Group policies messing with your Windows 7 deployment
There a number of group policies that can interfere when you are deploying Windows 7 machines, one of them being the “Admin approval mode for the built-in local administrator account” which if set to enabled breaks deployment using the Lite Touch scenario using Microsoft Deployment Toolkit.
My fellow MVP and now also colleague Johan Arwidmark has a blog post on two methods for handling problems related to group policies when dpeloying machines, either by settings filters on your group policies or postponing the domain join process.
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Andreas Stenhall
I'm Andreas Stenhall and my work passion is the Windows client in combination with Microsoft 365 security and management services. I do consulting, I produce and teach my own courses, I lecture and I present and my formal work title is prinicipal workplace advisor and architect at Coligo in Stockholm, Sweden. I'm also proud to be an Microsoft MVP since 2009. I have presented at BUILD, TechEd in the US and Europe and regional TechDays. Follow me on twitter @AndreasStenhall.