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Upgrading from Windows 7/8 to Windows 10 via Kace Systems Management Appliance (K1000/SMA)

Upgrading from Windows 7/8 to Windows 10 via SMA script

 

UPDATE: 5-21-2018: There is a new KB that covers this same topic that is available on the Quest support site:

https://support.quest.com/kace-systems-management-appliance/kb/255380/windows-10-build-upgrade-deployment-walkthrough

Very well done by one of their developers. 


UPDATE: I have changed Method 2 around to do just all .bat file since they seem to work more reliably (big thanks to my mate DaveH who helped on that). I may do some more testing to try and use the Launch a Program steps since you can use our Kace variables that way, and those directories get auto-cleaned up, but that could actually cause some problems with this, depending on when the agent decides it needs to clean up that directory. 

I think have another cleanup script would suffice for later; you could use a Smart Label to target newly upgraded windows 10 machines, then have a script delete the C:\windows 10 upgrade folder. 

 FYI 

SMA = Systems Management Appliance A.K.A K1000

SDA = Systems Deployment Appliance A.K.A K2000


This also works for the Windows 10 Features Updates, like the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update as well


Overall time to complete upgrade from start to finish: 30-45 minutes

ENVIRONMENT: VMware workstation running on a windows 10 M3800 laptop with 16GB RAM and SSD drives. 

 

Windows 10 Readiness Report

After talking with some folks and playing around with this upgrade more, I realized that our built in 'Windows 8 Readiness Report' was pretty close to what you would need for a Windows 10 version, so I modified it and thought I would share


TITLEWindows 10 Readiness Assessment
DESCRIPTIONIdentify all devices with hardware capable of installing Windows 10: at least 1Gb RAM (32-bit) or 2Gb RAM (64-bit), 10Gb free disk space (32-bit) or 20Gb free disk space (64-bit), and 1Ghz processor.  Devices are grouped by Can be Upgraded, Install Only, or not able to run Windows 10.
BREAK ONUPGRADABLE
QUERY
SELECT * 
FROM 
(
	SELECT 
		MACHINE.ID, 
		MACHINE.NAME AS NAME,
		OS_NAME, 
		OS_ARCH AS ARCH,
		IF(OS_NAME LIKE '%Vista%' OR OS_NAME LIKE '%7%' OR OS_NAME LIKE '%Windows 8%' OR OS_NAME NOT LIKE 'Server', 
			IF(OS_NAME LIKE '%RTM%' OR OS_NAME LIKE '%Starter%' OR OS_NAME NOT LIKE '%Server%' ,'Install Only', 'Can be Upgraded'),'Install Only'
		) AS UPGRADABLE, 
		PROCESSORS, 
		RAM_TOTAL, 
		SUM(MACHINE_DISKS.DISK_SIZE) AS DISK_SIZE, 
		MACHINE_DISKS.DISK_FREE AS DISK_FREE, 
		VIDEO_CONTROLLERS AS VIDEO 
	FROM MACHINE 
	LEFT JOIN MACHINE_DISKS ON (MACHINE_DISKS.ID = MACHINE.ID) 
	LEFT JOIN OPERATING_SYSTEMS OS ON (OS.ID = MACHINE.OS_ID) 
	WHERE OS.FAMILY = 'windows'
        AND OS.NAME NOT LIKE '%Server%'
	AND NOT (OS_MAJOR = '10' AND OS_MINOR = '0')	-- Win 10
	AND  
	(1  IN 
		(
			SELECT 1 FROM MACHINE_DISKS WHERE MACHINE_DISKS.ID = MACHINE.ID 
			AND 
			IF(MACHINE.OS_ARCH LIKE '%x86%',MACHINE_DISKS.DISK_FREE >= '16',MACHINE_DISKS.DISK_FREE >= '20')
		)
	)  
	AND 
	IF(MACHINE.OS_ARCH LIKE '%x86%', RAM_TOTAL >= '1000',RAM_TOTAL >= '2000')
	AND PROCESSORS NOT LIKE '%Mhz%'
	GROUP BY MACHINE.ID
) AS PASSED

