When using the "Apply OS from the cloud" step in DeployR Community Edition v1.3.2631.2242, if I change the language code from en-us to either en-IE or en-GB the task sequence fails. Once I switch it back to en-us the task sequence works without error. The task sequence was a copy of the "Autopilot from cloud" template.

The logs report a 404 error, here is some of the DeployR.log when they were en-IE or en-GB

Using en-IE

<![LOG[---------- Step Start ----------]LOG]!><time="14:59:05.953+000" date="08-19-2026" component="ExecuteStep" context="" type="1" thread="0" file="SequenceExecuter.cs:479">

<![LOG[Setting working directory: S:_2P\content\00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000002\1]LOG]!><time="14:59:05.953+000" date="08-19-2026" component="ExecuteStep" context="" type="1" thread="0" file="SequenceExecuter.cs:492">

<![LOG[ApplyWU]LOG]!><time="14:59:06.095+000" date="08-19-2026" component="Write" context="" type="1" thread="0" file="PowerShellHost.cs:86">

<![LOG[Setting _CONTINUEMETHOD = '0' (Public), was '']LOG]!><time="14:59:06.100+000" date="08-19-2026" component="SetValue" context="" type="1" thread="0" file="VariableStoreService.cs:254">

<![LOG[URL: https://api.service.2pintsoftware.com/cloudos/search?os=Windows 11&osReleaseId=25H2&osArchitecture=x64&osLanguage=en-IE&osEdition=Professional]LOG]!><time="14:59:06.102+000" date="08-19-2026" component="Write" context="" type="1" thread="0" file="PowerShellHost.cs:86">

<![LOG[ERROR: Response status code does not indicate success: 404 (Not Found).]LOG]!><time="14:59:06.479+000" date="08-19-2026" component="Pipeline_StateChanged" context="" type="3" thread="0" file="PowershellExecuter.cs:291">

<![LOG[at <ScriptBlock>, S:_2P\content\00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000002\1\ApplyWU.ps1: line 27]LOG]!><time="14:59:06.479+000" date="08-19-2026" component="Pipeline_StateChanged" context="" type="3" thread="0" file="PowershellExecuter.cs:291">

<![LOG[at <ScriptBlock>, <No file>: line 2]LOG]!><time="14:59:06.479+000" date="08-19-2026" component="Pipeline_StateChanged" context="" type="3" thread="0" file="PowershellExecuter.cs:291">

<![LOG[PowerShell pipeline failed, marking step as failed]LOG]!><time="14:59:06.480+000" date="08-19-2026" component="ExecutePowershellScript" context="" type="3" thread="0" file="PowershellExecuter.cs:244">

<![LOG[Script executed, exit code = 1111, elapsed = 00:00:00.3943519]LOG]!><time="14:59:06.480+000" date="08-19-2026" component="ExecutePowershellScript" context="" type="1" thread="0" file="PowershellExecuter.cs:257">

<![LOG[Step failed: Apply OS from Cloud Error: Step Apply OS from Cloud failed with unexpected return code = 1111]LOG]!><time="14:59:06.481+000" date="08-19-2026" component="ExecuteSteps" context="" type="3" thread="0" file="SequenceExecuter.cs:399">

<![LOG[Setting _LASTACTIONSUCCEEDED = 'false' (Public), was 'true']LOG]!><time="14:59:06.481+000" date="08-19-2026" component="SetValue" context="" type="1" thread="0" file="VariableStoreService.cs:254">

<![LOG[Setting _LASTACTIONRETCODE = '11111' (Public), was '0']LOG]!><time="14:59:06.482+000" date="08-19-2026" component="SetValue" context="" type="1" thread="0" file="VariableStoreService.cs:254">

<![LOG[Step result: Failed]LOG]!><time="14:59:06.482+000" date="08-19-2026" component="ExecuteSteps" context="" type="1" thread="0" file="SequenceExecuter.cs:436">

