Question: SCCM In Place Upgrade Task Sequence - How to apply driver before "Upgrade OS" step?

Question

Question: SCCM In Place Upgrade Task Sequence - How to apply driver before "Upgrade OS" step?

M Tran 491

Hi,
I am not sure if I've done this right. We're rolling out win10 upgrade. If the laptop is the HP EliteBook 850 G3, the upgrade TS will stall at 44%. The culprit is the conexant audio driver. If I manually update the audio driver to Win10 version, then push the IPU, then the upgrade will be successful after that.

So I am trying to incorporate the driver update into the Task Sequence, like so....I only need to upgrade the audio driver, hence the audio driver package.

AFter putting the TS to the test, the step failed. I am not sure what to do. Did I not apply the driver correctly? Any advice is greatly appreciated.

Accepted answer

1 additional answer

Your answer

Answer 1

HanyunZhu-MSFT 1,846 Microsoft External Staff

Hi @MinaTran-2950,

Thanks for posting in Microsoft Q&A forum.

First, it is suggested to check if there is any error code or other useful information for troubleshooting in SMSTS.log.

And there is another method that may meet your needs, please refer to the following steps:

We could replace the step Apply Driver Package with the step Download Package Content.
Adding the step Download Package Content to download the driver packages, and configure it to save the path as a variable.

2) After Download Driver Package, add a step Set Task Sequence Variable action with the following settings:
Task Sequence Variable: OSDUpgradeStagedContent
Value: %_SMSTSMDataPath%\Drivers（the variable path set before)
Condition: %_SMSTSMDataPath%\Drivers exists

Hope the above information can help you.

If the response is helpful, please click "Accept Answer"and upvote it.
Note: Please follow the steps in our documentation to enable e-mail notifications if you want to receive the related email notification for this thread.

Pavel yannara Mirochnitchenko 13,331 Reputation points MVP

2021-08-10T06:25:45.377+00:00

Excelent answer and guidance. That's the right method to do it :)
M Tran 491 Reputation points

2021-08-10T13:43:11.447+00:00

Thank you so much for taking the time to answer. Let me try the steps in your guide.

Also, I found error in the smsts.log
HanyunZhu-MSFT 1,846 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2021-08-11T09:40:43.743+00:00

Hi,

The error code 0x80070032 means that The request is not supported.
And in the log file, it mentioned that the step of applying driver package should occur before WinPE boots into Windows.
If we want to use this step to apply the driver package, maybe we need to add a TS step to restart computer in WinPE before the step "Apply driver package".
M Tran 491 Reputation points

2021-08-11T19:14:44.517+00:00

@HanyunZhu-MSFT

Hi, I have modified the TS following your instructions (thank you for that). I have only 1 test 850 G3, but this laptop is still stuck in the old task sequence. I don't know how to get sccm to redeploy the edited TS. I removed it from the test collection, added back to the test collection, ran "machine policy retrieval". It's still sitting there, not doing anything. I am trying to look for another 850 G3 to test the edited TS.

If a machine is stuck in Deployment status, how do you get it out and redeploy?
HanyunZhu-MSFT 1,846 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2021-08-12T07:20:20.057+00:00

Hi,

Based on our experience, we could try to delete or rename the hook that was installed by OSDSetupWindows.
(it is suggested to rename it to avoid the subsequent failure to enter the system and need to rename it back)

In SMSTS.log, we may find the statements similar to the following:
OSDSetupWindows Installing hook to 'C:\WINDOWS'
OSDSetupWindows Command line for extension .EXE is "%1" %
OSDSetupWindows Set command line: "X:\sms\bin\x64\OSDSETUPHOOK.EXE" "/install:C:\WINDOWS" /version:10.0
OSDSetupWindows Executing command line: "X:\sms\bin\x64\OSDSETUPHOOK.EXE" "/install:C:\WINDOWS" /version:10.0*

According to the path that mentioned in the log file, we could find the .exe file and rename it.
After restarting the computer, if we could enter the system successfully, then we could receive the redeployment task sequence.

Answer 2

M Tran 491

@HanyunZhu-MSFT

Hello, I would like to update that your instructions worked! Thank you so much for your time!

HanyunZhu-MSFT 1,846 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2021-08-19T02:32:31.537+00:00

Hi,

Thank you very much for your feedback! We're glad that it worked for you. Your updates may help others who have similar issue. If you have any questions in future, we warmly welcome you to post in Microsoft Q&A forum again.

Have a nice day!
M Tran 491 Reputation points

2021-08-19T12:32:32.017+00:00

@HanyunZhu-MSFT

Hi, can I use the same steps to apply drivers after the upgrade step (post processing)? I found that after the win10 upgrade, the intel graphics driver crapped out and I would have to manually re-install the driver.

Thank you!

Share via

Question: SCCM In Place Upgrade Task Sequence - How to apply driver before "Upgrade OS" step?

1 additional answer

Your answer