OSD Options Chooser v2

Posted on September 22, 2011 Updated on June 1, 2013

Attention – this Options Chooser has been superseded by Nick’s “version 3” which can be reviewed at https://t3chn1ck.wordpress.com/2013/06/06/osd-options-chooser-v3/

The following custom HTA can be used during OSD when imaging computers with SCCM 2007.  It has been updated from my previous version and will do the following:

• Section 1 – for the name to be give to the computer.
• Section 2 – for the technician imaging the computer
• Section 3 – for a ticket number
• Section 4 – for adding a user to the local admins group
• Section 5 – for selecting the computer’s time zone
  Note: additional time zones can be found at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc749073(WS.10).aspx
• Section 6 – for selecting a flavor of Acrobat as post installed software
• Section 7 – for selecting other software to be installed

Note that on the first three sections, if the option is left empty, then after clicking finish a circular prompt is done until a value is added.  Also, they set custom Task Sequence variables which you will need to use later in your process, such as in custom logging or setting a registry key for your organization, etc.

Also, remember to enable HTA support in your boot images – https://t3chn1ck.wordpress.com/2010/01/28/hta-support-in-sccm-boot-images/

<!-- ----------------------------------------------------------- Created by Nick Moseley https://t3chn1ck.wordpress.com For this script to function, HTA support must have been added into the boot image See for more information - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd799244.aspx --------------------------------------------------------------- -->



OSD Options Chooser


<script type="text/vbscript" language="vbscript">// <![CDATA[
window.resizeTo 375,700
window.moveTo 5,5

Sub FinishClickTasks
'On Error Resume Next
Dim oTaskSequence, oShell, sComputerName, bErrComputerName, bErrTechName, bErrTicketNumber, sCurPath, sKioskName
Set oTaskSequence = CreateObject ("Microsoft.SMS.TSEnvironment")
Set oShell = CreateObject ("WScript.Shell")
sComputerName = UCase(ComputerName.Value)

' Set values inputed from HTA dialog
If sComputerName = "" Then
oTaskSequence ("OSDComputerName") = "null"
Else
oTaskSequence ("OSDComputerName") = sComputerName
End If

If TechName.Value = "" Then
oTaskSequence ("OSDTechName") = "null"
Else
oTaskSequence ("OSDTechName") = TechName.Value
End If
If TicketNumber.Value = "" Then
oTaskSequence ("OSDTicketNumber") = "null"
Else
oTaskSequence ("OSDTicketNumber") = TicketNumber.Value
End If

' Check for errors with the computer name or technician name
Dim sTSVar1, sTSVar2, sTSVar3, bNoErr
sTSVar1 = oTaskSequence("OSDComputerName")
sTSVar2 = oTaskSequence("OSDTechName")
sTSVar3 = oTaskSequence("OSDTicketNumber")
bNoErr = False

If sTSVar1 = "null" Then
bErrComputerName = True
End If
If sTSVar2 = "null" Then
bErrTechName = True
End If
If sTSVar3 = "null" Then
bErrTicketNumber = True
End If

' Display error message
If bErrComputerName And bErrTechName And bErrTicketNumber Then
MsgBox "Error: Computer name, technician name, and Incident or Service Request number cannot be blank.", vbCritical, "Error"
ElseIf bErrComputerName And bErrTechName Then
MsgBox "Error: Computer name and technician name cannot be blank.", vbCritical, "Error"
ElseIf bErrComputerName And bErrTicketNumber Then
MsgBox "Error: Computer name and Incident or Service Request number cannot be blank.", vbCritical, "Error"
ElseIf bErrTechName And bErrTicketNumber Then
MsgBox "Error: Technician name and Incident or Service Request number cannot be blank.", vbCritical, "Error"
ElseIf bErrComputerName Then
MsgBox "Error: Computer name cannot be blank.", vbCritical, "Error"
ElseIf bErrTechName Then
MsgBox "Error: Technician name cannot be blank.", vbCritical, "Error"
ElseIf bErrTicketNumber Then
MsgBox "Error: Incident or Service Request number cannot be blank.", vbCritical, "Error"
End If 

' Loop until end-user enters a value
Do 
If bErrComputerName Then
sComputerName = InputBox ("Please enter a COMPUTER name to continue", "", , 30,30)
If sComputerName <> "" Then
oTaskSequence ("OSDComputerName") = sComputerName
bErrComputerName = False
End If
ElseIf bErrTechName Then
sTechName = InputBox ("Please enter a TECHNICIAN name to continue.", "", , 30,30)
If sTechName <> "" Then 
oTaskSequence ("OSDTechName") = sTechName
bErrTechName = False
End If
ElseIf bErrTicketNumber Then
sTicketNumber = InputBox ("Please enter an Incident or Service Request number to continue.", "", , 30,30)
If sTicketNumber <> "" Then 
oTaskSequence ("OSDTicketNumber") = sTicketNumber
bErrTicketNumber = False
End If
Else
bNoErr = True
End If
Loop Until  bNoErr

