WinPE error: oiedlg.dll was not found – BGInfo64.exe

Recently someone was reading over a blog post I wrote about using BGInfo with ConfigMgr. Leverage BGInfo in WinPE – Recast Software, and they were getting the error “The code execution cannot proceed because oledlg.dll was not found…” Quick Fix: Add HTML (WinPE-HTA) Optional Component to your Boot Media. I pointed to the optional items … Read more

HPCMSL – New-HPDriverPack

HP is about to release an update to the HP Client Management Script Library, (1.6.5) and with it, a new Commandlet, New-HPDriverPack. This fills a void with driver packs that has been plaguing us for years. The issue HP tackled? Stale driver packs! Typically driver packs get updated… rarely, lets go with that, but individual … Read more

OSD Builder in a Task Sequence

Why would you do this? OSD Builder is completely capable of automation, creating scripts that can do all of this, and run via scheduled tasks. So why shoe horn it into a Task Sequence? Task Sequences are very comforting to me. They are powerful, have amazing amounts of flexibility, they manage the flow of content, … Read more

Finding Task Sequences referenced by Applications or Packages

First off, Thanks to Adam for getting me 80% of the way there: https://www.asquaredozen.com/2019/02/04/finding-configmgr-task-sequences-with-invalid-references/ But I wanted to find the Task Sequences that referenced a specific Application. So in my case, I want to Delete Google Chrome, no point with the New Edge, right? Lets find those TS references: First we need to grab the … Read more