Windows SafeGuard Hold ID Lookup - Crowd sourced

Hey Team, I'm working on building out a safeguard hold database to easy lookup safeguard hold IDs. Currently I've scratched together 100 safeguard hold ids with information. What is a Safe Guard hold? Microsoft uses quality and compatibility data to identify issues that might cause a Windows client feature update to fail or roll back. ... Read more

Deploying HP Driver Updates with Image Assistant and ConfigMgr Task Sequences

In the last post, I talked about using Reference files to lock in a set of updates for deployment. In this post, I'm going to show you how to deploy Updates using HP Image Assistant (HPIA) with a ConfigMgr Task Sequence. The Task Sequence I've created is pretty dynamic, so you can either create packages ... Read more

SetupComplete.cmd & Related Registry Values

Ever wonder what triggers the SetupComplete.cmd file after Windows Installs / Windows Upgrades? It's actually just a couple of registry values. When you run an upgrade, you can use the postoobe switch to set that value to a different location, which is what ConfigMgr does to use it's own custom SetupComplete.cmd file. Lets now consider ... Read more