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New version of OSDBackground published with support for a specific background on error

Posted on November 28, 2016March 17, 2021 by Jörgen Nilsson

I wrote a blog post a while ago on a tool my college Johan Schrewelius has published which sets the OSDbackground during OSD and gives us the possibility to troubelshoot without F8 support enabled which should be avoided. An update of OSDBackground is now published with som bug fixes like:

1. Added Management Point to Wallpaper.

2. Made “ComputerNameVariable” Case Unsensitive.

3. Masked sensitive TS Variables in Debug mode.

4. Added support for Error background.

5. Moved background pictures to sub folder

The error background is a great addition, using this we use OSDBackground with a specific background when a Task Sequence fails and then we can access a Command Prompt or Cmtrace without F8 support enabled. We need to have a section in our Task Sequence with steps that are executed when a TS fails, I will write a post on that later this week. Configuring the “SMSTSErrorDialogTimeOut” variable to for example 28’800 =8 hours is a good idea so we have time to catch the computer with the error still present.

SMSTSErrordialogTimeOut

Adding a step to our TS failed section like this:

OSDBackground Error

Then we get the following dialog when the Task Sequence fails.

TaskSequenceError

OSDBackground can be downloaded here Onevinn – Applications (schrewelius.it)

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  • 9 thoughts on “New version of OSDBackground published with support for a specific background on error”

    1. Stein says:
      November 28, 2016 at 4:52 pm

      thanks from Brazil, this is very usefull.

      Reply
    2. Victor says:
      November 30, 2016 at 3:12 pm

      Does this work in MDT as well?

      Reply
      1. Jörgen Nilsson says:
        December 8, 2016 at 11:40 am

        Haven’t tested it but should work if .net is added to the boot images.
        Regards,
        Jörgen

        Reply
    3. mmarkt says:
      December 5, 2016 at 10:44 am

      I have noticed one problem for use, we use hidden collection variables in our OSD collection. And when you are goning into debug mode the hidden collection variables are shown in clear text

      Reply
    4. Nigel says:
      May 3, 2018 at 9:02 am

      Hi Jörgen,

      We have just started using this in our task sequence in our organization and I must say it is amazing. You have made something really amazing here!

      One issue I do have is and it is only a small issue is that after the first reboot and the background comes back up the mouse cursor is no longer visible on screen. Is there something I can do to fix this?

      Thanks.

      Reply
      1. Jörgen Nilsson says:
        June 1, 2018 at 9:41 am

        Hi
        That is a known issue in WinPe, here is a fix for it. https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/system_center_configuration_manager_operating_system_deployment_support_blog/2017/02/23/no-mouse-cursor-during-configmgr-osd-task-sequence/
        Regards
        Jörgen

        Reply
    5. Garrett says:
      April 23, 2019 at 3:36 pm

      When I opne CMTrace, or SMST logs in WinPE, I get an error about machine mismatch, and it won’t open CMTrace. Once the OS is installed, then I can open Cmtrace and the SMSS logs. How do I fix this?

      Reply
    6. Oleg Proscurchin says:
      October 6, 2020 at 1:49 am

      Hi Jörgen,
      I wanted to than you for the work you did and let you know that I was using it successfully for the last 4 years. Now I’ve updated ADK to 2004 and Win10 1909 and looks like it’s not compatible.
      Any plans to update it? Will be much appreciated.

      Reply
    7. Oleg Proscurchin says:
      October 6, 2020 at 4:03 am

      Never mind, my bad. Added .Net to boot image and now looks good. Thanks

      Reply

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