UNION ALL

SELECT * 
FROM 
(
	SELECT  
		MACHINE.ID,
		MACHINE.NAME AS NAME, 
		OS_NAME, 
		OS_ARCH AS ARCH, 
		'Not Enough Disk' AS UPGRADABLE, 
		PROCESSORS, 
		RAM_TOTAL, 
		DISK_SIZE AS DISK_SIZE, 
		MACHINE_DISKS.DISK_FREE AS MACHINE_DISKS_DISK_FREE, 
		VIDEO_CONTROLLERS AS VIDEO 
	FROM MACHINE 
	LEFT JOIN MACHINE_DISKS ON (MACHINE_DISKS.ID = MACHINE.ID) 
	LEFT JOIN OPERATING_SYSTEMS OS ON (OS.ID = MACHINE.OS_ID) 
	WHERE OS.FAMILY = 'windows'
	AND NOT (OS_MAJOR = '10' AND OS_MINOR = '0')	-- Win 10
        AND OS.NAME NOT LIKE '%Server%'
	AND 
	(1  NOT IN 
		(
			SELECT 1 FROM MACHINE_DISKS WHERE MACHINE_DISKS.ID = MACHINE.ID 
			AND 
			IF(MACHINE.OS_ARCH LIKE '%x86%',MACHINE_DISKS.DISK_FREE >= '16',MACHINE_DISKS.DISK_FREE >= '20')
		)
	)
	GROUP BY MACHINE.ID
) AS DISK

UNION ALL

SELECT * 
FROM 
(
	SELECT  
		MACHINE.ID,
		MACHINE.NAME AS NAME, 
		OS_NAME, 
		OS_ARCH AS ARCH, 
		'Not enough Memory' AS UPGRADABLE, 
		PROCESSORS, 
		RAM_TOTAL, 
		MACHINE_DISKS.DISK_SIZE AS DISK_SIZE, 
		DISK_FREE AS MACHINE_DISKS_DISK_FREE, 
		VIDEO_CONTROLLERS AS VIDEO 
	FROM MACHINE
	LEFT JOIN MACHINE_DISKS ON (MACHINE_DISKS.ID = MACHINE.ID)
	LEFT JOIN OPERATING_SYSTEMS OS ON (OS.ID = MACHINE.OS_ID) 
	WHERE OS.FAMILY = 'windows'
	AND NOT (OS_MAJOR = '10' AND OS_MINOR = '0')	-- Win 10
        AND OS.NAME NOT LIKE '%Server%'
	AND IF(MACHINE.OS_ARCH LIKE '%x86%', RAM_TOTAL < '1000',RAM_TOTAL < '2000')
	GROUP BY MACHINE.ID
) AS NOT_ENOUGH_MEMORY

UNION ALL

SELECT * 
FROM 
(
	SELECT  
		MACHINE.ID,
		MACHINE.NAME AS NAME, 
		OS_NAME, 
		OS_ARCH AS ARCH, 
		'Not enough Processor Speed' AS UPGRADABLE, 
		PROCESSORS, 
		RAM_TOTAL, 
		MACHINE_DISKS.DISK_SIZE AS DISK_SIZE, 
		MACHINE_DISKS.DISK_FREE AS DISK_FREE, 
		VIDEO_CONTROLLERS AS VIDEO 
	FROM MACHINE 
	LEFT JOIN MACHINE_DISKS ON (MACHINE_DISKS.ID = MACHINE.ID)
	LEFT JOIN OPERATING_SYSTEMS OS ON (OS.ID = MACHINE.OS_ID) 
	WHERE OS.FAMILY = 'windows'
	AND NOT (OS_MAJOR = '10' AND OS_MINOR = '0')	-- Win 10
        AND OS.NAME NOT LIKE '%Server%'
	AND PROCESSORS LIKE '%Mhz%' 
	GROUP BY MACHINE.ID
) AS PROCESSOR_TOO_SLOW

