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Software Installation Error: “The profile for the user is a temporary profile”

2014-10-06 Registry, Windows Installer Harry Caskey 2

When installing an application you get this error message “The profile for the user is a temporary profile”. This happens after installing a security update: MS14-049. This update affects the execution process of the Windows Installer. To bypass this, set the following registry key and it will ignore this prompt and continue with the installation. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Installer\ […]

Run as Administrator from PowerShell command line

2014-07-17 PowerShell Harry Caskey 0

From the PowerShell command line run:

SCCM 2012 R2 Client does not get PKI Client Certificate

2014-06-20 2012, 2012 R2, SCCM Harry Caskey 1

I ran into an issue where after deploying an image with SCCM 2012 R2 the client would not pickup the PKI certificate. If you are not receiving packages from your server this could be why. To resolve this you have to modify the “ProvisioningMode” registry key and clear the value in “SystemTaskExcludes” registry key. To simply […]

How to run SysPrep on an Upgraded Operating System

2014-03-07 32-bit (x86), 64-bit (x64), Information Technology, Microsoft, Operating Systems, Registry, Windows 8.1 Harry Caskey 41

I came across an instance where I needed to upgrade a Windows 7 image to Windows 8.1 and then capture that image for deployment with System Center Configuration Manager 2012 R2. I found out shortly after starting this task that when you upgrade an operating system you can no longer run SysPrep. So I started […]

Install .NET 4.0 in SCCM 2012 Task Sequence

2013-06-18 2012, 32-bit (x86), 64-bit (x64), SCCM, Windows 7 Harry Caskey 0

1) Download the Microsoft .NET Framework 4 (Standalone Installer) http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=17718 – Copy this file to your SCCM server repository location. Ex: \\SCCM\Source\dotNet4 2) In the SCCM 2012 Console under Software Library > Application Management > Packages – Right Click Packages and “Create Package” > Name your package and point it to your repository \\SCCM\Source\dotNet4 3) […]