2019

Posted on January 25, 2019 by Gary Hale

The changes have been made live. The reimaging testing is still continuing but I will send out a further correspondence if any issues are found.

Update to the Windows 10 Staff Task Sequence on 25/01/19

Posted on January 24, 2019 by Gary Hale

The Windows 10 Staff Task Sequences will be updated on Friday 25th January. The Task Sequence will be at risk during this period. It is therefore recommended that you do not attempt to image any Windows 10 staff computers at this time.

The following change will be made….

Add Step to reset USB Hubs just before reboot out of WinPE. This is necessary if the Dell DA300 USB-C Mobile Adapter is being used for imaging. The step is only applied to when imaging the following Dell devices:

 Latitude 3390
 Latitude 5290
 XPS 13 9365
 XPS 13 9370

Please note we do not advise imaging computers via a docking station. For the listed machines we recommend using the Dell DA200 or DA300 Adapters.

The McAfee Agent will also be updated to version 5.5.0.447 at the same time.

TIMESCALE

25/01/19 – 08:00am-10:00 am

CAN I GET MORE INFORMATION AND HELP?
Please contact our Service Desk at it.services@lboro.ac.uk for more information

Update to Windows 10 Staff Task Sequence on 14/01/19

Posted on January 14, 2019 by Mike Collett

The Windows 10 Labs Task Sequences will be updated on Friday 18^th January. The Task Sequence will be at risk during this period. It is therefore recommended that you do not attempt to image any Windows 10 staff computers at this time.

The following change will be made. Add Step to reset USB Hubs just before reboot out of WinPE. This is necessary if the Dell DA300 USB-C Mobile Adapter is being used for imaging. The step is only applied to when imaging the following Dell devices:

Latitude 3390
Latitude 5290
XPS 13 9365
XPS 13 9370

Please note we do not advise imaging computers via a docking station. For the listed machine we recommend using the Dell DA200 or DA300 Adapters.

TIMESCALE

18/01/19 – 08:00am-10:00 am

CAN I GET MORE INFORMATION AND HELP?

Please contact our Service Desk at it.services@lboro.ac.uk for more information

Re: Implementing “MAC Address Pass Through” on the Windows 10 service on 04/01/19

Posted on January 4, 2019 by Mike Collett

These changes have now been completed.

The task sequences should be considered at risk for the rest of the day until testing is completed.

A new January 2019 Task Sequence media has been created and can be found in the following location: \\ws2.lboro.ac.uk\DesktopResource\Windows\TaskSequenceMedia\TS_Media_Jan19.zip

Documentation – \\ws2.lboro.ac.uk\DesktopResource\Windows\TaskSequenceMedia\Create an SCCM WinPE disk or USB Flash Drive.docx

Existing USB media will have to be updated. PXE imaging will work as normal.

All the following Dell accessories support “MAC Address Pass Through”:-

CAN I GET MORE INFORMATION AND HELP?

Please contact our Service Desk at it.services@lboro.ac.uk for more information.

Implementing “MAC Address Pass Through” on the Windows 10 service on 04/01/19

Posted on January 3, 2019 by Mike Collett

Many premium laptops no longer have an Ethernet Port. This necessitates the use of an USB to Ethernet Adapter when imaging, because SCCM does not support wireless imaging. However, each adapter has a unique MAC Address of its own, so all the machines images using a single adapter will appear to be the same to SCCM OSD. This causes various issues.

Dell (and some other manufacturers, but not Microsoft) use a system called “MAC Address Pass Through”. This allows SCCM to see a unique MAC address for each computer. To use this system you must use a Dell USB to Ethernet Adapter or Docking station and have the appropriate driver in the WinPE image on your Task Sequence Media.

Before “MAC Address Pass Through” will on the Windows 10 Service work, we need to update the Task Sequence Media and the Task Sequences with a new WinPE image.

The Windows 10 Task Sequences will be updated on Friday 4th January 2019 between 8:00am and 10:00am. All the Windows 10 Task Sequences (Staff and Labs) will be at risk during this period. It is recommended that you do not attempt to image any Windows 10 computers at this time.

Following the changes you will need to update your Task Sequence Media with a new version.