Did you move to using Standard Packages instead of the native driver packages in ConfigMgr years ago? Why use standard packages, and the DISM command instead of importing drivers and using the built in native functions? I’ll tell you why I do, Flexibility and Automation, and the cool people like Johan are doing it. TLDR: … Read more
TLDR Script used to gather important logs and information during OSD for Troubleshooting:GitHub: garytown/OSD/OSDLogGather.ps1 at master NOTE, use this for troubleshooting only, don’t run on every device. This does capture sensitive information you would not want to leave on a device after deployment. I was recently assisting someone who was having issues with domain join. … Read more
So, for a lab where you want to get up and running with OSD as soon as possible, this is a great trick. You can have an OSD Task Sequence, using OSD Cloud, so all of the content is hosted in the cloud thanks to Microsoft and hardware vendors, and your scripts integrated into the … Read more
I still get asked this pretty often, and I share this post: Driver Pack Mapping and Pre-Cache, and get told… ok, that’s cool… but lets keep it simple for now… so in this post, I’ll go with the simple method of having a download step per model driver package. Related Posts: Using your ConfigMgr inventory, … Read more
Update 4/22/24 – Everything Change in April 2024 – Please see my recent posts:KB5025885 – Updating your USB Boot Media – Leveraging OSD Module Rest of this page is basically obsolete at this point. Leaving here for link backs. Update 9/19/23. Updated ADK Released! https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/get-started/adk-install#download-the-adk-for-windows-11-version-22h2-updated-september-2023 I recently wrote a post for how to apply the … Read more