Just did this with Dell, now it’s HP’s turn, wrote a script that checks our HP BIOS packages in CM, then compares to what HP has available and updates accordingly. If you haven’t noticed… I’m in the middle of automating updating our CM Packages … I’m not going to go into much detail, look at … Read more
Just another quick post, mostly for my own future reference so I remember how I did this… Similar Posts but different enough Pause a Task Sequence: https://garytown.com/task-sequence-message-pause-with-no-package Launch Application in TS (WinPE) : https://garytown.com/launch-application-during-ts This is different because I’m doing it during it while in Windows, like testing IPU. This will launch the program of … Read more
Lets face it, the Task Sequence progress bar is dated. Does it work and serve a purpose, yes, does it look like Windows 98, heck yeah. Picture credit: Adam Gross As part of my quest to modernize it, I first google, found a couple good options: OneVinn: https://ccmexec.com/2018/09/onevinn-windows-10-upgrade-tools-upgbackground/ SMSAgent: https://smsagent.blog/2018/08/21/create-a-custom-splash-screen-for-a-windows-10-in-place-upgrade/ I based it on Option … Read more
<Copy from last Post> This Script connects to your ConfigMgr then compares the list of BIOS Driver Cabs to what Dell has available. Note, there are some other great tools like the Driver Automation Tool, but those didn’t fit my needs and I wanted to fully automate this with scheduled tasks. We also had issues … Read more
This Script connects to your ConfigMgr then compares the list of BIOS Updates to what Dell has available. Note, there are some other great tools like the Driver Automation Tool, but those didn’t fit my needs and I wanted to fully automate this with scheduled tasks. We also had issues using the tool in our … Read more