Considering this was at least my tenth time packaging this dotnet installer for ConfigMgr, I figured I should share it here for safe keeping. Further help on PowerShell App Deployment Toolkit (https://psappdeploytoolkit.com/). I will not be covering how to use PSADT, just the guts. Detection Method: PSADT install/uninstall command lines: Source files need to be… Read More »
1\Copy the “AppDeployToolkit” folder to your Deployment Share’s “Scripts” folder. 2\Edit the “AppDeployToolkit\AppDeployToolkitConfig.xml” file to log to MDT’s log location. 3\Update the Deploy-Application.ps1 files you use in your Application installs to locate the centrally located “AppDeployToolkit” folder. 4\Lastly, when adding your application to MDT, use this as the “Command Line”. PowerShell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -WindowStyle Min… Read More »
Here is a snippet for checking the EC version. It tosses a dialog with it’s result. Pre-reqs: 1\This snippet uses Powershell App Deploy Toolkit functions. https://psappdeploytoolkit.com/ 2\You’ll need to place the .mof and .dll files from our WMI BIOS util in the files folder. ftp://ftp.panasonic.com/computer/software/WMI_Release_V1.00L31.zip ## <Perform Installation tasks here> Show-InstallationProgress -StatusMessage “Copying… Read More »
This sniplet was written to work within a Powershell app deploy toolkit package. If you are not familiar with that toolkit, get familiar with it, its a huge time saver. ## <Perform Installation tasks here> Execute-Process -Path “$envSystem32Directory\reg.exe” -Parameters (‘load HKLM\ImportedHive “{0}\Users\Default\NTUSER.dat”‘ -f $envSystemDrive) $bClickDefAction = [byte[]](0x25,0x00,0x53,0x00,0x79,0x00,0x73,0x00,0x74,0x00,0x65,0x00,0x6d,0x00,0x52,0x00,0x6f,0x00,0x6f,0x00,0x74,0x00,0x25,0x00,0x5c,0x00,0x53,0x00,0x79,0x00,0x73,0x00,0x74,0x00,0x65,0x00,0x6d,0x00,0x33,0x00,0x32,0x00,0x5c,0x00,0x72,0x00,0x75,0x00,0x6e,0x00,0x64,0x00,0x6c,0x00,0x6c,0x00,0x33,0x00,0x32,0x00,0x2e,0x00,0x65,0x00,0x78,0x00,0x65,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x63,0x00,0x66,0x00,0x67,0x00,0x6d,0x00,0x67,0x00,0x72,0x00,0x33,0x00,0x32,0x00,0x2e,0x00,0x64,0x00,0x6c,0x00,0x6c,0x00,0x2c,0x00,0x43,0x00,0x4d,0x00,0x5f,0x00,0x52,0x00,0x65,0x00,0x71,0x00,0x75,0x00,0x65,0x00,0x73,0x00,0x74,0x00,0x5f,0x00,0x45,0x00,0x6a,0x00,0x65,0x00,0x63,0x00,0x74,0x00,0x5f,0x00,0x50,0x00,0x43,0x00,0x00,0x00) Set-RegistryKey -Key ‘HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ImportedHive\Control Panel\TabletPC\ButtonMaps\2’ -Name ‘ButtonID’ -Type ‘Dword’… Read More »
Wally Mead (DeploymentBunny) wrote a great script that accommodates his image factory. It performs several clean up operations before running sysprep. I run it manually on all of my Virtual Machines prior to running a Sysprep and Capture routine. I’ve seen this script reduce a WIM file by 10GB. Jump to Wally’s github and save… Read More »