UNION ALL

SELECT * 
FROM 
(
	SELECT  
		MACHINE.ID,
		MACHINE.NAME AS NAME, 
		OS_NAME, 
		OS_ARCH AS ARCH, 
		'Not Required (Windows 10 Already Installed)' AS UPGRADABLE, 
		PROCESSORS, 
		RAM_TOTAL, 
		MACHINE_DISKS.DISK_SIZE AS DISK_SIZE, 
		MACHINE_DISKS.DISK_FREE AS DISK_FREE, 
		VIDEO_CONTROLLERS AS VIDEO 
	FROM MACHINE 
	LEFT JOIN MACHINE_DISKS ON (MACHINE_DISKS.ID = MACHINE.ID) 
	LEFT JOIN OPERATING_SYSTEMS OS ON (OS.ID = MACHINE.OS_ID) 
	WHERE OS.FAMILY = 'windows'	
	AND OS_MAJOR = '10' AND OS_MINOR = '0'  -- Win 10
        AND OS.NAME NOT LIKE '%Server%'
	GROUP BY MACHINE.ID
) AS ALREADY_WIN_10


ORDER BY UPGRADABLE, NAME


QUERY:

Should look like this:


Introduction

Since we have documentation on upgrading in place or clean install to Windows 10 using the SDA:

http://www.itninja.com/blog/view/upgrading-to-windows-10

 

I thought I would write up something specific on upgrading using the SMA in a script. 

 

There are 3 methods I show below. They first two do the same thing, just different in the approach in how we handle where the Windows 10 install files and where they are running from. Method 3 leverages the SMA entirely without the need for Samba access, so this could even be done over the web if needed, or replicated to your replication sites. 

 

(My Preferred) Method 1: Run as a Managed Install does everything from the SMA directly without the need for a file share on your network. You will still need to be able to upload your Win10 install files via the Clientdrop SMB share on the SMA since the files are too big for the web interface


Method 1: Run from network share does everything from a .bat file, and launches the upgrade directly from a UNC path. 

 

Method 3: Copy to/run from client will show copying the files down to the client first, then executing the upgrade. 

 


 

Prerequisites

1.       Must have the appropriate media/ISO for Windows 10

a.       Like for like only. Example: Win7 Pro to Win10 Pro. Can’t do Win7 Home to Win10 Enterprise.

2.       I wrote this with the understanding you have a very basic knowledge of how our scripting module works. If you’d like a primer to this, please review some of our scripting tutorial video:

a.       Scripting 101 with Kace SMA and Windows 10 upgrade 

Here is where the magic happens in this one .bat file example (you would run this from the root of the Windows 10 ISO directory:


Converting .esd files to .wim


Shout out to WraithKnight80 who discovered this. 


dism /Get-WimInfo /WimFile:install.esd

dism /export-image /SourceImageFile:install.esd /SourceIndex:1 /DestinationImageFile:install.wim /Compress:max /CheckIntegrity


https://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/125905-change-esd-to-wim

 

setup.exe /auto upgrade /installfrom sources\install.wim /dynamicupdate disable

 



Basically we launch setup.exe with some switches from a network share, and the path to where the install.wim is.

 

For your script, you will need to change the server IP Address or name to yours, and the share path.

 

Link to list of switches you can use:

http://winaero.com/blog/windows-10-setup-exe-command-line-switches/

 

 

Method 1 (preferred)

Run as a Managed Install

Step 1 – Upload your Windows 10 .zip file

 

