Windows 10 Customizations–MMS2017 Demos

Hey everyone, MMS has come and gone for another year, and I will say, it was my favorite MMS yet.  This conference keeps getting better and better, but what’s not to like, right?  Mall of America, 4 days with amazingly smart people, who are just people. There are no pedestals here, everyone is approachable, and … Read more

Task Sequence Message / Pause with No Package

I’ve created messages and pauses a couple of ways, a “fancy” way with content, based on Niehaus’s blog, and a simple way just using notepad with no content, which is really handy during times you don’t want (or not able) to pull down content yet.  Nash (@kidmystic) would say to use PowerShell (example at bottom), … Read more

Enable Mouse Support in Win10 OSD during State Restore.

*Updated to allow Mouse Support directly following Apply OS step by adding keys offline. Create Group and place directly after the “Apply Operating System” Step (In my example, I have it also removing the mixed reality portal, which you can find info here) Step 1: Load Offline Registry reg load HKLM\Offline c:\windows\system32\config\software Step 2: Add … Read more

Windows 10 In Place Upgrade TS – Fail TS if NOT UEFI

We’re slowly rolling out Windows 10 to our Windows 7 and 8 computers, be we only want the computers to upgrade if they are already UEFI, so we can then enable Secure Boot and all the good stuff that goes along with it. While we try to ensure we only target machines that are UEFI … Read more