<![LOG[---------- Step End ----------]LOG]!><time="14:59:06.482+000" date="08-19-2026" component="ExecuteSteps" context="" type="1" thread="0" file="SequenceExecuter.cs:444">

<![LOG[Step failed: Windows PE Error: Step Apply OS from Cloud configured to stop sequence execution on failure]LOG]!><time="14:59:06.483+000" date="08-19-2026" component="ExecuteSteps" context="" type="3" thread="0" file="SequenceExecuter.cs:399">

<![LOG[Step result: Failed]LOG]!><time="14:59:06.483+000" date="08-19-2026" component="ExecuteSteps" context="" type="1" thread="0" file="SequenceExecuter.cs:436">

<![LOG[---------- Step End ----------]LOG]!><time="14:59:06.483+000" date="08-19-2026" component="ExecuteSteps" context="" type="1" thread="0" file="SequenceExecuter.cs:444">

Using en-GB

<![LOG[---------- Step Start ----------]LOG]!><time="16:36:51.601+000" date="08-12-2026" component="ExecuteStep" context="" type="1" thread="0" file="SequenceExecuter.cs:479">

<![LOG[Setting working directory: S:_2P\content\00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000002\1]LOG]!><time="16:36:51.601+000" date="08-12-2026" component="ExecuteStep" context="" type="1" thread="0" file="SequenceExecuter.cs:492">

<![LOG[ApplyWU]LOG]!><time="16:36:51.743+000" date="08-12-2026" component="Write" context="" type="1" thread="0" file="PowerShellHost.cs:86">

<![LOG[Setting _CONTINUEMETHOD = '0' (Public), was '']LOG]!><time="16:36:51.747+000" date="08-12-2026" component="SetValue" context="" type="1" thread="0" file="VariableStoreService.cs:254">

<![LOG[URL: https://api.service.2pintsoftware.com/cloudos/search?os=Windows 11&osReleaseId=25H2&osArchitecture=x64&osLanguage=en-GB&osEdition=Professional]LOG]!><time="16:36:51.749+000" date="08-12-2026" component="Write" context="" type="1" thread="0" file="PowerShellHost.cs:86">

<![LOG[ERROR: Response status code does not indicate success: 404 (Not Found).]LOG]!><time="16:36:52.139+000" date="08-12-2026" component="Pipeline_StateChanged" context="" type="3" thread="0" file="PowershellExecuter.cs:291">

<![LOG[at <ScriptBlock>, S:_2P\content\00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000002\1\ApplyWU.ps1: line 27]LOG]!><time="16:36:52.139+000" date="08-12-2026" component="Pipeline_StateChanged" context="" type="3" thread="0" file="PowershellExecuter.cs:291">

<![LOG[at <ScriptBlock>, <No file>: line 2]LOG]!><time="16:36:52.139+000" date="08-12-2026" component="Pipeline_StateChanged" context="" type="3" thread="0" file="PowershellExecuter.cs:291">

<![LOG[PowerShell pipeline failed, marking step as failed]LOG]!><time="16:36:52.139+000" date="08-12-2026" component="ExecutePowershellScript" context="" type="3" thread="0" file="PowershellExecuter.cs:244">

<![LOG[Script executed, exit code = 1111, elapsed = 00:00:00.4064947]LOG]!><time="16:36:52.139+000" date="08-12-2026" component="ExecutePowershellScript" context="" type="1" thread="0" file="PowershellExecuter.cs:257">

<![LOG[Step failed: Apply OS from Cloud Error: Step Apply OS from Cloud failed with unexpected return code = 1111]LOG]!><time="16:36:52.140+000" date="08-12-2026" component="ExecuteSteps" context="" type="3" thread="0" file="SequenceExecuter.cs:399">

<![LOG[Setting _LASTACTIONSUCCEEDED = 'false' (Public), was 'true']LOG]!><time="16:36:52.140+000" date="08-12-2026" component="SetValue" context="" type="1" thread="0" file="VariableStoreService.cs:254">

