On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 2:41 PM, Edward Ned Harvey <[email protected]>wrote:
> I’m figuring out how to use a Dell driver CAB instead of manually > installing all the drivers one-by-one in the right order when building new > Dell windows laptops. Folllowing the instructions, they assume you have > ConfigMgr… **** > > ** ** > > If all you want to do is slip the drivers into a new OS build without > manually installing all those individual drivers, is there a way to get this > tool for free or cheap? I am looking through the Automated Installation Kit > (AIK) and the OEM Preinstallation Kit (OPK) but haven’t found what I’m > looking for yet. **** > > ** ** > > All my internet perusing is bringing me back to SCCM licensing, and prices > that range from several hundred to several thousand… If one of those > products is the one I’m looking for, I am very unclear which one is the > right one. I am hoping that’s not really necessary for something that seems > so simple… Am I just missing something simple here?**** > > ** ** > > Are you deploying drivers via CABs? How are you doing it? > I used to build myself custom install CDs in order to slipstream service packs. At that point I used to extract RAID drivers and put them on on the CD and modify the needed TXTSETUP.OEM or whatever file as well...but I can't find those instructions anymore. However, when SATA became popular for desktops a bunch of tools came out that accomplished this graphically, the one I like was nLite which seems to support Windows Server now too. Check it out, http://www.nliteos.com/ -Ben
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