1.    Unpack the contents of your Windows 10 ISO into a folder on your workstation.
2.    Zip all of those files up.
            a. TIP: Use 7zip to zip them. The Windows compression for some reason causes an issue with unpacking a file this large
3.    Copy the .zip file to your clientdrop share on your SMA
4.    Login to your SMA admin interface
5.    Click Inventory > Software Catalog (NOTE: You can use the Legacy 'Software' library if you wish instead)
6.    Search for the version of Windows 10
        a.    In this example, I’m using Windows 10 Enterprise
7.    In the Windows 10 software catalog record, locate the exact version you are upgrading to
        a.    TIP: To make sure I was using the exact version, I used the same ISO to install a fresh copy of Windows onto a VM, then installed the SMA agent and inventoried it to verify the version was correct
8.    Click the blue plus icon next to the desired version
9.    In the Associate a File dialog box, select the Choose file from Samba share radio button
10.  Select the .zip file from the drop down box
11.  Click Save


Step 2 – Create your Managed Installation

 

12.  Click Distribution > Choose Action > New

13.  Enter a name for your Managed Install

a.    Example: Windows 10 Enterprise Upgrade

14.  Select the Cataloged Software radio button

15.  Select your Windows 10 record from the Cataloged Software drop down

16.  In the Associated File box, select the .zip file you uploaded and associated

17.  In Installation Options, select Override Default Installation

18.  Enter the following command line:

a.    setup.exe /auto upgrade /installfrom C:\programdata\quest\kace\downloads\139\sources\install.wim
/dynamicupdate disable

b.    Change ‘139’ to the software ID of the .zip you uploaded. To obtain this, go back to the Software Catalog item for Windows 10, and hover your mouse or inspect the hyperlink for the .zip file under the Associated Files section. Example: https://k1000.mydomain.com/packages/139/en_windows_10_enterprise_version_1703_updated_march_2017_x64_dvd_10189290.zip

19.  Target the machines you desire

20.  Click Save

 

Method 2

 Copy to and run from client


Prerequisite:

  1. Put the contents of you Windows 10 ISO files on a share.

    1.  In this example, i put my files on \\10.0.0.122\win10_upgrade\

 Step 5.1.1 shows how to do the robocopy part. Just explaining what it's doing; we're making a directory on the root of C:\ called win10_upgrade. You don't have to put it there, you could put it wherever really. 



Steps

1.      1.       Create a new Online Kscript

2.       Create a task and add the following steps

3.       Verify a registry value is exactly…

3.1.    Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion

3.2.    Name: ProductName

3.3.    Equal To: Windows 10 Enterprise

3.3.1. NOTE: Change this value to which ever version you are upgrading to

4.       On Success:

4.1.    Log message

4.1.1. Status: Windows 10 already installed

5.       Remediation:

5.1.    Run a batch file

5.1.1. Batch file:  md c:\Windows10_media

robocopy /MIR \\10.0.0.122\win10_upgrade\ c:\windows10_media

5.2.    Run a batch file

       5.2.1 Batch file: cd c:\windows10_media\

setup.exe /auto upgrade /installfrom c:\windows10_media\sources\install.wim /dynamicupdate disable


Method 3

Run from network share 


1.       Create a new Online Kscript

2.       Create a task and add the following steps

3.       Verify a registry value is exactly…

3.1.    Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion

3.2.    Name: ProductName

3.3.    Equal To: Windows 10 Enterprise

3.3.1. NOTE: Change this value to which ever version you are upgrading to

4.       On Success:

4.1.    Log message

4.1.1. Status: Windows 10 already installed

5.       Remediation:

5.1.    Run a batch file

5.1.1. Batch File: \\10.0.0.122\win10_upgrade\setup.exe /auto upgrade /installfrom \\10.0.0.122\win10_upgrade\sources\install.wim /dynamicupdate disable

And that's pretty much it. Enjoy! Leave any questions/comments below

 


Comments

  • Bruce,
    Firstly I got to see a few of your classes regarding the K1000 and Labels at Dell World 2015 and I enjoyed them and have used them, thank you!

    My question is will this work with a custom WIM file created through WDS? I am about to undergo my first deployment and I am still learning my options but ideally I would like to update to a custom image with much of the Windows 10 default apps removed.

    Would it pick up the current applications the user is running if I upgraded from 7? If so I would not need to preinstall anything in the 10 image.

