SCCM 2007 OSD Task Sequence – Client Log File Locations

Below are the locations of the SCCM 2007 Client log files as a Task Sequence progresses from WinPE to the full version of Windows.

Windows PE before HDD format:

X:\Windows\Temp\smstslog\smsts.log

Windows PE after HDD format:

X:\smstslog\smsts.log and copied to C:\_SMSTaskSequence\Logs\Smstslog\smsts.log

Full Windows before SCCM Client:

C:\_SMSTaskSequence\Logs\Smstslog\smsts.log

Full Windows post SCCM Client:

C:\Windows\System32\ccm\logs\Smstslog\smsts.log

Full Windows (x64) post SCCM Client:

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ccm\logs\Smstslog\smsts.log

After Task Sequence finishes (x86):

C:\windows\System32\ccm\logs\smsts.log

After Task Sequence finishes (x64):

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ccm\logs\smsts.log

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How to Manually Set an IP Address in WinPE

To set an Ip address through a command line manually when booted into WinPE, use the following command line:

netsh int ip set address "local area connection" static xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy zzz.zzz.zzz.zzz

x = IP Address
y = Subnet Mask
z = Default Gateway

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