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I use the SVN upgrade procedure here: https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=Upgrade_to_trunk

I would make a backup (or snapshot if available) before upgrading though.

@Sebastian-Roth yeah I got it working after updating the firmware to the latest version, it will boot and image but the refind-EFI is giving me troubles now. trying to find a way around it, GRUB doesn’t seem to work nor Does exit.

Ill post up the configuration and firmware versions once completed so everyone will know how to do it

Dude long day I jsut saw it. I am not paying attentionm
Used 108 free 40 = 160

@wayne-workman Well they want you to use the App Photos now, but you cant get that in LTSB because of the no Appx packages. Really a dumb not thought out plan.

@Tom Elliot @Wayne Workman @ch3i

Actually I was talking about Replication Service or Apache2 or anything really related to FOG in a button format. I know how to install Webmin and throw commands but for some that is a bit daunting, I just envision a button that throws the command for them but also outputs to the screen not interactive but kinda like Exchange does when you setup a user or group or whatnot. Making it more of a learning tool. Teaching while empowering. So when you tell someone for instance to restart Apache and they come back with how? You can point them to this page / button and they will be able to and also see the command in case they want to learn more.

Example:

fsck.vfat: not found
error 2 while executing fsck.vfat /dev/nvme0n1p2

@jj-fullmer you should look at UE-V if you want to keep lock screens between users and machines. I use it here and we can allows Windows 10 and Virtual Windows 10 users to keep the complete desktop experience. Wallpaper, Signatures, Outlook Cache. Even settings from applications that they setup such as mRemoteNG (remote desktop emulation program.) It is a pain to learn but what isn’t these days.

OK after reading over all this. This is very illegal. You aren’t supposed to be pulling the OEM key out of the bios / firmware in the first place. Can you? Yes. Should you? No.

If you were to get audited and they saw the FOG system was doing this you could get in very deep trouble.

The real issue I see here is why. The reason I say this is the following. If you are sysprepping image with the OEM ISO and pushing that to each machine they will activate on their own without intervention you just have to set the rearm.

I would personally steer clear of this as I can see M$ taking a stand on this and would hate for them to even look at FOG for that reason. Seems to be a disconnect in how your image is made that they are not auto activating.

Personally I don’t like the rule of not imaging OEM machines. You bought them and they are all the same, they got their money you should be aloud to. It seems arbitrary that you have to load by hand…

@Sebastian-Roth Yes that is the error I am seeing in partclone.

@george1421

Surface Pro 4

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BIOS Version	106.1624.768
BIOS Date	02/24/2017
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CPU Manufacturer	Intel(R) Corporation
CPU Version	Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6650U CPU @ 2.20GHz
CPU Normal Speed	Current Speed: 2200 MHz
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Memory	7.71 GiB
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Surface Pro 3

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BIOS Date	11/11/2016
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HP ProDesk 400 G2 MINI

ystem Manufacturer	HP
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BIOS Date	01/06/2016
Motherboard Manufacturer	HP
Motherboard Product Name	806A
Motherboard Version	KBC Version 05.26
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Motherboard Asset Tag	
CPU Manufacturer	Intel(R) Corporation
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Memory	3.74 GiB
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HP ProDesk 400 G3 DM

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Motherboard Asset Tag	
CPU Manufacturer	Intel(R) Corporation
CPU Version	Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7500T CPU @ 2.70GHz
CPU Normal Speed	Current Speed: 2600 MHz
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Memory	7.67 GiB
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HP EliteBook 850 G3

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HP ZBook 15u G3

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HP EliteBook 850 G3

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@jj-fullmer said in Win 10 Ent. compared to Win 10 Ent. LTSB what would be the right decision?:

@psycholiquid In the past I have been creating scripts to create and deploy default profiles for each department. Giving a nice starting point with all the needed programs. UE-V looks intriguing, how do you use it? It looks like it’s a per user kind of thing from what I’ve read thus far. I would rather have a per department thing to start with then maybe add a user personalization backup kind of thing on top of that. If there’s any quick pointers you can offer, I would greatly appreciate it.