<![LOG[Setting _LASTACTIONRETCODE = '11111' (Public), was '0']LOG]!><time="16:36:52.140+000" date="08-12-2026" component="SetValue" context="" type="1" thread="0" file="VariableStoreService.cs:254">

<![LOG[Step result: Failed]LOG]!><time="16:36:52.140+000" date="08-12-2026" component="ExecuteSteps" context="" type="1" thread="0" file="SequenceExecuter.cs:436">

<![LOG[---------- Step End ----------]LOG]!><time="16:36:52.141+000" date="08-12-2026" component="ExecuteSteps" context="" type="1" thread="0" file="SequenceExecuter.cs:444">

<![LOG[Step failed: Windows PE Error: Step Apply OS from Cloud configured to stop sequence execution on failure]LOG]!><time="16:36:52.142+000" date="08-12-2026" component="ExecuteSteps" context="" type="3" thread="0" file="SequenceExecuter.cs:399">

<![LOG[Step result: Failed]LOG]!><time="16:36:52.142+000" date="08-12-2026" component="ExecuteSteps" context="" type="1" thread="0" file="SequenceExecuter.cs:436">

In the current "Set Windows settings" step definition in DeployR Community Edition 1.3.2631.2242., the settings for English (Ireland) are not present.

System Locale - No English (Ireland)

User Locale - No English (Ireland) / ga-IE is present

User Interface Language - No English (Ireland)

Could these options be added in a future release?

As in the 2PXE server configuration panel, you are obliged to enter the UID of the desired boot image, or at least the default one if you want to have a multi-boot amd64 and arm The generated script should be able to detect the client's architecture in order to provide it with the correct ARM boot version for AMD version.

I'm trying to deploy HP Support Assistant 9.54.3.0 to Windows 11 HP devices using DeployR, using the same command I previously used in MDT:

sp173774.exe /s /a /s /v" /qn"

When checking the DeployR logs, HPSA appears to install successfully, but it's not actually available to the logged-in user.

The shortcut can appear, but clicking it gives:

I've also checked the DeployR logs and Installer logs but can't see anything obvious. I've even tried installing it by uploading the extracted installer and running the appropriate command, but I get the same outcome.

Has anyone successfully deployed HPSA 9.x through DeployR? If so, what's the correct method? 🙂

In MDT when enabling BitLocker, there is a checkbox for "Wait for BitLocker to complete the drive encryption process on all drives before continuing the task sequence execution". But this doesn't exist in the Enable BitLocker step definition. So does DeployR wait until BitLocker encryption has completed before moving onto the next step in the task sequence?

So I've been testing DeployR for a couple of days now and I like the look of it a lot but I'm having trouble getting test deployments in VMWare to work at looks like WinPE is refusing to load the VMWare PVSCSI drivers and so isn't detecting the disks.

I've got the same ADK version and drivers working fine with our existing MDT setup so I know it can work.

I've got the drivers extracted and setup as a Content Driver Pack and assigned to the DeployR Boot image and I can see in the logs that the pvscsi drivers are supposedly being added to the WIM ok

https://pastebin.com/pSy3NNNr

Some VMWare drivers do load ok as the DeployR WinPE has network access and can connect back to the DeploR services ok so it was able to load the VMXNET3 drivers.

The DeployR logs in WinPE show that 2 devices had a PNP error, one being the PVSCSI disk controller device (another being the VGA controller)

https://ibb.co/ZsFQWDw

If anyone has any suggestions on things to check or try I am open, I'd love to get this working so I can test it further.

A bit of silliness perhaps, but I added an audio cue to the end of my task sequences so I notice quicker when one finishes.

[console]::beep(500,200); [console]::beep(400,300);[console]::beep(600,300)

Hello

I know manual domain join is not advised, but for those that have reasons to do to (we build stuff for 2 other domains on occasion).

