June 25, 2010

Task Sequence Install Lenovo Hotkey Utility

This is a frustrating thing I've been dealing with for a while.  After some keen googling, I found that Project84 came up with a solution on how to install the Lenovo Hotkey Utility via Task Sequence.  The issue at hand is that the "silent" or "unattended" install of Lenovo's Hotkey Utility, isn't truly silent.  


This fix resolves it in a jiffy!


http://blog.project84.net/2009/03/06/InstallingLenovoHotkeyUtilityInAnSCCMTaskSequence.aspx


Snip from Project84:
  1. Extract the Hotkey utility.
  2. Create a batch file InstallHotkey.cmd with a single line: %~dp0SETUP.EXE /S
  3. Create a standard SCCM package with the source pointing to your extracted hotkey files.
  4. Make sure that InstallHotkey.cmd is in the same dir as Setup.exe
  5. In you Task Sequence add a new "Run Command Line" task.
  6. Set the Package to the Hotkey Package you created in step 4.
  7. In the command line put InstallHotkey.cmd

May 18, 2010

SCCM OSD Task Sequence Fails with Error 0x80091007

Today I ran into an issue where a Lenovo W500 (4061-3FU) would fail with error 0x80091007.  Looking at the smsts.log files, found that there was an error indicating a hash mismatch between the WIM on the DP and the WIM downloaded to the local machine.  


Other computers, new in the box and previously imaged, were imaging successfully.  So, I suspected there was nothing wrong with the WIM itself.  Received suggestions to refresh DP's with a new copy of the WIM, but I was skeptical it would solve the issue.


After trying to manually install XP SP3 on the device, I received a MEMORY_ERROR bluescreen.  


Ran a hardware test on the memory using MemTest and found that the memory was defective.  


So, SCCM Hash mismatch was  due to defective RAM.


Link:


TechNet Forums OSD Task Sequence Fails with Error 0x80091007