It is definitely a per user thing. I use it to backup the users Application settings such as Outlook and WinSCP and others. IT works alot better than Citrix or the old way of doing roaming profiles (Not folder redirection) as it uses xml files and small zipped packages to keep settings.

I can tell you that it is best to work with 1703 as the old version did not have t setup as a service making it a bit harder to work with but that is what I get for working in beta right? IT does work on the fly so it isn`t something you have to reboot every machine for either. Here is a custom script I use to backup users WinSCP settings:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<SettingsLocationTemplate xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/UserExperienceVirtualization/2013A/SettingsLocationTemplate">
  <Name>WinSCP: SFTP, FTP, WebDAV and SCP client</Name>
  <ID>WinSCP-WinSCP-v-5-9</ID>
  <Version>1</Version>
  <Author>
    <Name>Jeremy Gravel</Name>
    <Email>user@email.com</Email>
  </Author>
  <Processes>
    <Process>
      <Filename>WinSCP.exe</Filename>
    </Process>
  </Processes>
  <Settings>
    <Registry>
      <Path Recursive="true">Software\Martin Prikryl</Path>
    </Registry>
    <File>
      <Root>
        <EnvironmentVariable>APPDATA</EnvironmentVariable>
      </Root>
      <Path />
      <FileMask>winscp.rnd</FileMask>
    </File>
  </Settings>
</SettingsLocationTemplate>

This really just pulls their reg files ann some folders and files which I designate in the xml

Example of the files being backed up to the folders:

Here is another example backing up all version of Chrome (allows for updates to versions):

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<SettingsLocationTemplate xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/UserExperienceVirtualization/2013A/SettingsLocationTemplate">
  <Name>Google Chrome</Name>
  <ID>Google-Chrome-chrome-v-58-0</ID>
  <Version>1</Version>
  <Author>
    <Name>Jeremy Gravel</Name>
    <Email>user@email.com</Email>
  </Author>
  <Processes>
    <Process>
      <Filename>chrome.exe</Filename>
    </Process>
  </Processes>
  <Settings>
    <Registry>
      <Path>Software\Google</Path>
    </Registry>
    <Registry>
      <Path>Software\Google\Chrome</Path>
    </Registry>
    <Registry>
      <Path>Software\Google\Chrome\BLBeacon</Path>
    </Registry>
    <Registry>
      <Path>Software\Google\Chrome\BrowserExitCodes</Path>
    </Registry>
    <Registry>
      <Path>Software\Google\Chrome\StabilityMetrics</Path>
    </Registry>
    <Registry>
      <Path Recursive="true">Software\Google\Chrome\PreferenceMACs</Path>
    </Registry>
    <Registry>
      <Path>Software\Google\Chrome\Extensions</Path>
    </Registry>
    <Registry>
      <Path>Software\Google\Chrome\NativeMessagingHosts</Path>
    </Registry>
    <Registry>
      <Path>Software\Google\Update\ClientState\{8A69D345-D564-463c-AFF1-A69D9E530F96}</Path>
    </Registry>
    <Registry>
      <Path Recursive="true">Software\Google\Software Removal Tool</Path>
    </Registry>
    <Registry>
      <Path>Software\RegisteredApplications</Path>
    </Registry>
    <Registry>
      <Path>Software\Clients\StartMenuInternet\FIREFOX.EXE\Capabilities</Path>
    </Registry>
    <Registry>
      <Path>Software\Clients\StartMenuInternet\FIREFOX.EXE\Capabilities\URLAssociations</Path>
    </Registry>
    <File>
      <Root>
        <EnvironmentVariable>LOCALAPPDATA</EnvironmentVariable>
      </Root>
      <Path>Google\Chrome\User Data\Crashpad</Path>
      <FileMask>settings.dat</FileMask>
    </File>
    <File>
      <Root>
        <EnvironmentVariable>LOCALAPPDATA</EnvironmentVariable>
      </Root>
      <Path>Google\Chrome\User Data\Crashpad</Path>
      <FileMask>metadata</FileMask>
    </File>
    <File>
      <Root>
        <EnvironmentVariable>LOCALAPPDATA</EnvironmentVariable>
      </Root>
      <Path>Google\Chrome\User Data\Default</Path>
      <FileMask>Preferences</FileMask>
    </File>
    <File>
      <Root>
        <EnvironmentVariable>LOCALAPPDATA</EnvironmentVariable>
      </Root>
      <Path>Google\Chrome\User Data\Default</Path>
      <FileMask>Secure Preferences</FileMask>
    </File>
    <File>
      <Root>
        <EnvironmentVariable>LOCALAPPDATA</EnvironmentVariable>
      </Root>
      <Path>Google\Chrome\User Data\Default</Path>
      <FileMask>Visited Links</FileMask>
    </File>
    <File>
      <Root>
        <EnvironmentVariable>LOCALAPPDATA</EnvironmentVariable>
      </Root>
      <Path>Google\Chrome\User Data\Default</Path>
      <FileMask>History-journal</FileMask>
    </File>
    <File>
      <Root>
        <EnvironmentVariable>LOCALAPPDATA</EnvironmentVariable>
      </Root>
      <Path>Google\Chrome\User Data\Default</Path>
      <FileMask>Login Data</FileMask>
    </File>
    <File>
      <Root>
        <EnvironmentVariable>LOCALAPPDATA</EnvironmentVariable>
      </Root>
      <Path>Google\Chrome\User Data\Default</Path>
      <FileMask>Bookmarks</FileMask>
    </File>
    <File>
      <Root>
        <EnvironmentVariable>LOCALAPPDATA</EnvironmentVariable>
      </Root>
      <Path>Google\Chrome\User Data\Default</Path>
      <FileMask>Last Session</FileMask>
    </File>
    <File>
      <Root>
        <EnvironmentVariable>LOCALAPPDATA</EnvironmentVariable>
      </Root>
      <Path>Google\Chrome\User Data\Default</Path>
      <FileMask>Current Session</FileMask>
    </File>
    <File>
      <Root>
        <EnvironmentVariable>LOCALAPPDATA</EnvironmentVariable>
      </Root>
      <Path>Google\Chrome\User Data\Default</Path>
      <FileMask>Cookies</FileMask>
    </File>
    <File>
      <Root>
        <EnvironmentVariable>LOCALAPPDATA</EnvironmentVariable>
      </Root>
      <Path>Google\Chrome\User Data\Default</Path>
      <FileMask>Cookies-journal</FileMask>
    </File>
  </Settings>
</SettingsLocationTemplate>