    Also if this is more of a Microsoft question please let me know.

    Thank you! - cmurphy 8 years ago
    • you may like this blog also

      http://www.itninja.com/blog/view/windows-10-deployment-re-adds-bloatware-tips-and-tricks-to-help-get-rid-of - SMal.tmcc 8 years ago
    • Oh well thank you! I'm really glad you enjoyed it. I always have fun doing those.

      I haven't tested it yet, but i wouldn't see why it wouldn't. I haven't tested a bunch of differnt apps, but the basic ones (chrome, reader, etc) all seemed to work just fine after upgrading to 10.
      I imagine some software will have updates it will need after upgrading to windows 10 - brucegoose03 8 years ago
      • Ok I just about have my W10 WDS server up so I will try that.

        On a separate note have you tested this with the user logged out?
        Thanks - cmurphy 8 years ago
  • So for Method 1 do you just have the appropriate Win 10 ISO unpacked in the source directory? Or should I be making custom media using IDC? - Noitall 8 years ago
    • Yes, i just mounted the Windows 10 ISO, and copy/pasted the files out of there into my share - brucegoose03 8 years ago
      • Awesome, thanks for the quick response! - Noitall 8 years ago
      • my pleasure - brucegoose03 8 years ago
      • EDIT: Of course the second I posted I noticed the checkbox hiding "Allow run without a logged-in user". I should have looked for 30 more seconds before asking lol - Noitall 8 years ago
      • Yes it should still be there. Here's a screenshot of what checkbox you need to check to get rid of that error. - brucegoose03 8 years ago
  • Bruce, does this need to be ran as an administrator? - ssolgot 7 years ago
    • No, i ran mine as local system. - brucegoose03 7 years ago
    • so if you run it as local system, does local system have access to the network path? - ssolgot 7 years ago
      • I think in my test, i just gave Everyone access to the share, but I understand this isn't best practice.
        It would probably be better to specify the share permission more restricted, and have your script run with those credentials. - brucegoose03 7 years ago
  • I have been able to run it using credentials I put in. The only issue I had is I have to run it as 1 whole batch file instead of splitting the Robocopy and setup.exe commands into 2 separate ones. I am not sure if it is something I am doing wrong or what but when I split the commands up it will run the Robocopy script and copy everything over great but it will not run the setup.exe command.

