Edward, The Windows Automated Installation Kit is what you're after I believe. You can include third party drivers through the "$OEM$" folders mechanism. The reference I'm looking at refers to "Add Applications, Drivers, Packages, Files and Folders" in the Windows OEM Preinstallation Kit User's Guide (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd744568(WS.10).aspx). Specifically the "Add Device Drivers by Using Windows Setup" section (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd744282(WS.10).aspx).
Regards, Daniel Muller From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Edward Ned Harvey Sent: Friday, September 09, 2011 2:42 PM To: LOPSA Technical Discussions Subject: [lopsa-tech] MS ConfigMgr - Driver CABs 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? Thanks...
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