Inject PNP Drivers in Windows 7 post deployment

 If you need a process to find and install drivers post process (after Windows or later as an update)

  1. Populate this key with a path to your drivers
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\UnattendSettings\PnPUnattend\DriverPaths\1
    Path = “d:\Drivers”
    <- String
  2. From a script, batch, MDT, setupcomplete.cmd, whatever, Run pnpunattend.exe
    (built into Windows 7 and also there for Vista )

Example: Pnpunattend.exe auditsystem

You can use /s to just search the drivers but not install.  Also, use the /L to output to command so you can pipe into a file if needed.

USAGE:

   PnPUnattend.exe [auditSystem | /help /? /h] [/s] [/L]

       auditSystem   Online driver install.

       /help /? /h    This help.

       /s             Search without installing.

       /L             Print Logging information to the command line.

ConfigMgr Report for Dell BIOS Upgrades

Using a Microsoft SCCM Web Report (SQL query), Dell models and corresponding BIOS revisions in your environment can be determined. This report can be helpful for gauging the scope of your targets:

SELECT CompSys.Manufacturer0 as ‘OEM’, CompSys.model0 as ‘Model’,BIOS.SMBIOSBIOSVERSION0 as ‘BIOSVersion’, COUNT(Sys.Resourceid) AS ‘TotalSystems’
FROM V_R_System as Sys
LEFT JOIN V_GS_PC_BIOS as BIOS on Sys.resourceid = BIOS.resourceid
LEFT JOIN V_GS_COMPUTER_SYSTEM as CompSys on Sys.resourceid = CompSys.resourceid
WHERE

CompSys.Manufacturer0 LIKE ‘%dell%’
AND (CompSys.Model0 LIKE ‘%optiplex%’
OR CompSys.Model0 LIKE ‘%latitude%’
OR CompSys.Model0 LIKE ‘%precision%’)

GROUP BY CompSys.Manufacturer0,CompSys.model0, BIOS.SMBIOSBIOSVersion0
ORDER BY CompSys.Model0, BIOS.SMBIOSBIOSVersion0

 

Reference: http://www.delltechcenter.com/page/Dell+BIOS+Upgrades+for+Enterprise+Clients+with+Microsoft+System+Center+Configuration+Manager+2007

Error “The WebDAV server extension is either not installed or not configured properly” in Configuration Manager 2007 – The Configuration Manager Support Team Blog – Site Home – TechNet Blogs

Error “The WebDAV server extension is either not installed or not configured properly” in Configuration Manager 2007 – The Configuration Manager Support Team Blog – Site Home – TechNet Blogs

via Error “The WebDAV server extension is either not installed or not configured properly” in Configuration Manager 2007 – The Configuration Manager Support Team Blog – Site Home – TechNet Blogs.

A “Set Network Location” dialog box appears when you first log on to a domain-joined Windows 7-based client computer

If you get a prompt to Set Network Location (See Figure 1) in Windows 7 on a domain-joined computer, there is a hotfix from MS to resolve this issue.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2028749/en-us

Package the hotfix and deploy as a Task in the OSD or MDT Task Sequence as part of the Windows 7 deployment.

Figure 1