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Mastering the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit

You're reading from   Mastering the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit Take a deep dive into the world of Windows desktop deployment using the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2016
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ISBN-13 9781782172499
Length 330 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Jeff Stokes Jeff Stokes
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Table of Contents (13) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Imaging Concepts and Theory FREE CHAPTER 2. Setting Up Your Environment 3. Creating Reference Images 4. Default User Profile Customization 5. CustomSettings.ini and Task Sequence 6. Drivers 7. Image Deployment 8. USMT – The User State Migration Tool 9. Troubleshooting Deployment Logs 10. Validating the Image 11. Database, UserExit Scripts, and Web Services A. Additional Enterprise Configuration Items

The structure of the CustomSettings.ini file

As we look at the structure of the Rules tab of a share, we are also looking at the CustomSettings.ini file. The structure of the file is fairly basic; there are two sections, the [Settings] area and the [Default] area:

[Settings] 
Priority=Default 
Properties=MyCustomProperty 
 
[Default] 
OSInstall=Y 
SkipAppsOnUpgrade=YES 
SkipCapture=NO 
SkipAdminPassword=YES 
SkipProductKey=YES 
_SMSTSOrgName=MDT Reference Task Sequence 
SkipBitLocker=YES 
SkipDomainMembership=YES 
JoinWorkgroup=Workgroup 
SkipFinalSummary=YES 
SkipLocaleSelection=YES 
SkipSummary=YES 
SkipTimeZone=YES 
SkipUserData=YES 
TimeZoneName=Eastern Standard Time 

Now what we see is under [Settings]; there are two entries, Priority and Properties. Priority defines the grouping order that is to be followed when there is a settings conflict. Properties is a place to define custom properties, which we will discuss later in this chapter.

So, on Priority, note that we only have one section...

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