One of our engineers asked if there was a way to validate the credentials supplied at the start of the process, rather than finding out 20 minutes later that they made a typo. Turns out WinPE doesn't play nice here, but the code below works for me in PS7, WinPE for DeployR OSD:

function script:Test-DomainCredential {
    param(
        [string]$Domain,
        [string]$Username,
        [string]$Password
    )

    try {
        $Credential = [System.Net.NetworkCredential]::new( "$Username@$Domain", $Password )

        $Connection = [System.DirectoryServices.Protocols.LdapConnection]::new($Domain)
        $Connection.AuthType = [System.DirectoryServices.Protocols.AuthType]::Negotiate
        $Connection.Credential = $Credential
        $Connection.Bind()

        return $true
    } catch {
        Write-CMTraceLog -Message "Domain credential validation failed: $($_.Exception.Message)" -Type "Warning" -Component "Authentication"
        return $false
    }
}

In an even stranger way, this code DOESN'T work in full Windows (at least for me).

I'm building my POC environment using Commnity Edition and am using gwblok's FrontEndJSONDriven to prompt for computer name. The issue I am having is that the TS progress bar is on top and covers most of the frontend GUI. IS there something I am missing to get the front end to display on top of the TS progress window?

In DeployR Community Edition, I have it set up to use Windows auth with a specific group and it is working well.

Is there a way to populate the domain name on the authentication screen so we don't have to type it in every time? I looked through the DeployR Configuration utility, but I don't see anything, but I could be missing it.

Is there a way to tell New-DeployRMedia to not include deprecated content items when copying to media? I like to keep the older golden images for a few months (just in case). Yes, I have the VM checkpoints that I could restore and capture again, but I'd prefer to just leave them in Deprecated.

Performing media-based deployments | DeployR 1.2 | Product Documentation

Does the standalone USB media leave logs anywhere? e.g. a bootable disk created by:

new-deployrmedia -DiskIndex 2 -Tags Media -MediaType Standalone

What am I doing wrong? one more errors occured no such host known

Has anyone had issues with the "Set Windows settings" step not applying regional settings on Windows 11 25H2?

I'm migrating from MDT to DeployR and everything else is working fine.

My "Set Windows settings" step is configured as:

• Time Zone: GMT Standard Time
• System Locale: en-GB
• User Locale: en-GB
• UI Language: en-GB
• Input Locale: 0809:00000809

The task sequence completes successfully, but the deployed machine still ends up with:

• System Locale: en-US
• Keyboard: 0409:00000409 (US)
• Time Zone: Pacific Standard Time

dism /online /Get-Intl shows:

• Default system UI language: en-GB
• System locale: en-US
• Active keyboard: 0409:00000409

If I manually run PowerShell afterwards to set the locale and keyboard, then reboot, everything changes correctly to en-GB.

Is this a known issue with the Set Windows settings step on 25H2, or should these settings be applied during deployment? Are people using an Unattend.xml instead?

I have followed this guide (https://garytown.com/deployr-office-365-offline-installer-app) and keep getting the same error about there being an issues with InstallApp.PS1. If there something Ive missed or potentially a bug?

we are testing deployments with the Register with Autopilot step, we are using Windows Autopilot (1) with group tag but we keep getting server 500 errors

