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    Injecting Drivers during audit mode for syspreping Windows 7 and then Fogging

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    • Jaymes DriverJ
      Jaymes Driver Developer
      last edited by

      Not a problem glad I could be of help!

      Like I said it may not be the “conventional” method, but I’m pretty good about finding my ways around things 😉

      WARNING TO USERS: My comments are written completely devoid of emotion, do not mistake my concise to the point manner as a personal insult or attack.

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        MichaelDigital
        last edited by

        So,

        Everything is working well, but I wanted to remove the driver pack from the machine’s after imaging them because they are almost 2 gigs. So, I wrote a script to remove the unattend.xml file and included to remove the drivers folder. Placed the script in c:\windows\setup\scripts\ folder so it will run automatically after computer finishes its setup.
        Real basic, here is what it is -
        @echo off
        del /Q /F c:\windows\system32\sysprep\unattend.xml
        del /Q /F c:\windows\panther\unattend.xml
        rmdir c:\drives /Q /S

        I think this is removing the Drivers directory before windows finishes the drivers install. Any better ideas on how I could accomplish this?

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        • Jaymes DriverJ
          Jaymes Driver Developer
          last edited by

          Add a script to the END of the setupcomplete.cmd file that runs another script to remove the fill/folder.

          Just keep chaining scripts until you accomplish the goal you desire lol

          WARNING TO USERS: My comments are written completely devoid of emotion, do not mistake my concise to the point manner as a personal insult or attack.

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            MichaelDigital
            last edited by

            LOL Good thought. And, In the end of the script setupcomplete.cmd script put a wait or a pause command to make the computer wait. Gotta look up the commands. I’ll post my finished solution.

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            • Lee RowlettL
              Lee Rowlett Developer
              last edited by

              I do exactly the same to handle drivers except i get the init.gz to detect the machine model, download the relevant drivers folder (drivers in .inf form) from the closest node and then add the registry entry to devpath so all drivers (as long as they’re signed) are handled and installed by sysprep that way i can keep the image small and drivers up to date without having to modify the image - also means i can have one image per OS 🙂

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              • Lee RowlettL
                Lee Rowlett Developer
                last edited by

                it also means you do not have to run an additional script after sysprep and i build my images on a VM so that there is bare minimum drivers on the image during audit mode - also means again image can stay small for faster deploys.

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                • Lee RowlettL
                  Lee Rowlett Developer
                  last edited by

                  …i’ll speak to Tom about maybe getting something implemented so any “options/pre-reqs” aren’t hard coded and you can set them from the Web GUI i.e. folder path (C:\Drivers) and maybe have a “Driver Management” page so you can manage the folders without having to do it all back end on the server.

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                  • Tom ElliottT
                    Tom Elliott
                    last edited by

                    Very intriguing and interesting.

                    If you’re up to the challenge, just do like we normally do.

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                      MichaelDigital
                      last edited by

                      Very interesting Lee,
                      Can you go into more detail on the process of this for everyone?

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                      • Lee RowlettL
                        Lee Rowlett Developer
                        last edited by

                        Myself, Tom and james are looking to working on this as a plugin potentially may take sometime… just watch this space 🙂

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                        • Tom ElliottT
                          Tom Elliott
                          last edited by

                          Definitely!

                          Please help us build the FOG community with everyone involved. It's not just about coding - way more we need people to test things, update documentation and most importantly work on uniting the community of people enjoying and working on FOG! Get in contact with me (chat bubble in the top right corner) if you want to join in.

                          Web GUI issue? Please check apache error (debian/ubuntu: /var/log/apache2/error.log, centos/fedora/rhel: /var/log/httpd/error_log) and php-fpm log (/var/log/php*-fpm.log)

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                            MichaelDigital
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                            Good news! There was nothing wrong with the script. It deleted the Drivers folder after they installed collect along with the unattend.xml. Thanks for everyone’s help! it wasn’t until I pushed the image to a different model PC that I noticed it worked correctly. The first one I was using as testing grounds, apparently is missing a driver. Thanks Again!

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                              jbsclm Developer
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                              For info, the vbscript function we use to check for presence of a particular device id is below.
                              This allows us to install the associated software as well rather than just the inf files.
                              the command line utility Devcon is available from Microsoft at the following link.
                              [url]http://support.microsoft.com/kb/311272[/url]

                              Function device_present(device)
                              Dim cmd,oShell,ScriptPath,rexec,strtext
                              ScriptPath = Left(WScript.ScriptFullName, Len(WScript.ScriptFullName) - Len(Wscript.ScriptName))
                              cmd=Scriptpath & “drivers\devcon find " & device & “*”
                              'msgbox cmd
                              Set oShell = CreateObject(“WScript.Shell”)
                              set rexec= oShell.exec(cmd)
                              strtext=”"
                              strtext=Ucase(rexec.stdout.readall())
                              if(InStr(1,strtext,“NO MATCHING DEVICES FOUND”,1) >0 )Then
                              device_present=false
                              else
                              device_present=true
                              End If
                              'wscript.echo strtext
                              End function

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                                MichaelDigital
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                                Very nice script!

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