Category Archives: Labs Windows 10

Update to Windows 10 Staff Re-Image Task Sequence

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On Friday 14th August from 8:00am to 10:00pm, the Windows 10 Staff Re-Image Task Sequence will be updated. Support for a new model of Dell Laptop will be added.

The Task Sequences 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.

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

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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

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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.

TIMESCALE

04/01/19– 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 Labs Task Sequences on 07/12/18

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The Windows 10 Labs Task Sequences will be updated on Friday 7th December. The Task Sequences will be at risk during this period. It is therefore recommended that you do not attempt to image any Windows 10 labs computers at this time.

The following change will made:

  • Replace Adobe Acrobat DC 2017 with a new fully patched version with a new licence key

TIMESCALE

07/12/18– 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

Changes to Labs Task Sequences and Images on 30/11/18

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Since July last year, when the Labs Images were finalised a number of issues have been found which have been mitigated using group policy preferences. These fixes have now been incorporated into the labs images and the group policy object reduced correspondingly.

Additionally, some other issues have now been fixed:

  • On iMacs, the keyboard layout at the welcome screen is now set to Apple UK (important if you have some symbols in your password).
  • Outlook error dialog on launch now fixed.
  • Issue with NI ELVISmx Instrument Launcher resolved (only on rebuilds currently – deployment to existing machines under development)

Support for Stone Computers on Labs will be added into the Labs Task Sequences. An extra step has been added to expedite software updates after imaging.

TIMESCALE

29/11/18– 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

November 2018a Task Sequence Media

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A new November 2018a Task Sequence media has been created and can be found in the following location: –
\\ws2.lboro.ac.uk\DesktopResource\Windows\TaskSequenceMedia\ TS_Media_Nov18a.zip

This version eliminates the extra reboot which introduced in the previous version.

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.

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 Re-imaging Task Sequence on 12/10/18

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The Windows 10 Staff Re-imaging Task Sequence will be updated on Friday 12th October. 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 changes will made live:

  • Add support for Stone 1210 All in One desktop computer
  • Add support for Dell laptops and 2 in 1 devices

TIMESCALE

12/10/18– 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 Labs 2018 Mac Task Sequences

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We will be updating the Labs 2018 Labs Task Sequences for Macintosh Computers with a new Bootcamp driver package.

They will be updated between 8am and 9am on Friday 3rd August.

Please do not attempt to image an Labs Macs with Windows 10 during this period.

CAN I GET MORE INFORMATION AND HELP?

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