How to copy Outlook Personal Folders (PSTs) during XP to Win 7 Migration using USMT 4.0 Hardlinking

 

By default, USMT 4.0 migrates PST files that are linked to a user’s Outlook profile. This is done through internal USMT functions named SetPstPathInMapiStruct and UpdateMvBinaryMapiStruct which is called from within migapp.xml.
What this means is that PST files which are simply stored on the drive but not actually connected to Outlook will not migrate by default when using /i:migapp.cml and /i:migdocs.xml. It’s very possible a user is keeping those around for archive purposes, though. In the example below, the user has a copy of a PST in a c:\psts folder that is not attached to the Outlook profile. They also have a PST created by Outlook Auto-Archive.

In order to migrate those PST files we need to follow these steps:
1.Create a custom XML file
Here is a sample that will gather all PST files from all fixed drives:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<migration urlid="http://www.microsoft.com/migration/1.0/migxmlext/pst%22>
  <component type="Documents" context="UserAndSystem">
    <displayName>All PST migrated from all fixed drives, regardless of location</displayName>
    <role role="Data">
      <rules>
        <include>
          <objectSet>
            <script>MigXmlHelper.GenerateDrivePatterns ("* [*.pst]", "Fixed")</script>
          </objectSet>
        </include>
      </rules>
    </role>
  </component>
</migration>
Paste that into Notepad and save as PST.XML into your USMT folder and C:\Windows\System32 folder of the target Windows XP machine

2.Add a command  switch /i:pst.xml in TS variable  “OSDMigrateAdditionalCaptureOptionsscanstate” :

Automatic SCCM Site Discovery Unsuccessful

We have to make sure  that:
1. Extend Active Directory Schema
2. Publish site information in Active Directory
  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb680711.aspx
3. Boundary shouldn’t overlap

SCCM PXE boot - "File not found"

Solution1:
On Server which is hosting WDS service
1: Stop the WDS service.
2: Delete C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\PXEBootFiles\Windows
3: Start the WDS service.

Solution 2:
1. Uninstall PSP role from SCCM console
2. Stop the WDS service
3: Delete C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\PXEBootFiles\Windows
4: Start the WDS service.
5. Install PSP role

BSOD with error 0x0000007B while deploying XP

Most probably this issue comes when we do not use proper storage driver in the task sequence.
Here is resolution that works most of the time:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/configmgrosd/thread/7a0c4e85-d7c1-4cea-b827-54a72f265895

Solution: Webex is not working on windows 7

After deploying the Windows 7 64 bit Enterprise version we had 1 issue where Webex was not working properly.
It was freezing, very slow and display was poor. One of my colleague found 2 work around to fix the problem:

1.Add one registry key( MTU ) at this path:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces

Now look for the folder in which your IP address and other network related info is  visible:

Now create a new “QWORD(64 bit) value”  or “DWORD (32 bit) value, name it  “Mtu” and give it a decimal value of  value of 1500.

 

2.Set the value of  registry key “EnablePMTUDiscovery” (at  HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\) to 1

I hope this will be helpful to someone.

Reboot Coordinator prevents a System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 1-based client computer from restarting because it incorrectly concludes that a job is running

System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1) will not restart the client computer automatically. It prevents pending important updates from being installed successfully on these computers.
More investigation indicates that the value of the following registry key is greater than 0 on the affected client computers:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Sms\Mobile Client\Reboot Management\JobCounter

Microsoft has released a hot fix for that issue.

http://support.microsoft.com/hotfix/KBHotfix.aspx?kbnum=970635&amp;kbln=en-us

To Manually resolve the issue follow this:

1. Stop the SMS Agent Host (CcmExec.exe) service on a System Center Configuration Manager 2007 SP1 client computer.
2. Location the following registry subkey and change its value to 0:
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Sms\Mobile Client\Reboot Management\JobCounter
3. Start the SMS Agent Host (ccmExec.exe) service on the client computer.

More details: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970635

How to uninstall SCCM 2007 client

Option 1: Run ccmsetup.exe /uninstall command

Option 2: Download  SCCM Client Center from http://smsclictr.sourceforge.net/ and use that program to remotely uninstall client from computers.