    Any thoughts would be appreciated but it is working as one batch file. - cmurphy 7 years ago
    • Check to make sure you have the "Wait for Completion" checkmark checked for the Robotcopy step. Otherwise, it will start that step, then juts immediately move onto the next one in some circumstances. - brucegoose03 7 years ago
  • Hi! If the computer have win7 32-bit could I upgrade to Win10 64-bit ? I tried method 1, but I cannot pass through because I trying to upgrade to win10 64 from win7 32. Maybe there is a workaround for that. - Swede 7 years ago
  • This is very useful. Thanks!
    I wonder if this will work for an upgrade from Windows Server 2008 to Windows Server 2012?
    Has anyone tried this? - Alexr254 7 years ago
    • From talking to some colleagues, i believe that's a Windows 10 thing only. Not designed for servers - brucegoose03 7 years ago
  • Is the bat file above complete or are there other commands you need to add? Having problems making this work. ( Did change share location) - mplcompguy 7 years ago
    • Nope, works as is. if you run the .bat file manually, does it work? - brucegoose03 7 years ago
      • thus far no , suspect it may have to do with where my share exists - mplcompguy 7 years ago
      • Usually when i'm troubleshooting stuff liek this, i'll break down the commands; map the drive first, do a dir command, etc. Do you get any kind of error? - brucegoose03 7 years ago
  • Thanks for this posting. I have been able to run Method 1 and it works with someone logged on but I can't get it to work with no user logged on. I have the "Allow run without a logged-in user" box ticked off. But I still get a failed execution error when I view the logs
    "Run As Console Logged in user failed: No User logged in to console". I have also tried running the /quiet option on setup.exe that should suppress ux but do dice still fails with some error.
    My server is Version: 6.4.120756
    Agent Version: 6.4.522
    Any help or pointers would be appreciated. Ideally I want to run this on around 50Win 7 systems to upgrade them all over night.
    Thanks in advance. - jamturtle 7 years ago
    • There's a checkbox on the page for,
      "Allow run without a logged-in user" and that should fix that problem.
      Let me know! - brucegoose03 7 years ago
  • Thank Bruce but as I mention the "Allow run without a logged-in user" box was already ticked.
    I have manged to run this by making a few changes it may help others.
    I have added the /quiet switch to setup.exe in the batch file. There is also an /unattend switch but I can not tested it.
    This link has a complete list of switches for setup.exe
    https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/commercialize/manufacture/desktop/windows-setup-command-line-options
    In the Remediation section where the batch file is. Make sure you tick "Wait for completion" and "Visible". I could not find documentation on what these boxes actually do so it was just trial and error. Clicking both worked.
    Also if you are on a domain network you need to share win10 from a no passwd share. Bruce mentions everyone permission on his share which did not work on my network but it may on others. I could not get around this getting use rights problems when run as "Local System" and when run with Admin credential I always got "Run As Console Logged in user failed: No User logged in to console". I am not sure why this did not work for me, it may be the way the kbot runs not sure. I did test that an installed with admin creds in the kscript run fine when a user was logged in and that worked fine but for a silent install in the middle of the night with no users logged on this did not work. My work around was enable a "Public" share (no passwd or try an everyone permissions share) on a PC and copy the Win10 installation files, point the batch file to this share on the network and run the script as "Local System".
    Bingo it worked.
    Thanks again Bruce for your post.
    Cheers - jamturtle 7 years ago
  • This is working great Bruce and others. The only issues I am having is with Nvidia drivers on a T3500. looking at the link provided by Jamturtle, will this switch "/InstallDrivers<location>" work to help update windows 10 drivers during the place upgrade?

    Also has anyone have any other suggestion to get drivers to work, I will have the support team push via script in k1000 windows 10, and would like to avoid manually having to install drivers afterwards.

    This is the switch"/installDrivers <location>" settings I see from this link https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/commercialize/manufacture/.
    desktop/windows-setup-command-line-options
    Adds .inf-style drivers to the new Windows 10 installation. The driver .inf can be in a folder within the specified location. The command will recurse through the specified location. Example:

    Accepted parameters are a local file path or UNC network path to a folder that contains .inf files.

    setup.exe /auto upgrade /installdrivers C:\Fabrikam\drivers /noreboot
    This setting is new for Windows 10. - itadder 7 years ago
  • I worked accordingly this post, and I chose method 2 "http://www.itninja.com/blog/view/upgrading-from-windows-7-8-to-windows-10-via-k1000-script"
    a) I created "Online Script " as per above post instructions .
    b) It worked only one time after that nothing happen under running script status its showing running running but dont know whats going on back end.
    c) Client Connectivity working fine. I tried with single host machine and used labels but no luck can you help me out .

    Note : we are running with windows 7 pro 64 bit we want to upgrade windows 10 Pro .

    Thanks in advance. - DeepakSumbria 7 years ago
    • Hey Deepak, sorry it took me so long to respond.
      I would try and run the command from a command prompt and see if there are any errors that pop up when running it that way. If it's just not running the script at all from teh Kace side, there could be a number of things causing it. Support might be able to help you identify why the script isn't running at all. They're limited on some aspects with getting specialized scripts to run, but somethign like the script just not running they should be able to help you with - brucegoose03 7 years ago
  • Would this work if I downloaded the Windows 10 1607 iso file and used that as my source to upgrade in place systems with Windows 10 1511? - seamorob 7 years ago
    • I can't think of any reason off the top of my head that would cause any issues - brucegoose03 7 years ago
  • We are curently using this method for in place upgrades, but still having trouble in removing the unwanted apps afterwards via K1000.
    Trying to make use of the Powershell commands - "Get-AppXProvisionedPackage -online | Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -online" in a script (which in itself works fine when manually "run as administrator")
    But when scripted via K1000 its failing to run the script successfully, it doesnt seem to have the elevated privelages required for the commands.

