Sorry, I'm a bit sleep-deprived at the moment--overnight migrations. One of the pages you can display prompts the tech running the TS to provide a computer name. You can even specify which OU to place the computer in!
This will move your TS from being Zero Touch to Light Touch though, as someone will need hands on the keyboard to provide this information. On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 9:06 PM, Stephen Owen <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Brian, > > Since you're already using SCCM, I'd go ahead and integrate MDT if you > haven't already. There is a wonderful tool called the 'User Driven > Installation' (UDI) that displays a series of HTA pages when a Task > Sequence is launched. You can use a tool that comes with MDT to easily > customize the pages that are displayed to the user. When your task > sequence runs, all you've got to do is add a 'Display HTA' step to your > task sequence to display the prompt, then in your CustomSettings.ini > specify the hostname variable as OSDComputerName, and you'll be golden. > > This is a very common request, and you'll find a ton of nice tutorials > online. > > > > > On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 7:51 PM, Keith Garner (Hotmail) < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I’m not fully tracking your problem statement below, you already have a >> Windows 7 system that does this in SCCM? Or is this a WDS only system >> instead? What does the UserName have to do with anything? >> >> >> >> Typically I view prompting for user input during Windows OOBE setup a >> failure of the setup system, instead any user input should be performed at >> the **start** of the task sequence. >> >> I input the data, and do other work. We shouldn’t have to subject our >> clients to wait for progress bars. J >> >> >> >> If you are looking to add user input to a SCCM new computer Task >> Sequence, then I would look at SCCM + MDT (UDI) J >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* [email protected] [mailto: >> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Brian McDonald >> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 9, 2014 4:23 PM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* [MDT-OSD] RE: [mssms] Windows Setup (PC Name) - Win8.1 >> >> >> >> Bump :) >> ------------------------------ >> >> From: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [mssms] Windows Setup (PC Name) - Win8.1 >> Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2014 12:07:45 -0500 >> >> I have a question regarding Windows 8.1 setup during an OSD Deployment >> from SCCM 2012. >> >> >> >> Because of the way we do imaging (and our PC naming convention), I need >> to be able to have the old "Choose a username for your account and name >> your computer to distinguish it on the network: screen be presented during >> Windows Setup. >> >> >> >> When I deploy a Windows 7 Enterprise N Deployment TS through ConfigMgr, I >> am prompted during setup. I can then choose "Type a user name (for example, >> Jon) and "Type a computer name (PC). >> >> >> >> Can someone please tell me what I would need to do with my Windows 8.1 >> image/task sequence to get the same behavior I currently have with my >> Windows 7 setup? Is it the Unattend.XML file that is making the difference >> here? >> >> >> >> Thanks in advance! >> >> >> >> Brian >> >> >> > >
