Windows 10: ADK 10: Windows Imaging and Configuration Designer

Thanks for all the great info on this thread. Some of the stuff here refers to Out of date versions, and it would help if the original post contained up-to-date info, and some of the out of date stuff is changed to strikeout so that the old info can still be read by those that need it.

 

That's progress for you - as things move forward, other things are left behind..

 

That's a good suggestion - I'll have a look at the first post in the next couple of days. (Might not get a chance tonight)
@Kyhi would it be OK with you if I put some of your stuff and links in the first post too?

 

No Problem

another good link > https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...(v=vs.85).aspx

 

Really good information.

So let me see if I understand with a simple example.

Let's say that I install Firefox and set a bunch of settings in Firefox, like the homepage, disabling updates, etc.

Are you saying that ScanState will create a "package" that will have the installed program in it along with the Firefox settings changes in it?

 

yes....

Scan state is designed for use in audit mode (no user has been setup) so the setting exported are imported into the default user setting)

In a user state, scanstate also seems to pull some user settings (or so it seems by reading the MIG.xml) after creating the ppkg file..
Or maybe it is excluding it - not sure - long hard to figure out file.. Yes included, No do not would be eaiser to follow along.. seems like every section of the xml say the same thing to me..

I tested the windows 10 OS reset feature but that feature failed.. And had to restore partition with macrium image (created minutes before, testing windows reset..

 

Going back to the Firefox example, how does ScanState grab that program? Does it get the Firefox installer and then install Firefox automatically when the package is deployed? Or, does ScanState actually look at the files and registry keys that the Firefox installer created and changed and record those changes?

 

ScanState actually look at the files and registry keys that the Firefox installer created and changed and record those changes?

 

Thanks for that!

 

Problem is half the page is missing > https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...(v=VS.85).aspx

When using wimboot in win81 - you could capture the install.wim with the /wimboot option
or
capture the install.wim and export it to a wimboot image by using the /wimboot option

the wimboot image was stored on the R partition and then applied to the W windows partition..

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https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...(v=vs.85).aspx

My understanding now is you just apply the install.wim using the /compact option to get wimboot..

Code: dism /Apply-Image /ImageFile:X:\install.wim /ApplyDir:W:\ /Index:1 /Compact[/quote] which places a compacted install.wim in C\Images\

then you create a provisioning ppkg of your customizations to be stored in C\recovery\custiomizations
(Note: Capture custom image no longer used in win10)(it is a win8.1 option)

Code: scanstate /telff /apps /drivers /ppkg C:\Recovery\Customizations\Apps_Drivers.ppkg /o /c /v:13 /l:C:\[/quote] Now you have the full instance software (which you just captured into a ppkg) and a compressed instance of that same software

then you can singleinstance the ppkg into the compacted install.wim _ so the full software instance is removed and the OS and customizations are running from a compressed state..

Code: DISM /Apply-CustomDataImage /CustomDataImage:C:\Recovery\Customizations\USMT.ppkg /ImagePath:C:\ /SingleInstance[/quote] Inportant ... You MUST keep the C\images and C\Recovery Directories - Removing them Removes Windows

 

I have tried the script that was in drop box for this but when I do the reset it always fails. What am I missing here?

 

Have you tried Reset without the provisioning package ??

When I tried Reset with the provisioning package it failed too.. Thought it was just the windows 10 reset failure others have complained about..

But I will now test without provisioning package.. thanks for the idea and info..

 

It works without a package it just doesnt work when there is one. If this doesnt work with reset then whats the point of it?

 

I just tried a Reset with a Provisioning Package and it put the apps back without crashing. (It's a very basic setup, in a VM with only a few apps on there to test it out though.)

I selected the option to do a complete reset, deleting users and files - maybe that makes a difference?

 

I used the script and I even tried it running it manually. When I reset it says there is a problem.This is doing a complete reset as well. Once that happens I have to do a full reinstall of the VM. My thoughts on this it might be a space issue. I am going to try this again with another VM that has more space to see if something different happens. The current VM has 60GB of space with 40gb free.