HP Sure Recover Custom Setup - Part 1 - Overview
HP Sure Recover, it's pretty slick. Before I continue, I do work for HP, but I'm not on the team that develops or supports HP Sure Recover (or any other tools for that matter). GitHub Script for Snips...
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HP Sure Recover Custom Setup - Part 2 - HP Connect for Certificates
Welcome back, in this post I'm going to be showing leveraging HP Connect to create two of the required certificates in customizing the Sure Recover technology in the HP Business class devices. I'm...
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HP Sure Recover Custom Setup - Part 3 - Certs, Manifests & Signatures
This is where it starts to get intense, so I'll do my best to explain along the way. Johan's post really helped me a lot, so feel free to check his out, and that might add another point of view for...
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HP Sure Recover Custom Setup - Part 4 - Azure Blob Storage Setup
So you've created your agent, OSImage, manifests and signature files, now you need a place for Sure Recover to get them from. You can use your own IIS server or FTP server, for my initial testing, I...
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HP Sure Recover Custom Setup - Part 5 - HP Secure Platform Payload Files
Now we need to create the payload files to provision HP Secure Platform, and setup Sure Recover. If you're already using Sure Admin, then the HP Secure Platform will already be configured, and you'll...
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HP Sure Recover Custom Setup - Part 6 - Deploy HP Secure Platform Payload Files
Alright, so the hard work is behind, time to test and make sure it all works. Test System: HP EliteDesk 800 G8 Mini I've already gone into the BIOS and turned off PPI (Physical Presence), so I don't...
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HP Devices - Inventory BIOS Settings in ConfigMgr
Ok, so if I still worked at Big Bank, I'd never do this, plus if I tried, a couple of coworkers would be very upset with me. We'd instead create a Baseline which would set things, or report on...
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HP WiFi BIOS Profiles - Auto Populate via ConfigMgr or Intune
Ok, so you have HP Devices, and you want to use Sure Recover over WiFi on their newer devices. But it's a pain to connect to WiFi from the BIOS. How about, you preconfigure those WiFi SSIDs &...
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Auto Updates of your BIOS & Drivers with HPIA, HPCMSL, HP Connect
TLDR: BIOS Updates: Use HP Connect or HPCMSL | Driver Updates: Use HPIA w/ Scheduled Task So you want to keep your HP device drivers & BIOS updated, set it and forget it. There are some options...
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HP Image Assistant - Locking in Update Versions with Reference Files
So you want to deploy updated drivers to devices, good. You want to "Lock in" a set of updates and ensure that through your deployment rings, you're deploying the same versions, makes sense. Creating...
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Deploying HP Driver Updates with Image Assistant and ConfigMgr Task Sequences
In the last post, I talked about using Reference files to lock in a set of updates for deployment. In this post, I'm going to show you how to deploy Updates using HP Image Assistant (HPIA) with a...
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Windows 11 Safe Guard Hold ID 40667045
Secure Launch data not migrated on IceLake(Client), TigerLake, AlderLake devices (Wu Offer Block) TLDR: GitHub Script (Please read comments): Bandaid-40667045.ps1 I've found that you need to disable...
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Windows SafeGuard Hold ID Lookup - Crowd sourced
Hey Team, I'm working on building out a safeguard hold database to easy lookup safeguard hold IDs. Currently I've scratched together 100 safeguard hold ids with information. What is a Safe Guard hold?...
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3rd Party App Patching in your Home Lab - Patch My PC Home Updater
There are a few companies I really like, Recast Software with their reports and right click tools, 2PintSoftware, leading the way with their peering and delivery optimization tools, and Patch My PC...
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Set WiFi - ConfigMgr OSD - PowerShell
I've wanted to automatically set WiFi on my devices so after OSD, I can disconnect and walk off without having to manually connect. I'm using WPA2 PSK WiFi at home in my LAB, and finally got around to...
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Using ConfigMgr Baseline to Deploy HPIA for auto updating of Drivers
Ok, so this is building on the last post: Auto Updates of your BIOS & Drivers with HPIA, HPCMSL, HP Connect.This will cover two methods.. (both Baseline Export Cab files are on GitHub) Using a...
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HP Dock WMI Provider Deployment & Inventory with ConfigMgr
This Post will cover: Deploy the HP Dock WMI Provider EXE via ConfigMgr Add the new WMI Class to ConfigMgr Inventory Quering the device in WMI to get information. Related Post: Updating HP Docks with...
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HP Sure Recover Custom Setup - Part 6 - Deploy HP Secure Platform Payload Files
Alright, so the hard work is behind, time to test and make sure it all works. Test System: HP EliteDesk 800 G8 Mini I've already gone into the BIOS and turned off PPI (Physical Presence), so I don't...
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HP WiFi BIOS Profiles - Auto Populate via ConfigMgr or Intune
Ok, so you have HP Devices, and you want to use Sure Recover over WiFi on their newer devices. But it's a pain to connect to WiFi from the BIOS. How about, you preconfigure those WiFi SSIDs &...
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