Using IsLaptop/IsDesktop in Customsettings.ini

Heine Jeppesen

I'm having some trouble using the %IsLaptop% and %IsDesktop% variables in
customsettings.ini.

According to the ZTI team guide (Customizing Deployment Based On The Chassis
Type - Page 97) this can done by creating a section called ByType and
subsections from there, refering to the PC's chassis type.

The Subsections should be: Subsection=Laptop-%IsLaptop% etc and the
%IsLaptop% should then return true / false in CustomSettings, as it does in
the beginning of the ZTI script process.

However, when I use it, %IsLaptop% or %IsDesktop% returns something else
than the expected True/False.

WMI is working, as it can see if the PC is a desktop/laptop when running on
an actual laptop.
Setup 1 is VMWare, but should run my package anyway since it should False.
Setup 2 is HP hardware (NC6220 laptop)


What am I doing wrong?



From Setup 1:

From the OSD log file:

------------------------- Initialization -------------------------
WMI is available.

IsLaptop = False
IsDesktop = False
IsServer = False
Serial number = VMware-56 4d 44 2c 0f cd 3a e3-35 59 3b c5 0d cc f3 ba
Make = VMware, Inc.
Model = VMware Virtual Platform

------ Processing the [BYTYPE] section ------
------ Processing the [Laptop-0] section ------
------ Done processing CustomSettings.ini ------


----------------------------------------------------------------

From CustomSettings.ini:

Priority=Default, IdentifyComputer, ByType

[ByType]
Subsection=Laptop-%IsLaptop%
Subsection=Desktop-%IsDesktop%

[Laptop-True]
Packages1=BP10002F,Compile MOF

[Laptop-False]
Packages1=BP10002F,Compile MOF

[Desktop-True]
Packages1=BP10002F,Compile MOF

[Desktop-False]
Packages1=BP10002F,Compile MOF

----------------------------------------------------------------


From Setup 2:

From the OSD log file:
------------------------- Initialization -------------------------
WMI is available.

IsLaptop = True
IsDesktop = False
IsServer = False
Serial number = CNU51127XD
Make = Hewlett-Packard
Model = HP Compaq nc6220 (PU982AW#ABY)

------ Processing the [BYTYPE] section ------
------ Processing the [Laptop--1] section ------
------ Processing the [IDENTIFYCOMPUTER] section ------

----------------------------------------------------------------

From CustomSettings.ini:

Priority=Default, ByType, IdentifyComputer


[Bytype]
Subsection=Laptop-%IsLaptop%
Subsection=Desktop-%IsDesktop%

[Laptop-True]
OSDINSTALLPACKAGE=TOP0000B
OSDINSTALLPROGRAM=Install XP

[Laptop-False]

[Desktop-True]
OSDINSTALLPACKAGE=TOP0000A
OSDINSTALLPROGRAM=Install XP

[Desktop-False]

Michael Niehaus [MS]

I just tried it and see the same behavior - it is using the value 0 for
false and -1 for true instead of the text "true" and "false". That's not
what was expected (obviously). E-mail me directly if you would like a fixed
version of the ZTI script. (The problem is isolated to the Substitute
function.)

There is a workaround for the problem. Instead of using subsections, just
use IsLaptop directly:

[Settings]
Priority=IsLaptop,...

[True]
Packages1=BP10002F,Compile Laptop MOF

[False]
Packages1=BP10002F,Compile Desktop MOF

-Michael Niehaus
Systems Design Engineer
mniehaus@microsoft.com
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.


"Heine Jeppesen" <heine@IHATESPAMcreativeminds.dk> wrote in message
news:OSpADb2zFHA.1264@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>
> I'm having some trouble using the %IsLaptop% and %IsDesktop% variables in
> customsettings.ini.
>
> According to the ZTI team guide (Customizing Deployment Based On The
> Chassis Type - Page 97) this can done by creating a section called ByType
> and subsections from there, refering to the PC's chassis type.
>
> The Subsections should be: Subsection=Laptop-%IsLaptop% etc and the
> %IsLaptop% should then return true / false in CustomSettings, as it does
> in the beginning of the ZTI script process.
>
> However, when I use it, %IsLaptop% or %IsDesktop% returns something else
> than the expected True/False.
>
> WMI is working, as it can see if the PC is a desktop/laptop when running
> on an actual laptop.
> Setup 1 is VMWare, but should run my package anyway since it should False.
> Setup 2 is HP hardware (NC6220 laptop)
>
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
>
>
> From Setup 1:
>
> From the OSD log file:
>
> ------------------------- Initialization -------------------------
> WMI is available.
>
> IsLaptop = False
> IsDesktop = False
> IsServer = False
> Serial number = VMware-56 4d 44 2c 0f cd 3a e3-35 59 3b c5 0d cc f3 ba
> Make = VMware, Inc.
> Model = VMware Virtual Platform
>
> ------ Processing the [BYTYPE] section ------
> ------ Processing the [Laptop-0] section ------
> ------ Done processing CustomSettings.ini ------
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> From CustomSettings.ini:
>
> Priority=Default, IdentifyComputer, ByType
>
> [ByType]
> Subsection=Laptop-%IsLaptop%
> Subsection=Desktop-%IsDesktop%
>
> [Laptop-True]
> Packages1=BP10002F,Compile MOF
>
> [Laptop-False]
> Packages1=BP10002F,Compile MOF
>
> [Desktop-True]
> Packages1=BP10002F,Compile MOF
>
> [Desktop-False]
> Packages1=BP10002F,Compile MOF
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> From Setup 2:
>
> From the OSD log file:
> ------------------------- Initialization -------------------------
> WMI is available.
>
> IsLaptop = True
> IsDesktop = False
> IsServer = False
> Serial number = CNU51127XD
> Make = Hewlett-Packard
> Model = HP Compaq nc6220 (PU982AW#ABY)
>
> ------ Processing the [BYTYPE] section ------
> ------ Processing the [Laptop--1] section ------
> ------ Processing the [IDENTIFYCOMPUTER] section ------
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> From CustomSettings.ini:
>
> Priority=Default, ByType, IdentifyComputer
>
>
> [Bytype]
> Subsection=Laptop-%IsLaptop%
> Subsection=Desktop-%IsDesktop%
>
> [Laptop-True]
> OSDINSTALLPACKAGE=TOP0000B
> OSDINSTALLPROGRAM=Install XP
>
> [Laptop-False]
>
> [Desktop-True]
> OSDINSTALLPACKAGE=TOP0000A
> OSDINSTALLPROGRAM=Install XP
>
> [Desktop-False]
>