Get Computer Model Info for SCCM Driver Packages

When creating SCCM driver packages I always (99%) use WMI queries to select the correct driver package to be installed. Often I perform these tasks remotely without visiting the customer. The main reason for this blog post is to provide a list of useful commands that the customer can execute on the computer to get …

SCCM 2012: Failed to Get Client Identity (80004005)

This morning, one of my customers called me and told me that they bought some new Lenovo laptops (Lenovo ThinkPad S540), but they was unable start OS Deployment using SCCM/PXE. Normally when I see this behaivor, it’s caused by a missing driver in the boot image, so I told them to verify that the driver …

Importing drivers for OSD in ConfigMgr 2012

Before you start adding drivers to Configuration Manager, you should spend a few minutes to decide where and how you wish to structure your drivers. There is no "one-size fits all", but this model should fit most customers. The Driver Source The driver source, is the path where the drivers are imported from. The source …

New Hotfix: Importing duplicate drivers in ConfigMgr

One of the challenges with managing drivers in Configuration Manager is related to way drivers are imported into ConfigMgr. Duplicate drivers are ignored by default, so they don’t get put into the specified categories. The System Center Configuration Manager team has made a hotfix available that changes the driver import behavior. The hotfix is available …

Software Update for ConfigMgr 2007 SP2 Setup Wizard ended prematurely

Today I got a call from a customer that wanted me to add a new network driver for a Lenovo ThinkPad T410, to the boot image in ConfigMgr. The driver was a Windows 7 only driver, so I needed to apply the KB978754 hotfix first. When I first tried to apply the hotfix I got …

IBM Deployment Pack v1.2 for ConfigMgr released

The IBM Deployment Pack for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 (SCCM) is used to configure IBM hardware components prior to deploying Windows using Microsoft SCCM. This kit extends Configuration Manager 2007 by providing a convenient integrated user interface that will be familiar to SCCM administrators. The Deployment Pack completes the end-to-end deployment scenario in …

Importing network drivers into the Windows PE Boot image

A lot of questions that often pops up in various newsgroups and on the Microsoft TechNet forums are related to importing drivers in the Windows PE boot image. This article will walk you through this process step-by-step. This guide assumes that the following steps have been completed: The PXE Service Point are installed and configured. …