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Subject: update vs update files only and what files are used from where HELP
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08/13/2008 6:03 PM  

losing my mind here....

mdt and wds runing on server 2008 x64. One distribution point for builds and
one other deployment point for deploying wims.

I modified the deployment wizard to add a custom pane for collecting some
custom info. It is functional but I also modified wizard.css in the process
for the look and feel... it looks great when testing via the MDT wizard
editor (codeplex.com) but these settings are not applied when actually
booting from the winPE lti wim image...(after both 'update' and 'update
(files only)') I have tracked down via trial and error the fact that the
wizard.css file that is in the winPE lti boot wim is used and not the one
from the deployment point, although the DeployWiz_Definition_ENU.xml and the
DeployWiz_Initialization.vbs file from the deployment point *are* used,
*directly* from the deployment point.

so, wizard.hta, which uses deployWiz_Definition_ENU.xml and wizard.css (and
DeployWiz_Initialization.vbs, DeployWiz_Validation.vbs, WizUtility.vbs,
ZTIUtility.vbs) are all *in* the winPE lti boot image... but from my
experience the wizard.hta, deployWiz_Definition_ENU.xml, and
DeployWiz_Initialization.vbs from the deployment point are being
executed/used directly from the deployment point *but* the wizard.css from
the winpe image is used with them.

All this crazyness has lead me to a desperate need to get an answer to the
following (absolutely must know if customizing):
1. what really happens when you do and 'update' and an 'update (files only)?

1a. and most importantly for me right now: where are the various script and
config files taken from? (eg. there are files in the main distribution
piont, any other deployment points you create, and within the MDT program
files directory structure)

1b. which ones are used (or from where)? eg. I have verified wizard.hta and
its definition xml file and inititialization script are in the winPE lti wim
but the ones in the deployment piont are the ones actually used..??

1c. what are the conditions, if any, that affect whether or not certian
files are taken, and/or from where they are taken?

eg. I have my main distribution point (single server lab deployment point)
and another deployment point for deploying custom wims. All my
customizations were made to the files in my deployment point for custom wims
(not the lab one). When I update that deployment point (update files only
and/or update)none of the files you find in \deploy\scripts in the winPE lti
boot wim are updated (I list these files below), except bootstrap.ini if its
changed.

here is the list of files that is *in* my winPE image:
 Volume in drive X is Boot
 Volume Serial Number is D60A-0DC2

 Directory of X:\Deploy\Scripts

08/13/2008  10:37 AM   

          .
08/13/2008  10:37 AM              ..
08/13/2008  10:32 AM               163 Bootstrap.ini
07/28/2008  11:45 AM            36,643 LiteTouch.wsf
07/28/2008  11:45 AM            81,591 ZTIUtility.vbs
07/28/2008  11:45 AM            62,843 ZTIGather.wsf
07/28/2008  11:45 AM            36,184 ZTIGather.xml
07/28/2008  11:45 AM            28,453 Wizard.hta
07/28/2008  11:45 AM             3,406 Credentials_ENU.xml
07/28/2008  11:45 AM             3,107 Credentials_scripts.vbs
07/28/2008  11:45 AM            17,091 WizUtility.vbs
07/28/2008  11:45 AM             2,720 Wizard.css
07/28/2008  11:45 AM             1,078 Wizard.ico
07/28/2008  11:45 AM             1,316 BackButton.jpg
07/28/2008  11:45 AM             1,039 plusicon.gif
07/28/2008  11:45 AM             1,039 minusico.gif
07/28/2008  11:45 AM            56,259 DeployWiz_Definition_ENU.xml
07/28/2008  11:45 AM            41,337 DeployWiz_Initialization.vbs
07/28/2008  11:45 AM            24,230 DeployWiz_Validation.vbs
07/28/2008  11:45 AM             3,445 Summary_Definition_ENU.xml
07/28/2008  11:45 AM             3,645 Summary_scripts.vbs
07/28/2008  11:45 AM            17,219 LTICleanup.wsf
07/28/2008  11:45 AM             9,288 BDD_Welcome_ENU.xml
07/28/2008  11:45 AM             1,194 SelectItem.jpg
07/28/2008  11:45 AM               667 Whiteness.jpg
07/28/2008  11:45 AM             2,290 LTIGetFolder.wsf
07/28/2008  11:45 AM             7,867 NICSettings_Definition_ENU.xml
07/28/2008  11:45 AM            19,217 ZTINicUtility.vbs
07/28/2008  11:45 AM             9,412 ZTINicConfig.wsf
              27 File(s)        472,743 bytes
               2 Dir(s)      30,224,384 bytes free

HELP!

 

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08/21/2008 1:32 PM  
You will do an "update" when you add drivers into you MDT. you will do an "update files" when you modify the task sequence, the deployment point, and if i'm right, when you add apps / os packages.

I hope it helps
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