@Sebastian-Roth I can tell you that is the EFI partition of windows that is used to boot it, but I have made sure I am shutting it down cleanly. I have even set the sysprep to shutdown rather than reboot.

Guys I should also have some new HP tablets coming in soon probably using the same kind of hardware so I will update those as soon as I get my hands on them.

http://store.hp.com/us/en/mdp/laptops/hp-elite-x2-1012#tab=features

Organization Name: Sheakley Group Of Companies

Location (Optional) Cincinnati, Ohio

Approximate Number of systems: 500+

How long:3 years

Started on 0.32 in another company. It actually helped me get this job due the popularity of my imaging process.

@george1421 I tried both reboot and shutdown, I am not sure catching it while it is EFI booting would have an effect, since it is already flagged as soon as it goes down. I think it is getting flagged during the sysprep due to I have rebooted it multiple times. Or maybe even being flagged during the switch to Audit mode. I am attempting the clear from within windows this morning to see if it helps.

A cool little way I track what is going on for the clients when that is happening (That @Tom Elliott showed me )

Open powershell and type: get-content -wait C:\fog.log (or wherever you have the log stored.)

this will let you see what it is doing while it is doing it. Depending on the error it can lead you in the right direction.

@gwhitfield There is an issue I have that if the service is running during sysprep is causes issue that mimic what you are seeing, So I just disabled it and then let the commands turn it back on and set it to start once sysprep is complete.

@Bob-Henderson I have a group setup with all hosts in it and hit reset encryption there is I need to do for all. It is a quick and dirty way to do it.

@Bob-Henderson Thats because @Tom-Elliott and the other devs rock here at FOG

@george1421 Ha beat ya bud.