MDT 2008 Update 1: Why isn’t the version showing up

After updating your MDT 2008 to Update 1, you may notice that when you click on the Help -> About, the version number it’s still the some previous to Update 1.

This may happen because of cached dll’s.

For solving this issue:
.: Open Registry Editor
.: Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\@C:\Program Files\Microsoft Deployment Toolkit\Bin\Microsoft.BDD.WorkbenchResources.dll,-105
.: Delete this key
.: Restart the machine

After this, you’ll notice that now you have the correct version showing up.

Caution: MDT 2008 Update 1 may cause some damage

Sometimes having lots and lots of work in hands can be very useful (ok, not too many times…) but in this particulary case it does!

It seems like Microsoft Deployment Kit (MDT) team has received a lot of issues over the past few days because of the Update 1 for MDT 2008.

It seems like some deployment point and settings may disappear after this update.
The MDT team has posted some info about it, and the best way to apply this update.

So please follow this link for a step-by-step on upgrading MDT:
http://blogs.technet.com/msdeployment/archive/2008/08/05/how-to-upgrade-to-mdt-2008-update-1-lite-touch.aspx

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2008 Update 1

Microsoft has just released an update for MDT 2008. From a series of new changes, the  main features are support for OEM preload scenarios and a revised System Center Operations Manager Management Pack. There are also some minor updates that includes bug fixes and design changes to override driver platforms as well as the ability to inject all drivers into Windows PE.

Microsoft has also released revised documentation for Windows Deployment.

Finally, this update can be downloaded from:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=3bd8561f-77ac-4400-a0c1-fe871c461a89&displaylang=en