
Date: 06/21/2007