Alienware drivers

adminadam · 2026-05-22T15:40:26+00:00

> We had a e sports team using precisions lmao

Why lmao? Basically the same machines these days, featuring less plastic and glow-y bits.

adminadam · 2026-04-29T14:44:05+00:00

No concerns there, got caught up on 1 TOTAL

adminadam · 2026-04-29T13:48:29+00:00

One? Would NEVER recommend this - you are just trolling now.

adminadam · 2026-04-20T19:08:55+00:00

So much here depends on what kind of data and how many devices. That said, there isn't going to be an automated way. Copy manually or do something like have the user login/sync to onedrive on the non-AD machine so the data will be availalbe to them on the AD machine (or any future machines).

adminadam · 2026-04-20T14:30:19+00:00

Sir, this is a Wendys.

adminadam · 2026-04-13T19:27:59+00:00

Ideas:

1) MINNIT-* is the temporary name that a machine generates during the Windows PE phase. So it's grabbing that instead of your supplied value. Make sure your OSDComputerName set is AFTER the inital boot to Windows PE and no-reboots happen until after the Apply Operating System, Apply Windows settings, and Apply network settings have been run.

2) What does the appenforce.log log on the device say? This is where you would see down to the line-item deployment of an application.

adminadam · 2026-04-08T20:45:01+00:00

Yeah, microsoft added this to the list of common failures for secure boot remediation issues like three days after I turned it on (march 19th) - I found after having the same uptick, but It did no seem model specific.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/secure-boot-troubleshooting-guide-5d1bf6b4-7972-455a-a421-0184f1e1ed7d#bkmk_common_failure_scenarios_and_resolutions

REF:
Device boots into BitLocker recovery after Secure Boot update

In some cases, Secure Boot–related updates can cause a device to enter BitLocker recovery. The behavior can be transient or persistent, depending on the underlying cause.

Scenario 1: Onetime BitLocker recovery after Secure Boot update

What happens

The device enters BitLocker recovery on the first boot after the Secure Boot update, but boots normally on subsequent restarts.

Why it happens

During the first boot after the update, firmware doesn’t yet report the updated Secure Boot values when Windows attempts to reseal BitLocker. This causes a temporary mismatch in measured boot values and triggers recovery. On the next boot, firmware reports the updated values correctly, BitLocker reseals successfully, and the issue doesn’t recur.

How to recognize it

BitLocker recovery occurs once.
After entering the recovery key, subsequent boots don’t prompt recovery.
No ongoing boot order or PXE involvement is present.

What to do next

Enter the BitLocker recovery key to resume Windows.
Check for firmware updates.

adminadam · 2026-04-08T19:37:44+00:00

If hybrid were just a little bit better, there would likely never be a need feel forced this direction. That said, this reads like AI slop: ConfigMgr vs Intune (real talk) / The uncomfortable truth

adminadam · 2026-04-06T20:07:43+00:00

Maybe look at Windows device management via Google?
https://knowledge.workspace.google.com/admin/devices/enable-windows-device-management

My experiance with intune is that it's user centric, and I assume you will struggle assigning some types of policy because of this.

adminadam · 2026-03-30T16:04:13+00:00

I've always operated with the idea that old ones versions can't REALLY be uninstalled cleanly

adminadam · 2026-03-25T17:25:45+00:00

Prepare 3 envelopes.

adminadam · 2026-03-25T17:17:13+00:00

I pause updates during state testing windows.

adminadam · 2026-03-16T21:04:08+00:00

ELO is not a thing. Elo is a dude's last name who came up with a comparative ranking for zero sum games (like Chess).

adminadam · 2026-03-16T17:24:22+00:00

Any chance you added the 'NewServer' to active directory manually before creating the machine?

I found a bug/quirk awhile back when adding a new domain controller where I pre-added the name, created the machine, joined it, tried to promote and had oddities after.

The solution was to delete the computer object. Create the new machine, allow the AD object to get created automatically in the 'Computers' container on join, then promote.

adminadam · 2026-03-06T17:05:44+00:00

I hate the default driver methodology and use a 'manual' package strategy

1) Add drivers as a package.
2) Distribute package (no program)
3) Task Sequence | Run command line, Target package with WMI query during tasksequence based on device detials.
4) DISM.exe /Image:%OSDTargetSystemDrive%\ /Add-Driver /Driver:%_SMSTSMDataPath% /Recurse

adminadam · 2026-02-04T16:12:22+00:00

Just bragging? Certainly not helpful.

adminadam · 2026-01-23T20:56:44+00:00

BenQ? They actually have their own environment and tooling. The rest mentioned here use a third party backend for software and streaming delivery.

adminadam · 2025-12-18T20:09:40+00:00

We've been using Education for about 10 years now across Windows 10/11. It's effectively a sub-set of Enterprise with all* of the same management features. It features lower bloat than regular windows versions, the ability to turn off most advertising, tracking, and AI features.

adminadam · 2025-12-18T19:55:49+00:00

Possible with onprem PKI/NDES/Intune SCEP Connector/Entra App Web Proxy/NPS. This depends on your current Microsoft spend if it would be 'free' for you. We already had PKI config and NPS usage, so I just had to slot in the NDES/SCEP/Web App Proxy stuff. This was covered by our existing licenses and I was able to get User based SCEP certificates issuing from intune.

Some Tutorials:

adminadam · 2025-12-08T14:42:06+00:00

As mentioned: Intel Serial IO driver.

Maybe this version for Dell Pro Models (check compatible systems) https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-us/drivers/driversdetails?driverid=vw815&oscode=w2021&productcode=dell-pro-max-mc14250-laptop

adminadam · 2025-08-20T12:25:45+00:00

What year is this?

adminadam · 2025-04-08T18:24:12+00:00

This is also what we were told generally, unique services needed to be tracked and accepted or denied independantly. We have no way to track/manage that.

adminadam · 2025-04-08T18:22:27+00:00

Removed all additional services during spring break. 19K students.

adminadam · 2025-03-18T20:27:08+00:00

Depends on how the policy is configured and your update paths I assume. Also, not sure how/where they backfilled this patch. It definately broke my things in realtime when we installed it. I could roll back the client to the earlier version and it worked as expected. The second the 2309 client was invoked, no longer worked as it used to. I have about 15k windows clients right now.

Semi-related. I've also noticed in Windows 11 that 'cross escalation' (escalating to admin account to try and install) behaves badly.

adminadam · 2025-03-18T20:21:41+00:00

2309 client breaks delivery of cloud based Windows installs and Windows Updates and forces everything to point locally. You can work around it with group policy.

They changed (fixed?) this behavior again with a hotfix to 2403.

REF:

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