CONTEXT: (Feel free to skip my babbling) If you haven’t figured out by now, I hate managing things that I feel should manage themselves. If I can get out of doing extra work, and have things in place to automatically take care of it, awesome. Even if it’s less efficient on network resources, and I … Read more
Update 12/18/18 – Dell Changed their Cab XML data, and the part of the script that downloads directly isn’t working. Checking with @Geodesicz (Mark Godfrey) to see if he has updated his script to accommodate this. Update 5/26 – Updated Script to use Dell’s Enterprise Cab XML data, instead of the ever changing Support Site. … Read more
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
Update 3/17 – Update a couple sections to fix Bug in Script with assistance from the Dell BIOS Dev team. Uploaded the TS Export of this section. Download HERE: 3/24 – Removed all of the Bios Files and Update Utility to comply with Dell’s EULA. Task Sequence Export HERE – You can import this into … Read more
*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