Posts made by robertkwild

@rodluz

ok scrap the local GPO done this and it works

reg add HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce /v firstlogon /t REG_SZ /d powershell -noexit -ep bypass c:\users\admin\sysprep\firstlogon.ps1 /f

@rodluz

solved…

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-server-2012-R2-and-2012/dn789190(v=ws.11)

i used a computer startup script

script name:
C:\Users\admin\sysprep\firstlogon.ps1

script parameters:
powershell -ep Bypass

and heres the script (just made a rough one to test and every command ran as when i logged in after the pc syspreped all commands worked)

start-process 'C:\Users\admin\sysprep\Firefox Setup 138.0.exe' /S -wait

Remove-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\AdventNet\DesktopCentral\DCAgent\" -Name "ImagedComputer" -Force

Remove-Item -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\AdventNet\DesktopCentral\DCAgent\SystemDetails" -Force

Set-LocalUser -Name "user01" -PasswordNeverExpires $true
Set-LocalUser -Name "it" -PasswordNeverExpires $true

remove-item -path C:\Users\admin\sysprep -recurse -force

@rodluz thanks but doesnt this need a VL key to run those scripts?

ok ive done this and it works

<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Deployment" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="NonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <RunSynchronous>
                <RunSynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
                    <Description>firstlogon</Description>
                    <Order>1</Order>
                    <Path>C:\Users\admin\sysprep\firstlogon.bat</Path>
                </RunSynchronousCommand>
            </RunSynchronous>
        </component>

and my bat is just this

@echo off

C:\Users\admin\sysprep\SophosSetup.exe --quiet

rmdir /Q /S C:\Users\admin\sysprep

this works but when i try to run a powershell command that needs admin it cant do it ie

powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File path-to-ps1

in there i just have this

Set-LocalUser -Name “user” -PasswordNeverExpires $true

but everytime after the sysprep and it loads into windows it hasnt done it as it hasnt got admin privs

so how come cmd had admin but ps1 doesnt?

any idea please

thanks,
rob

hi all,

turned off “secure boot” obviously to use fog to deploy a image to a pc after windows is installed turned back on “secure boot” but now windows cant boot and going into automatic repair mode and cant boot windows

is there anyway to turn on secure boot after windows and windows still works?

thanks,
rob

@Tom-Elliott is there a way to find out where its failing

i have the PCAP file if interested?

@Tom-Elliott thanks, now i know the “autoexec.ipxe…not found” is fine its just a warning and it ignores it and continues

but why then does this laptop fail to boot into fog and a vm does boot into fog?

is it because the laptop uses a usb/ethernet adapter

@Tom-Elliott

that didnt work, changed to “snponly.efi” but still same error about autoexec.ipxe