' Set local time zone
For Each oTimeZone In TimeZone
If oTimeZone.Checked Then
oTaskSequence("OSDTimeZone") = oTimeZone.value
End If
Next

' UserName to add as a local administrator
If UserName.Value <> "" Then 
oTaskSequence ("OSDAdminUser") = UserName.Value
End If

' Applications to install
' Acrobat
If Acrobat(1).checked Then
oTaskSequence ("OSDAcrobat10") = "standard"
ElseIf Acrobat(2).checked Then
oTaskSequence ("OSDAcrobat10") = "professional"
End If

' Other Apps
If ProjectStd2010.checked Then
oTaskSequence ("OSDProjStd2010") = "true"
End If
If VisioStd2010.checked Then
oTaskSequence ("OSDVisioStd2010") = "true"
End If
If StreetsTrips2010.checked Then
oTaskSequence ("OSDStreetsTrips2010") = "true"
End If

window.close
End Sub
// ]]></script>

<!-- HTML goes here -->


Computer Name

<input id="ComputerName" type="text" name="ComputerName" size="45" />

Technician Name Imaging Computer

<input id="TechName" type="text" name="TechName" size="45" />

Incident or Request Number

<input id="TicketNumber" type="text" name="TicketNumber" size="45" />

Username to add to Local Admin Group (if applicable)

<input id="UserName" type="text" name="UserName" size="45" />

<b>Select Time Zone For the Computer</b>

<input type="radio" name="TimeZone" value="Pacific Standard Time" />PST (US West Coast)

<input type="radio" name="TimeZone" value="US Mountain Standard Time" />AZT (US Arizona)

<input type="radio" name="TimeZone" value="Mountain Standard Time" />MST (US Mountain)

<input type="radio" name="TimeZone" value="Central Standard Time" />CST (US Central)

<input type="radio" name="TimeZone" value="Eastern Standard Time" />EST (US East Coast)


<b>Select Post Installed Applications</b>

<input type="radio" name="Acrobat" /> Do not install Acrobat

<input type="radio" name="Acrobat" /> Adobe Acrobat Standard X

<input type="radio" name="Acrobat" /> Adobe Acrobat Professional X



<input type="checkbox" name="ProjectStd2010" /> Microsoft Project Standard 2010

<input type="checkbox" name="StreetsTrips2010" /> Microsoft Streets and Trips 2010

<input type="checkbox" name="VisioStd2010" /> Microsoft Visio Standard 2010


<button accesskey="N" id="buttonFinish" onclick="FinishClickTasks" type="submit">Finish</button>

Created by Nick Moseley, https://t3chn1ck.wordpress.com

HTA BackEnd Script for OSD

Posted on May 20, 2009 Updated on December 22, 2011

This post has been updated with new code. 

Please visit OSD Options Chooser v2

There are plenty of examples out there for how to get the most out of Task Sequences for SCCM 2007 OS deployment.  But I wasn’t motivated to find out how others were doing it…Until I saw a demonstration by Jarvis Davis that he presented at MMS 2009. 

From that I built my own custom HTML Application to do what I needed.  At the moment, I have not enabled HTA support in my WinPE boot images.  So the below example is purely a “BackEnd” script which simply means that it needs to run at the towards the end of the Task Sequence so that the end-operator (or end-user) does not need to wait for much of the imaging to complete.

This HTA does the following

• Field to enter in the name of user to add into the local Administrators group
• Selection for US time zone to configure Windows to use (defaults to MST, since that is where I am)
• Option to install one of 6 flavors of Adobe Acrobat
• Option to install one of 2 flavors of Project 2003
• Option to install one of 2 flavors of Visio 2003
• Option to install BlackBerry desktop
• Option to install Streets and Trips 2006

Additional things to note

• In order to add a domain user to your local admins group, the value sDomainName = “YourDomainName” must be filled in appropriately.
• All activity is logged into C:\CustomSystemOptions.log
• If one of the options to install software is selected, a Task Sequence variable is created and set to True.  To utilize this, you would need to have an Install Software task that is limited to only install of the corresponding variable is set to True.  Note: the Install Software task must be after the execution of the HTA!