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

April 25, 2022 by gwblok

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

BGIn-Place Upgrades

May 16, 2018February 14, 2018 by gwblok

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I thought that was a clever title, but it seems more confusing the longer I look at it… anyway, this is the follow up post to take BGinfo from MDT, and add it’s capabilities to the ConfigMgr In-Place Upgrade Task Sequence Process. If you’ve been working with in-place upgrade task sequences, you’ll know they are a different beast than regular OSD. You can’t just call an application and expect it to show up on the screen.. like in OSD, you can say Command Line Step: notepad.exe… and guess what, a notepad.exe window opens during the TS.. freaking amazing!

BGinfo Updating MDT Default Templates

February 22, 2019February 14, 2018 by gwblok

If you use MDT, then you’re familiar with their use of changing the background and adding system information during the OSD process. This is pretty handy to get some basic info, but with a little tweaking, you can add additional data that can be very useful to make visible during OSD.

Basics, the required files used during this process are stored here: MDT Package\Tools\x64 & x86