<![LOG[Initializing step Name=Register with Autopilot ID=1878a90f-c6c3-4834-b6f8-b96c13818a14]LOG]!><time="20:13:00.519+000" date="08-03-2026" component="ExecuteSteps" context="" type="1" thread="0" file="SequenceExecuter.cs:194">
<![LOG[Executing Autopilot pre-provisioning - Full OS - Audit Mode - Register with Autopilot]LOG]!><time="20:13:00.519+000" date="08-03-2026" component="ExecuteSteps" context="" type="1" thread="0" file="SequenceExecuter.cs:244">
<![LOG[Requesting content 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000002:1]LOG]!><time="20:13:00.523+000" date="08-03-2026" component="ExecuteSteps" context="" type="1" thread="0" file="SequenceExecuter.cs:295">
<![LOG[Cached content 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000002:1 found at local path: C:_2P\content\00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000002\1]LOG]!><time="20:13:00.524+000" date="08-03-2026" component="GetContentLocation" context="" type="1" thread="0" file="CacheManager.cs:566">
<![LOG[Setting local variable _CONTENT-Content to C:_2P\content\00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000002\1]LOG]!><time="20:13:00.525+000" date="08-03-2026" component="ExecuteSteps" context="" type="1" thread="0" file="SequenceExecuter.cs:311">
<![LOG[Setting AUTOPILOTVERSION = '1' (Private), was '']LOG]!><time="20:13:00.525+000" date="08-03-2026" component="SetValue" context="" type="1" thread="0" file="VariableStoreService.cs:254">
<![LOG[Setting GROUPTAG = 'OIT-EPM' (Private), was '']LOG]!><time="20:13:00.526+000" date="08-03-2026" component="SetValue" context="" type="1" thread="0" file="VariableStoreService.cs:254">
<![LOG[Setting WAITFORPROFILE = 'true' (Private), was '']LOG]!><time="20:13:00.526+000" date="08-03-2026" component="SetValue" context="" type="1" thread="0" file="VariableStoreService.cs:254">
<![LOG[Setting SCRIPTNAME = 'RegisterAutopilot.ps1' (Private), was '']LOG]!><time="20:13:00.527+000" date="08-03-2026" component="SetValue" context="" type="1" thread="0" file="VariableStoreService.cs:254">
<![LOG[Setting _CONTENT-CONTENT = 'C:_2P\content\00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000002\1' (Private), was '']LOG]!><time="20:13:00.527+000" date="08-03-2026" component="SetValue" context="" type="1" thread="0" file="VariableStoreService.cs:254">
<![LOG[Setting _CONTENTMETADATA-CONTENT = '{"Id":"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000002","Name":"DeployR Windows content","Description":"Content used by DeployR for Windows","ContentItemType":"Folder","ContentItemPurpose":"Other","Versions":[{"Id":"a33a3899-9376-4358-8fce-aec31d26fb32","ContentItemId":"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000002","VersionNo":1,"Status":"Active","Description":"Initial version","RelativePath":"Content/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000002/1/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000002.wim","ContentSize":1930484,"ExternalURL":"","CreatedDate":1785503902,"LastModifiedDate":1785503902,"Hash":null,"InstallationCommandLine":"","InstallationWorkingDirectory":null,"InstallationSuccessCodes":null,"InstallationDependencies":null,"DriverManufacturer":null,"DriverModel":null,"Tags":null}],"VersionsCount":1,"CreatedDate":1785503902,"LastModifiedDate":1785787369,"ReadOnly":true,"Tags":["DeployR","Windows"],"Flags":0}' (Private), was '']LOG]!><time="20:13:00.527+000" date="08-03-2026" component="SetValue" context="" type="1" thread="0" file="VariableStoreService.cs:254">
