Hi,
i just like to ask how the windows keys plugin deals with a host that has a windows key in it’s windows key field stored while an image with associated key from the windows keys plugin should be deployed.
Which key is used then, does the windows keys plugin win or will it use the hosts key?
Please let me know. @tom-elliott @george1421
I am missing a readme that explains how the plugin acts, possibly i am to stupid to find it, so don’t slap me :).
Regards X23
@simarpreetsingh this is still to unprecise would you like to load balance the fog clients communication? If so this lets me think you must have thousands of clients, or do you talk about a load balancing on the storage node side? For example load balance the system that will deploy the image that should be deployed to computer xy.
What is the technical problem that lets you think you need some kind of load balancing? Talk to us 
Regards X23
@datastream please post your snapin script, like requested.
@themcv afaik this is only enabled in the preinstall of the os the surface is shipped with (recovery).
I never saw that problem with my own images.
Regards X23
@themcv said in Image upload & deploy taking a long time:
@brad-schumann Try this, I ran into this on Surface’s.
Open command prompt as admin.
manage-bde -off
manage-bde -status
Fingers crossed that it will fix it. In my case, Windows was by default encrypting the free space which caused issues.
@Wayne-Workman #wiki worthy!
@msaglioc99 @Sebastian-Roth is asking for the exact bios version that is installed and the information which cpu is inside wouldn’t harm.
@sudburr hey thank you for this, you are really more advanced with the dpinst usage.
Appreciate your post a lot
@matthieu-jacquart afai remember there was an error like this below 1.4.4? @tom-elliott ?
hehe his sig is telling us:
Update!
Hi,
try to remove the
/shutdown
option from sysprep and shutdown the computer with:
shutdown -s -t 0 -f
then retry and report.
I would bet the disk is in an unclean state, it’s a kind of hibernation windows 10 uses for a fast next boot.
You can also disable that permanently with:
powercfg -h off
Regards X23
@taspharel it was good that you started that discussion and it sounds like that we maybe can expect that feature in the future. Thank you.
DPInst could also be a possible Solution where you can Build your custom drivers install pack:
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/ff544842(v=vs.96)
For example, we have HP Probooks 650 with a WLAN enabled/disable Button, you need a Driver so the Button LED will lit different (OMG). Therefore i used dpinst:
To run dpinst silent use:
dpinst.exe /q /se
You don’t need to configure something for dpinst, just place a driver with a inf starting with as root into the dpinst.exe folder.
You can place more then one driver in the same folder as long as you don’t overwirte any files (maybe also subfolders are supported, i am not sure).
Regards X23
@george1421 webif should be a known short for web interface 
@george1421 regarding to your braindump, why not a webif section where people can select from various kernels (switch on and off) maybe a button to start compiling or just the setup for the next fog update.
@sebastian-roth maybe an inital question what they need before first install and then set it as default for later updates.
@psycholiquid since which Windows 10 Version is it acting and what happens if you import like that?
@psycholiquid Sorry whats UE-V? Sorry i don’t know.
TaskbarLayout.xml:
<LayoutModificationTemplate xmlns:defaultlayout="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/FullDefaultLayout" xmlns:start="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/StartLayout" xmlns:taskbar="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/TaskbarLayout" Version="1" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/Start/2014/LayoutModification">
<CustomTaskbarLayoutCollection PinListPlacement="Replace">
<defaultlayout:TaskbarLayout>
<taskbar:TaskbarPinList>
<taskbar:DesktopApp DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Internet Explorer.lnk"/>
<taskbar:DesktopApp DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\System Tools\File Explorer.lnk"/>
<taskbar:DesktopApp DesktopApplicationLinkPath="%PROGRAMDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Outlook 2016.lnk"/>
</taskbar:TaskbarPinList>
</defaultlayout:TaskbarLayout>
</CustomTaskbarLayoutCollection>
</LayoutModificationTemplate>
Powershell:
Import-StartLayout -LayoutPath "C:\Support\Tools\TaskbarLayout.xml" -MountPath "C:\"
I am using this for 1607 and 1703, i execute it with my sysprep script. (Using copyprofile).
@psycholiquid i have something for this wait…