To get Model String

For Drivers deployment , we need to find the exact Manufacturer and Model to deploy using SCCM. s We need to create WMI Query to install the Driver Package based on Make & Model.


Set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\.\root\cimv2")
strWinDir = objShell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%WinDir%")

Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_ComputerSystem")
For Each objItem In colItems
        Manufacturer = objItem.Manufacturer
        Model = objItem.Model
Next

strThisComputer = Manufacturer & " - " & Model

intRetVal = InputBox("Use model string below for Drivers.xml", "Get Make and Model", strThisComputer)

Use ImageX to capture a Windows 7 Image

In the EARLIER post we showed you how to create WinPE boot disk to capture the Windows 7 reference machine. Now we will discuss the steps to be used to capture the reference machine using ImageX.

1.       Configure Windows 7 the reference machine as per the requirement (applications and settings).

2.       Make sure you have 2 partitions on reference machine, one OS partition and other to capture and save the image.

3.       Go to Windows 7 reference machine Start type cmd , run the command prompt as administrator.

Create WinPE boot disk with ImageX

To create a build of Windows 7 we need to capture Windows 7 image from the reference machine with required configurations. We can do this using MDT or SCCM but here I am going to demonstrate you how you can create WinPE image with ImageX and use it to capture Windows 7 image. Below are the steps to create WinPE image using WAIK tools.

1.       Install Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK) on your technician machine