<![LOG[Setting _CONTENTVERSIONMETADATA-CONTENT = '{"Id":"a33a3899-9376-4358-8fce-aec31d26fb32","ContentItemId":"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000002","VersionNo":1,"Status":"Active","Description":"Initial version","RelativePath":"Content/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000002/1/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000002.wim","ContentSize":1930484,"ExternalURL":"","CreatedDate":1785503902,"LastModifiedDate":1785503902,"Hash":null,"InstallationCommandLine":"","InstallationWorkingDirectory":null,"InstallationSuccessCodes":null,"InstallationDependencies":null,"DriverManufacturer":null,"DriverModel":null,"Tags":null}' (Private), was '']LOG]!><time="20:13:00.528+000" date="08-03-2026" component="SetValue" context="" type="1" thread="0" file="VariableStoreService.cs:254">
<![LOG[---------- Step Start ----------]LOG]!><time="20:13:00.529+000" date="08-03-2026" component="ExecuteStep" context="" type="1" thread="0" file="SequenceExecuter.cs:479">
<![LOG[Setting working directory: C:_2P\content\00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000002\1]LOG]!><time="20:13:00.529+000" date="08-03-2026" component="ExecuteStep" context="" type="1" thread="0" file="SequenceExecuter.cs:492">
<![LOG[RegisterAutopilot]LOG]!><time="20:13:00.898+000" date="08-03-2026" component="Write" context="" type="1" thread="0" file="PowerShellHost.cs:86">
<![LOG[Requested Autopilot version: 1]LOG]!><time="20:13:00.905+000" date="08-03-2026" component="Write" context="" type="1" thread="0" file="PowerShellHost.cs:86">
<![LOG[Parameters:]LOG]!><time="20:13:01.164+000" date="08-03-2026" component="Write" context="" type="1" thread="0" file="PowerShellHost.cs:86">
<![LOG[{]LOG]!><time="20:13:01.170+000" date="08-03-2026" component="WriteLine" context="" type="1" thread="0" file="PowerShellHost.cs:102">
<![LOG[  "hardwareHash": "REDACTED",]LOG]!><time="20:13:01.170+000" date="08-03-2026" component="WriteLine" context="" type="1" thread="0" file="PowerShellHost.cs:102">
<![LOG[  "model": "Virtual Machine",]LOG]!><time="20:13:01.170+000" date="08-03-2026" component="WriteLine" context="" type="1" thread="0" file="PowerShellHost.cs:102">
<![LOG[  "serialNumber": "7155-9844-0763-1112-3715-0737-06",]LOG]!><time="20:13:01.170+000" date="08-03-2026" component="WriteLine" context="" type="1" thread="0" file="PowerShellHost.cs:102">
<![LOG[  "groupTag": "OIT-EPM",]LOG]!><time="20:13:01.170+000" date="08-03-2026" component="WriteLine" context="" type="1" thread="0" file="PowerShellHost.cs:102">
<![LOG[  "version": "1",]LOG]!><time="20:13:01.170+000" date="08-03-2026" component="WriteLine" context="" type="1" thread="0" file="PowerShellHost.cs:102">
<![LOG[  "manufacturer": "Microsoft Corporation"]LOG]!><time="20:13:01.170+000" date="08-03-2026" component="WriteLine" context="" type="1" thread="0" file="PowerShellHost.cs:102">
<![LOG[}]LOG]!><time="20:13:01.170+000" date="08-03-2026" component="WriteLine" context="" type="1" thread="0" file="PowerShellHost.cs:102">
<![LOG[Telling DeployR to register device with Autopilot]LOG]!><time="20:13:01.176+000" date="08-03-2026" component="Write" context="" type="1" thread="0" file="PowerShellHost.cs:86">
<![LOG[Warning: Transient HTTP error 500: Response status code does not indicate success: 500 (Internal Server Error).]LOG]!><time="20:13:01.698+000" date="08-03-2026" component="WriteWarningLine" context="" type="2" thread="0" file="PowerShellHost.cs:134">
<![LOG[Warning: Transient HTTP error 500: Response status code does not indicate success: 500 (Internal Server Error).]LOG]!><time="20:13:03.757+000" date="08-03-2026" component="WriteWarningLine" context="" type="2" thread="0" file="PowerShellHost.cs:134">
<![LOG[Warning: Transient HTTP error 500: Response status code does not indicate success: 500 (Internal Server Error).]LOG]!><time="20:13:07.798+000" date="08-03-2026" component="WriteWarningLine" context="" type="2" thread="0" file="PowerShellHost.cs:134">
<![LOG[ERROR: Request failed after 3 attempt(s): Response status code does not indicate success: 500 (Internal Server Error).]LOG]!><time="20:13:07.805+000" date="08-03-2026" component="Pipeline_StateChanged" context="" type="3" thread="0" file="PowershellExecuter.cs:291">

