This is a quick post mostly for reference in the future. I was today years old when I learned about ‘ARPNOREMOVE‘. I should probably be embarrassed for not knowing, but it is what it is. For the remain 4 people out there that don’t know what it is, here you go. Additional Information What is […]
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As a Customer Engineer at Patch My PC, I often find myself needing to get Properties from MSI installers. But, security is a priority as well, so we also tend to double check the File Hashes of installers. Using PowerShell to get these values works, but I can’t be troubled to type those commands more
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I’ve recently been working on my ZoomIt skills and thought it would be a good idea to have it installed on my Lab machines. Obviously, I don’t want to manually go to each machine individually and install it. That could take over 10 minutes of my time! So lets spend way too much time writing
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In part 3 we utilized the HP Functions to update the TPM and System Firmware (BIOS). This time lets run the HP Imaging Assistant (HPIA) to get the latest drivers, firmware, and software. Part 1 – OSDCloud with HP FunctionsPart 2 – OSDCloud with HP Funtions: Loading OSDCloudGUIPart 3 – OSDCloud with HP Functions: Updating
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Lets jump in and see how the HP Functions update process works for the TPM and System Firmware (BIOS). Part 1 – OSDCloud with HP Functions – Part 1 – Michael the AdminPart 2 – OSDCloud with HP Funtions: Loading OSDCloudGUI – Part 2 – Michael the AdminPart 3 – You are herePart 4 –
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In this post, lets take a looks at how OSDCloudGUI loads when running on an HP Enterprise machine. We’ll dig into the processes and see how it determines if a TPM or System Firmware update is needed. Part 1 – OSDCloud with HP Functions – Part 1 – Michael the AdminPart 2 – You are
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This series will be similar to my last past about OSDCloud’s SetupComplete options: But this time we will go over the HP Functions that are available in OSDCloud. There is a lot to cover so lets start with some general information of what is available, and dive deeper into the different functions in future posts.
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In a previous post I added some Task Sequence steps to Update our Windows image. But, with the good work by @gwblok on the OSD module, we no longer need to do this. Back in March 2024 with version 24.3.6, some SetupComplete options were added and we can update windows using built-in features of the
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In a previous post I demonstrated how you can set Defaults for OSDCloudGUI But what if you want to set a Default for a Variable that isn’t available within the $Global:OSDCloudGUI variable to be set? Use Case While troubleshooting why OSDCloud was not working when being executed from my ConfigMgr task sequence, @gwblok suggested to
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So last time we added a CMD file to our Task Sequence to launch AutopilotOOBE. By default you will get the below layout when running AutopilotOOBE. Now lets customize this GUI a bit with some default values and actions. Additional Information Again this is straight from the documentation of AutopilotOOBE. AutopilotOOBE Configuration Json A configuration
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In my previous post we talked about AutopilotOOBE and how to manually install and run the module. But lets same ourselves some time and create a CMD file that can install and run the module for us. Additional Information This is straight from the documentation of AutopilotOOBE. What are we going to do? We’ll add
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In a previous post I wrote about how to Register Autopilot Devices using the Get-WindowsAutoPilotInfo script: But, typing out all the powershell commands, GroupTags, and Machine names takes time. The other issue is the possibility of typing errors. So what if we had a GUI that we could configure settings for, that utilizes the Get-WindowsAutoPilotInfo
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If you manage HP devices with Configuration Manager, then you will most definitely need some drivers in your Boot Image for those devices. HP like some other manufactures, makes a package that should contain just about all the necessary drivers you need for all currently supported models. Download the current softpaq This package works with
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Update 2024-06-12: These additional steps are no longer required with the addition of some SetupComplete features that will update windows using features built into OSDCloud. See my post below on utilizing the SetupComplete option: So, I think the next thing we should add to our OSDCloudGUI Task Sequence, is making sure the Operating System has
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In my previous post I demonstrated how you can utilize OSDCloud within a Configuration Manager Task sequence. I’ll link the post below: By default, you will be given many different options for Operating Systems, Editions, and some Deployment Options. But what if you want to restrict what Operating Systems can be selected, or if you
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As many already do, Configuration Manager is used to apply your Windows Operating systems and join your workstations to Active Directory.The modern management way would be to just use the pre-installed OS on the workstation with Windows Autopilot, and if needed, do a reset of the OS from Intune to start over. But every now
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I’ve been working on rewiring my brain to understand how I go from Configuration Manager OSD, to the ‘pure cloud’ model of Autopilot and Intune. So lets get some devices into Autopilot using the ‘Get-WindowsAutoPilotInfo’ where I first came aware of from Michael Niehaus blog. More Information: Assumptions: We’ll start from the OOBE of newly
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