A bit of a silly one this time round but when running a deploy/capture (with application installation half way through) SCCM 2012 task sequence just after installing the applications I got the error message. Task sequence: <task sequence name> has failed with the error code (0x00000032). For more information, contact your system administrator or helpdesk operator. As it turns out… Read more
Author: James
10ZiG 5818v – Hardware
The first thing that will strike you about any thin client is how small (in physical dimensions) they are and the 5818v is no exception. In the past this small size meant poor hardware specifications; however, this time is long behind us. The 5818v comes with 2GB of DDR3 RAM, a Intel Atom D2550 dual core CPU, 16GB of local storage… Read more
10ZiG 5818v Review – Boot time
One of the great features of the 10ZiG 5818v is the WE8 operating system. Based upon Windows 8 this thin client includes the same software that makes full Windows 8 PCs fast most notably kernel hibernation. The premise goes that when you click Shutdown on your PC the core components of Windows are hibernated and saved to a single file… Read more
hpmsn141.dll has stopped working
After deploying a number of HP printers using the HP Universal Printing Driver PCL 6 (61.141.1.15198 for anyone who might be counting) I found that a number of users were getting the error message hpmsn141.dll has stopped working when trying to print, although they can click close program and the print goes through fine it is quite an annoyance. Although… Read more
10ZiG 5818v Review – First Impressions
In this series of posts I’m going to be looking at the all new 10ZiG 5818v Thin Client. Recently released and coming with Intel Atom D2550 CPU this thin client sets its self apart from others with the introduction of Windows Embedded 8 (WE8). WE8 is essentially a cut down version of Windows 8 that is focused on devices that have… Read more
Update Dell BIOS using SCCM 2012 Task Sequence
Recently I came across a need to update the BIOS of a number of Dell PCs, given that the PCs were due to be re-imaged it made sense to perform the update as part of the System Centre Configuration Manager 2012 task sequence process. To kick this process off you will need A need to update the BIOS – you should… Read more
Deploying the System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Client via GPO
When it comes to SCCM 2012 you have a powerful bit of software to deploy software updates and applications however all of this is worthless without the SCCM 2012 client which must first be installed. This client comes as part of any task sequence that you configure however what if you have PCs that have been previously imaged or have… Read more
Changing the path to a MSI in Group Policy Software Installation
Lets imagine that for the past few years software has been deployed using Group Policy Software Installation and that a single server has been used to store the MSIs. The only issue is you now want to move the MSIs to another server or even better are looking to move the MSIs to a DFS share. The ovious option would be… Read more
Deploying Adobe Reader 11 to the Enterprise via GPO
PDF is quite possibly one of my favourite web technologies – if nothing else it is my #1 way to share files with others knowing that when they go to view/print them it will look precisely the same as it does on my PC. The great thing about Adobe PDF reader is its very easy to fully customize the installation without… Read more
Deploying Flash 11 to the Enterprise via GPO
Adobe Flash Player has to be one of the most valuable bits of software ever created, yes HTML5 is taking over for some things but all the same I don’t see Flash disappearing anytime soon. As such its important to keep Flash updated in your Enterprise. The one pain I’m sure everyone has come across at some stage is your… Read more