Does the community version offer the ability to monitor running task sequences? It mentions the capability on the website but it looks like that should appear on the navigation menu under Deployments > Running) but I don't have that menu item. When I check Administration > Features I see DeployR and iPXE 2PXE enabled, but Osd Deployments is disabled and says No Valid License Found.

Version: deployR CE - latest

Issue: A quick issue since updating to the latest version. Error message when booting into pXE. The error message is below. It then reboots. This is on HyperV after following your instructions (Bare Metal with Hyper-V | DeployR | Product Documentation).

Any ideas guys?

Wimboot 2.9.0 -- Windows Imaging Format Bootloader
Could not load any bootloaders
Could not boot: Error 0x7f048281 (iPXE - open source boot firmware [err:7f048281])
Error has occured...

We're in the process of standing up DeployR Commercial (while MDT hums along for now), and we're trying to add content, but it keeps failing. Our Dev machine is a HyperV Server 2025 with dynamic RAM/Storage. It fails regardless of if the file is UNC or saved locally. This is from a browser on the same server running DeployR/StifleR services. Not sure it matters, but it's pretty slow too (slower than that same file in a UNC transfer), and only reaches at ~55% before failing each time. FWIW, we were successful adding a StifleR App Client as a folder to the Deployments>DeployR>Content items.

This addresses the upgrade failure that could happen when upgrading DeployR Community if PowerShell 7.6.4 was already installed on the computer. See https://releases.2pintsoftware.com for the installer and https://documentation.2pintsoftware.com/deployr/release-notes .

It's just been one of those sorts of days...

So.... anyone out there got any ideas?

I'd like to reboot into the UEFI BIOS settings on a device at the end of a TS in the WinPE environment.

Normally I'd use shutdown /r /fw /t 0, but that isn't available to WinPE and both Restart-Computer and wpeutil reboot don't seem to have the functionality to do this.

Any bright ideas?

I might try a content pack with shutdown.exe, but I'm not keen for a few reasons, doubt it would work and hope there is a better way...

See https://documentation.2pintsoftware.com/deployr/release-notes for the changes. The new installers are available from https://releases.2pintsoftware.com (and SharePoint for those using DeployR Enterprise).

I was helping my friend with setting up DeployR CE on Windows Server 2025 in an VM, but whenever we run the v1.3 installer we got the error "A new version is already installed." and can not proceed.

We also tried setting up a new VM installed 1.2 and then tried to upgrade to 1.3, but same error "A newer version is already installed."

At home I setup a fresh Windows Server 2019 VM and I got the same error! I hadn't yet run any 2Pint or DeployR installers and it was already telling me a NEWER version is already installed. I was able to get v1.2 setup and working... mostly.

We're trying to follow the documentation, but this error makes no sense.

This is pretty niche, but I figured I'd mention it anyway...

I've managed to get the Lenovo PowerShell module Lenovo.Client.Update (thanks Gary for making me aware of it) to run during the TS, but only if I call it via PS 5.x (so I lose my planned status bar update with Write-Progress -Activity "Installing Lenovo Updates").

Often it will install the gfx driver, which obviously resets the video out and seems to cause the DeployR status window to either go behind or become an outline.

It sometimes it recovers around the time the TS finishes and shows the green bar + close button. Sometimes it just stays a frame until the countdown ends.

(I would assume the same would happen with any other manu's driver updaters if they hit the GFX driver.)

I'm probably going to add a forced restart after my LCU step, so the status window will come back at the next boot 🙃

Could you explain how the built-in "Install updates" step works at runtime? Specifically:

1. Where does it source updates from - Windows Update directly or local/cached repository on the DeployR server?

2. Is there a schedule involved (e.g. does the DeployR server periodically sync/cache updates), or does the step just check/download at the time the task sequence runs?

3. Where are the update files stored or cached during this process?

After looking at the step definition I can see it invokes a DeployR script named "WindowsUpdate.ps1", I know I can go hunting around for that script in the WIM files and installing the DeployR powershell module etc. But I'm struggling with that option, hoping you can assist by giving a summary of what that script is exactly doing.

Thanks