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Update Drivers and BIOS via PowerShell and Dell Command Update

Mick Pletcher  •  Friday, January 29, 2016  •  Dell, powershell, PowerShellStudio, Sapien
NOTE: I used  Sapien's PowerShell Studio  to write this script that significantly simplified the process! During the build process,...
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Validate TPM Settings at the Beginning of a Build of a Dell machine.

Mick Pletcher  •  Thursday, January 28, 2016  •  Bitlocker, Dell, TPM
NOTE: I used Sapien's PowerShellStudio to write this script that significantly simplified the process! I have wrestled with the is...
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Fix for A connection to the deployment could not be made

Mick Pletcher  •  Monday, January 25, 2016  •  MDT, SCCM
This error is very annoying when running through a build. I Googled and found this fix to it by Kyle Beckman. The trick is delaying the L...
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Configuring Dell BIOS Before the Image is Laid Down

Mick Pletcher  •  Wednesday, January 20, 2016  •  BIOS, Bitlocker, MDT, SCCM
In 2014, I published this blog entry that configured the BIOS during a build process. It used the Dell Command | Configure utility. At the...
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Installing Microsoft Updates in the Build Post-OS

Mick Pletcher  •  Monday, January 18, 2016  •  MDT, SCCM, updates
There are updates that have to be installed after the OS has been installed. .Net Framework is an example. When I am building a reference ...
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Infineon TPM Vulnerability Report using SCCM (CVE-2017-15361)

This weekend, I listened to Security Now's KRACKing WiFi podcast Episode 633 where they discussed the TPM vulnerability. Finding out ...

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