    Has anyone else going down the inplace upgrade route had any success in scripting the removal of metro apps via K1000? - rjonesdj 7 years ago
    • I'm going to take a stab and say it might be because of the execution policy.

      Try something like a .bat file that runs your PowerShell command:

      powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File "C:\ProgramData\Dell\KACE\kbots_cache\packages\kbots\190\MyPowerShellScript.ps1"

      Change the '190' there to the ID of your script (look at the URL of what script your using and you'll see a number listed
      Ex. https://k1000.domain.com/adminui/kbot.php?ID=118 - brucegoose03 6 years ago
    • I've mounted the .wim using DISM, and removed the apps that way. Then use that .wim for the upgrade. - dugullett 6 years ago
      • Oh nice!
        So something like:
        Dism /Mount-Image /ImageFile:C:\test\images\myimage.wim /index:1 /MountDir:C:\test\offline

        Then?:
        setup.exe /auto upgrade /installfrom C:\test\offline\win10_upgrade\sources\install.wim /dynamicupdate disable - brucegoose03 6 years ago
      • Yes. I'm actually using this to upgrade my PCs from Build 1703 to Build 1709. I'm still testing currently.

        I used this link for the DISM commands. No matter if you've removed the apps previously, they will come back if they are in the new Builds .wim.

        https://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/123554-removing-apps-from-windows-10-media

        I then run the setup from a share:

        "\\share01\Installs\Windows 10\setup.exe" /auto upgrade /installfrom "\\share01\Installs\Windows 10\sources\install.wim" /showoobe none /dynamicupdate disable - dugullett 6 years ago
  • Hi, we tried to use Method 3 but unfortunately it doesnt work. i can see that the download gets downlaoded but NOT unzipped to /Quest/KACE/downloads/id. However the command setup.exe /auto upgrade /installfrom C:\programdata\quest\kace\downloads\id\sources\install.wim /dynamicupdate disable does not run.

    Other managed installs like MS Office (setup.exe) work fine. Do you have any ideas? - TobiK 6 years ago
    • Did you zip the whole .iso file, or did you copy out the contents of the .iso and zip those files? - brucegoose03 6 years ago
      • Hi, sorry for the late response.

        We´ve mount the iso. and zipped the contents. It is possible to start the upgrade when we manually unzip the downloaded content. Do you know if there is a size limit for unzipping dowloaded content? - TobiK 6 years ago
    • We are also having the same issue where the .zip gets to the directory, but never unzips. Have you had any luck in finding a solution? - anonymous_142269 6 years ago
      • I have discovered there's an issue if you use the Windows built-in compression engine to zip it. Apparently the latest agent as an issue with it. Workaround is to use 7zip to zip it, and that should work just fine. - brucegoose03 6 years ago
  • Thank you for this, Method 1 worked perfectly. Small caveat if using a new Windows .iso (like the Fall Creators Update, 1709), Microsoft uses install.esd instead of .wim. So I found this article that helped change the esd to a wim.

    https://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/125905-change-esd-to-wim

    Edit: I'm actually using method 1, not method 3. - WraithKnight80 5 years ago
    • Good to know! I'll add a snippet about that to this article and reference it. - brucegoose03 5 years ago
  • If anyone sees this, DO NOT USE THE CATALOG SOFTWARE option in Method 1. Use "Software" and then assign the installer to a specific software version.

    I used Catalog Software option and every time I go to the installer page it freezes my KACE window for 5 minutes while it tries to load something on page. - rwt 4 years ago
  • Hello all, I am trying to use Method 1 in a domain environment and I can see that it appears in the downloads of programdata, and extracts properly, but it does not run the command setup.exe /auto upgrade etc. Any thoughts? - jcduran 4 years ago
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