OSD with MDT & WDS on the HP ElitePad 900

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HP ElitePad 900 Driver & Firmware Update Setup

In the driver pack, there is one folder named Driver – Firmware and Chipset, which contains a single executable. This is the

HP ElitePad 900 Driver & Firmware Update package (FDSetup), which contains certain bundled drivers, firmware, and BIOS

updates that should be installed together. This is done to ensure optimum performance of the HP ElitePad 900. This

package will need to be imported as an application into MDT.

First, extract the contents of the package by running the executable in the Driver – Firmware and Chipset folder with the

following parameters: /e /f <desired output location>. The output of this package can then be imported into MDT as an

application.

When specifying the command line FDSetup is the program to run. The following parameters are available:

• –s

– Standard silent install. This is required for use in OSD

• -f

– Forces FDSetup to run, regardless of previous version installed. This may be necessary if a captured image

from an ElitePad is used that has already run FDSetup to ensure BIOS and FW are also updated. Must be used

with –s

• -P<PasswordFileName>

– This is needed if the BIOS is protected with a password

– The encrypted password file is generated by using the HPQPSWD utility (web link)

– There are no spaces between –p and the file name. If there are spaces in the file name please put quotes

around them

– The password file is deleted after FDSetup is run for security purposes; if a password file is used you will

need to script in a way to use or make a local copy so the original password file is not deleted from the

deployment share.

• You can make a copy of the password file to a local location with a task sequence step and have FDSetup reference that

location, for example.

Note

The driver pack does not contain WWAN drivers, as they must be installed by running an installer. If you wish to deploy to

ElitePads with WWAN capability you will need to download the packages and add them to the task sequence to be installed

as application. Consult the documentation for those packages for details on configuration.

Root Certificate Update Setup

The root certificate update (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931125) must be installed onto the system before the driver

& firmware update is run. This is because the current base Windows 8 image does not contain the updated root certificate

needed for the update to run. If the Windows 8 image being used already contains this update then this application and

corresponding task sequence step is not needed.

To install this application into MDT, obtain the update from Microsoft. During the Add Application process, when specifying

the command-line reference the executable and add the /q switch.

Boot Image Setup

In MDT, once the drivers are imported, be sure to update the boot images (Update Deployment Share) so that the necessary

network drivers are applied to the boot image.

If BIOS access (via WMI) is needed when in WinPE OS environment, the ElitePad WMI Provider will need to be added to the

image as well (web link). See documentation in the download for details on setup and usage.