We are using the 'total chaos' method of Out-of-box drivers in MDT, and our workstations are mainly Lenovo laptops and Dell desktops.
Recently, we added drivers for a new Dell desktop. The method was as per previous, (1) download the cab of Win 7 drivers, extract (2) Run the 'unblock-file' powershell on the driver directory to remove the 'downloaded from internet' flag (3) Import
into the Windows 7 folder in Out-of-box-drivers (4) Regenerate Boot Images and update the boot images in WDS.
The deployments then started failing, both on the new desktop model and on all the existing models. We see the image applying, unattend.xml applying, and then we see this error.
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Windows failed to start.....
File: \Windows\system32\drivers\amdkmpfd.sys
Status: 0xc0000359
Info: Windows failed to load because a critical system driver is missing, or corrupt.
Since I can't get to a command prompt, I'm not sure where I can find deployment logs.
I recreated the boot image fully, in case it had gotten corrupt, and it reported some errors during the import of drivers. Perhaps these had also happened the first time, I hadn't been watching the output as closely.
Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
Version: 6.2.9200.16384
Image Version: 6.2.9200.16384
Found 1 driver package(s) to install.
Installing 1 of 1 - D:\AdminDeploymentShare\Out-of-box Drivers\Net\netwex_15.6.1.6_58FA89356668673D4CCB913FDC4A27CCE0F04A19\netwex.inf: Error - An error occurred. The driver package could not be installed.
For more information, check for log files in the <windir>\inf folder of the target image.
Error: 2
The system cannot find the file specified.
The DISM log file can be found at C:\Windows\Logs\DISM\dism.log
Exit code = 2
DISM /Add-Driver failed, rc = 2
The dism.log is massive and I don't know which bits to post.
I don't know how (or if) I can pull out the drivers for the new model and return things to a working state.
The nuclear option is to restore a version of the deployment server from before when these drivers were added, but that can be awkward.
Another option might be to re-organise all the drivers, away from Total Chaos, and towards Total Control, if indeed that might be the root cause of the problem. What do you think is the best option?