but when i do a ls on /tftpboot i cant see “autoexec.ipxe” is this why

ls -lah /tftpboot
total 7.0M
drwxr-xr-x 5 fogproject root 4.0K Apr 23 14:22 .
dr-xr-xr-x. 22 root root 4.0K Apr 23 13:48 …
drwxr-xr-x 4 fogproject root 4.0K Apr 12 12:47 10secdelay
drwxr-xr-x 2 fogproject root 118 Apr 12 12:47 arm64-efi
-rw-r-xr-x 1 fogproject root 479 Apr 23 13:58 default.ipxe
drwxr-xr-x 2 fogproject root 118 Apr 12 12:47 i386-efi
-rw-r-xr-x 1 fogproject root 326K Apr 23 13:58 intel.efi
-rw-r-xr-x 1 fogproject root 120K Apr 23 13:58 intel.kkpxe
-rw-r-xr-x 1 fogproject root 120K Apr 23 13:58 intel.kpxe
-rw-r-xr-x 1 fogproject root 120K Apr 23 13:58 intel.pxe
-rw-r-xr-x 1 fogproject root 1.2M Apr 23 13:58 ipxe.efi
-rw-r-xr-x 1 fogproject root 1.0M Apr 23 13:58 ipxe.iso
-rw-r-xr-x 1 fogproject root 383K Apr 23 13:58 ipxe.kkpxe
-rw-r-xr-x 1 fogproject root 383K Apr 23 13:58 ipxe.kpxe
-rw-r-xr-x 1 fogproject root 382K Apr 23 13:58 ipxe.krn
-rw-r-xr-x 1 fogproject root 382K Apr 23 13:58 ipxe.lkrn
-rw-r-xr-x 1 fogproject root 383K Apr 23 13:58 ipxe.pxe
-rw-r-xr-x 1 fogproject root 400K Apr 23 13:58 ipxe.usb
-rw-r-xr-x 1 fogproject root 26K Apr 23 13:58 memdisk
-rw-r-xr-x 1 fogproject root 325K Apr 23 13:58 ncm–ecm–axge.efi
-rw-r-xr-x 1 fogproject root 325K Apr 23 13:58 realtek.efi
-rw-r-xr-x 1 fogproject root 121K Apr 23 13:58 realtek.kkpxe
-rw-r-xr-x 1 fogproject root 121K Apr 23 13:58 realtek.kpxe
-rw-r-xr-x 1 fogproject root 121K Apr 23 13:58 realtek.pxe
-rw-r-xr-x 1 fogproject root 325K Apr 23 13:58 snp.efi
-rw-r-xr-x 1 fogproject root 325K Apr 23 13:58 snponly.efi
-rw-r-xr-x 1 fogproject root 120K Apr 23 13:58 undionly.kkpxe
-rw-r-xr-x 1 fogproject root 120K Apr 23 13:58 undionly.kpxe
-rw-r-xr-x 1 fogproject root 120K Apr 23 13:58 undionly.pxe

is it because i havnt got a dns entry for fog since i changed to using https?

what is interesting is that fog works on a vm ie it says “autoexec.ipxe” not found and it continues to load the fog menu where i can deploy my image

so its only happening on new uefi firmware looks like it

hi all,

when i installed fog for the first time on a new OS alma 9.5 (old fog was on centos 7) i turned on https but now my clients cant connect to fog, they get this

i think this is happening because i enabled https, is there anyway to turn it off or am i stuck with it on

thanks,
rob

hi all,

I copied my image from old fog server to new fog server via rsync -a, I also created a new image on the web portal and i can successfully deploy it to a new pc but on the web portal it doesnt specify the size

anyway i can do this please as in terminal when i do a du on the image i get the size 15G

thanks,
rob

@marcolefo not yet, i was running 1.5 on centos 7 and now re installed fog 1.5 on alma 9.5, i will let you know if i get the same issue on new OS

any help?

tbh i am running fog on centos 7 so maybe its time to re install the OS to rocky 9.5 or ubuntu 24

what OS do you recommend?

hi all,

so trying to update my fog from stable 1.5.10.1650 to working 1.6 branch but get a schema error

any help is much appreciated

thanks,
rob

@Tom-Elliott looks like i have to update my fog to 1.6 instead of 1.5 as i thought i resolved it by updating fog to the latest 1.5 but the error is still there on 1.5, i thought it went at first as when i made my first image it saved as a folder but on my second capture its saving as a file again

@tcthorne i thought i resolved it by updating fog to 1.5.10.1650 ie the latest at the time but guess what the error has come back and i have no idea why its come back, the last resort is to update to working branch ie 1.6

hi all,

got a weird one as i get this error below in bios when i try to network boot

usb network boot: ipv4 network (disabled)

its funny as we bulk buy laptops (hp elitebook 840 G8) and trying to image another one i dont get this error, only this laptop

the only difference is i dont get the option “network boot tftp windopw size” menu on the other laptop so maybe its a bios firmware version?

thanks,
rob

@Tom-Elliott sorry took my time in replying back tom my bad

in the end i updated my stable to the latest 1.5.10.1650 and now when i capture the image it saves it as a folder not a file

@tcthorne I had the exact same issue with the stable branch, i was on 1.5.10.1634 or 39 i forgot and i upgraded to 1.5.10.1650 and now instead of a file in the images dir i get a folder!!!

@Tom-Elliott Hi Tom, Im on stable

Latest Version:
1.5.10.1634

Latest Development Version:
1.5.10.1639

i get above on the login screen and below on the fog configuration page

You’re running the latest stable version: 1.5.10.1634

so your saying go to alpha/beta?