CCTK crashes when changing bootorder

Can you provide more details?

Thanks!

I use CCTK to configure the BIOS settings on machines during imaging with SCCM.  If I use it on a fresh from the box machine (or one where I reset the BIOS to default), CCTK.EXE crashes when it hits the bootorder command in a .cctk file.  I've verified that it happens when setting bootorder via the command line as well.  If I go in to the BIOS and change any boot order setting, save and exit, reboot and then run CCTK, it works fine.  I've seen this happen on an E6320, E6420 and Optiplex 990 so far.  CCTK version I'm using is v2.0.1, which I believe is the latest.

Eddie, I tried reproducing this on an OptiPlex 990 today. I was not about get it to crash. What version of BIOS do you have installed on your 990? I think I had A06 installed. If you change BIOS versions does it still crash? Does it always crash no matter what you change the order to? What OS version and architecture are you running this on?

I will also try setting my BIOS settings back to default on my 990 and see if it crashes since I didn't do that.

Hi all.

Im having the same issues here. We have around 18 different dell models such as Optiplex 960, 980, 990, 790, and Latitude 6320 6520 etc... I am using the CCTK in my MDT task sequence and I'm having mixed results.

Example: Dell Optiplex 990 with latest BIOS version A13 I believe.

I use three commands

Change sata mode to AHCI

Enable Multi-Display

Change bootorder to hdd first

The first two work fine but when I run the bootorder task it crashes my MDT and says:

A VBscript Runtime Error has occurred:

Error: 13 = Type mismatch

Vbscript Code:

InitializeSummary

Like I said, I am getting mixed results. Some models work fine but others bomb out when running the changing of bootorder.

At this point I am removing any references to CCTK for our deployments because of this reason!

Any help here? I am aware that CCTK does not work on all models but its weird how some functions such as sata operation, multidisplay works but others do not.

I also have a screenshot of the error as well. Thanks!

What version of CCTK are you using?

Hi Warren! I am using CCTK 2.1 and MDT 2012. LIke I said I have around 18 different dell models and some work and some dont.. Am I doing anything wrong here?

Since you are getting a script error and not a CCTK error it is difficult to identify what the issue is.  You could try to create a Self Contained Executable with CCTK that includes the 3 changes you indicated. You could have your script call the SCE.  If you don't want to try that, then you would have to dig through the CCTK logs to see if it can shed some light on the issue.