Why no mouse cursor when running an SCCM OSD task sequence?

I am deploying a Windows 10 device using an SCCM OSD Task Sequence. During the Setup Windows and ConfigMgr task, the device restarts out of Win PE into Windows 10. If I press F8 to open a Command Prompt, no mouse cursor appears. Once the task sequence has finished running, the mouse cursor magically appears.

“401 – Unsuccessful with anonymous access. Retrying with context credentials. SendResourceRequest() failed. 80190191” error in smsts.log

My SCCM 1810 task sequence I use to deploy Windows 10 via PXE boot or task sequence media seems to be taking forever to run.

If I look in the smsts.log on one of the devices, I see the following error message:

Setting Media Certificate.
CLibSMSMessageWinHttpTransport::Send: WinHttpOpenRequest - URL: DPServerFQDN:443 PROPFIND /CCMTOKENAUTH_SMS_DP_SMSPKG$/PKGID
401 - Unsuccessful with anonymous access. Retrying with context credentials.
SendResourceRequest() failed. 80190191

Why can’t I select multiple Applications in the SCCM Software Center?

I am trying to select multiple Applications at once so I can perform one installation rather than installing apps on an individual basis. However, why can’t I select multiple Applications in the SCCM Software Center?

SCCM 1802 automated installation of new site fails with error a required parameter is missing

Why does an SCCM 1802 automated installation of new site fails with error a required parameter is missing? I have also tried running a silent install from a command-line but this fails with the same error.

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ANSWER

This is because from SCCM 1802 the Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP) feature has been removed from the product.

However, the setup process has not been modified. So the end result is if you try to automate the installation of a new SCCM site either from an unattended script or a command-line you will see the error.

To workaround this issue,

SCCM setup fails “ERROR: Manifest verification failed. Wrong version of manifest?”

I am trying to run SCCM setup using the redistributable files in the CD.Latest folder I’ve created for SCCM 1606. However, the setup process is failing with a manifest verification error. If I look in the ConfigMgrSetup.log I see the following errors:

ERROR: File hash check failed for defaultcategories.dll
ERROR: Manifest verification failed. Wrong version of manifest?

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ANSWER

This is a known issue for which there are currently two potential workarounds:

Why do I get many duplicate SCCM software update groups and deployments?

I am using SCCM software updates and have created multiple software update groups and deployments. But I don’t understand why do I get many duplicate SCCM software update groups and deployments?

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ANSWER

The default behavior of the Create Servicing Plan wizard (which runs after every software updates synchronization), is to create a new software update group and deployment. Now if in your environment you have software updates synchronization configured to run several times in a short period of time then you will see several duplicates of your software update groups and deployments.

A couple of workarounds to this:

Why are my SCCM clients not offered a cloud DP as a content location for a task sequence?

I have created a task sequence and distributed the content to my SCCM distribution points including my cloud-based DPs.

However, my SCCM clients are not being offered the cloud DP as a content location. So why are my SCCM clients not offered a cloud DP as a content location for a task sequence?

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ANSWER

This is probably down to the deployment option you have chosen. If you have selected the

Why don’t SCCM packages configured to run from a DP work on a cloud DP?

I have several SCCM packages configured to run from my distribution points, but those don’t seem to work for packages distributed to a cloud-based DP. So why don’t SCCM packages configured to run from a DP work on a cloud DP?

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ANSWER

This is because packages configured in this way are not supported on SCCM cloud-based DPs. Any packages you want an SCCM client to be able to access from a cloud DP need

Why can’t I host software update packages on my SCCM Cloud DP?

I want to be able to host SCCM software update packages on my cloud-based SCCM distribution point (DP) but I’m told this is not possible. Why can’t I host software update packages on my SCCM Cloud DP?

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ANSWER

Hosting software update packages on a SCCM cloud DP was not possible in versions prior to SCCM Current Branch version 1610. However, even if you use version 1610, you need to

Why do I see “CContentTokenMgr::EncryptToken – Failed Base64Decode cert context” in Contenttransfermanager.log?

After upgrading to SCCM 1706, my clients can’t download content from peer cache sources anymore.

If I look in the Contenttransfermanager.log I see the following error:

CContentTokenMgr::EncryptToken - Failed Base64Decode cert context