How do I include all drivers necessary for all PC manufacturers in my windows 10 image?

[Elgauly]

I want to make an image which will contain windows 10 + office 2016 + all drivers necessary for all PC manufacturers (Dell, HP, Asus and more), so it doesn't matter which computer I clone the image, it will work for everyone.
is there any way to do that?

 

[smorizio]

microsoft make a tool and has training on unintended image making.
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn621892.aspx
your going to have to make a hp and dell disk. or updated restore disk. dell and hp restore disk look for there vendor bios for the right oem number to unlock and run the restore. if you have a network you could make the images and put them on the network then use a boot usb stick to log onto the network and run a restore.

 

[Rocky Bennett]

I want to make an image which will contain windows 10 + office 2016 + all drivers necessary for all PC manufacturers (Dell, HP, Asus and more), so it doesn't matter which computer I clone the image, it will work for everyone.
is there any way to do that?

You can not. Not only does this sound illegal, but it sounds on the face of it, unethical as well.

 

[Elgauly]

I want to make an image which will contain windows 10 + office 2016 + all drivers necessary for all PC manufacturers (Dell, HP, Asus and more), so it doesn't matter which computer I clone the image, it will work for everyone.
is there any way to do that?

You can not. Not only does this sound illegal, but it sounds on the face of it, unethical as well.

It is not what it sounds like, what I am trying to do is legal, I just need to know if it is possible..

 

[USAFRet]

for all PC manufacturers (Dell, HP, Asus and more), so it doesn't matter which computer I clone the image, it will work for everyone.
is there any way to do that?

It doesn't work like that.

1. Whatever you build today will be outdated tomorrow.

2. You create a generalized install. Not specific for all possible configs.
SysPrep is the closest you'll get to this magical destination.
How Sysprep Works

 

[Elgauly]

MERGED QUESTION
Question from Elgauly : "Windows 10 universal image?"

How do I create a windows 10 universal image that will work with all hardwares. I know about sysprep but I didn't understand it very well. Is there any way else?
Someone told me that I can download universal motherboard driver and that will do the trick.
I need help, thank you in advance.

 

[Rocky Bennett]

MERGED QUESTION
Question from Elgauly : "Windows 10 universal image?"

How do I create a windows 10 universal image that will work with all hardwares. I know about sysprep but I didn't understand it very well. Is there any way else?
Someone told me that I can download universal motherboard driver and that will do the trick.
I need help, thank you in advance.

Rereading the entire thread, it is not clear at all what you are trying to accomplish. Spending a simple 45 minutes on Google and searching all of relevant links, the idea that you are trying to advocate seems illegal at best, but impossible at the very least.

What would be the purpose of such a far-fetched little device even if you were able to create one? I can't think of a legal purpose that a person would want a device like you describe. What are you trying to accomplish?

 

[USAFRet]

Please cease with the multiple threads on this.

Stick to this one.

 

[Elgauly]

Please cease with the multiple threads on this.

Stick to this one.

My friend told me that with an universal motherboard driver the image will work for any hardware. Is it right? Do u think it will work?

By the way, I looked up about this sysprep and it looks very complicated..

 

[USAFRet]

Please cease with the multiple threads on this.

Stick to this one.

My friend told me that with an universal motherboard driver the image will work for any hardware. Is it right? Do u think it will work?

By the way, I looked up about this sysprep and it looks very complicated..

Sysprep is about the easiest way to do what you seek.

But I, and several others in here, are curious as to what you are actually wanting to accomplish.
In simple terms...describe it to us.

 

[Elgauly]

Please cease with the multiple threads on this.

Stick to this one.

My friend told me that with an universal motherboard driver the image will work for any hardware. Is it right? Do u think it will work?

By the way, I looked up about this sysprep and it looks very complicated..

Sysprep is about the easiest way to do what you seek.

But I, and several others in here, are curious as to what you are actually wanting to accomplish.
In simple terms...describe it to us.

I work in an IT company which is in charge of all the PCs at all the educational institutions in my city.
Our PCs are not all from the same manufacturer, for example, today I have been in 8 different classes, 2 classes had HP computers, 3 were Lenovo, and the rest were Dell. Usually the computers run slow or the kids * up some setting, so usually the easiest thing for us to do is to run an image on the computer. We have 4 different image HDs for 4 different PC manufacturers.
My life will become much easier if I could use only ONE drive.

I hope I made things more clear now, hope someone can help me.

Thank you in advance.

 

[USAFRet]

I work in an IT company which is in charge of all the PCs at all the educational institutions in my city.
Our PCs are not all from the same manufacturer, for example, today I have been in 8 different classes, 2 classes had HP computers, 3 were Lenovo, and the rest were Dell. Usually the computers run slow or the kids * up some setting, so usually the easiest thing for us to do is to run an image on the computer. We have 4 different image HDs for 4 different PC manufacturers.
My life will become much easier if I could use only ONE drive.

I hope I made things more clear now, hope someone can help me.

Thank you in advance.

OK then....now that we have an actual use case, we might see some solutions.

1. Why are the little cherubs allowed to change system settings? This should not be allowed, and would fix the majority of your problems.

2. Having 4 different base images for your 4 different configs is far easier than trying to make a single special one.
Also, you need different configs based on who is using iit. A teachers system is configured differently than a student system.

3. Unless your 'friend' can give you exact procedures on his "universal driver" thing, ignore him. He is spouting nonsense.

4. Sysprep isn't that hard.

5. Is there any Domain Controller/Active Directory/Server involved here?
What is the whole network infrastructure?

6. If you work in an "IT company", what do your coworkers and IT boss say?

 

[aquielisunari]

What this seems to boil down to is

or the kids * up some setting

They are not administrators so they should not have the permissions necessary to change things like that.

On Star Trek TNG they had a universal translator. That is what you are suggesting as a fix for some underlying issue. It's not going to work. Insert one disk that all hardware can understand. Have you ever uninstalled an AMD GFX card, uninstalled it a year or so later and installed a Nvidia based GFX Card? Then there is a blue screen? That's just one small iddy biddy driver issue that is still relevant these days. Do a search here for DDU and see what pops up.

 

[ex_bubblehead]

MDT is the proper way to do this in a domain environment.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/deploy-windows-mdt/deploy-a-windows-10-image-using-mdt

Yes, setup isn't a snap. However, once (properly) set up, unless things change drastically, and constantly, maintenance is trivial. Only minutes a day on average.

Pair this with USMT and one can reimage a PC, with data transfer for all users, with minimal to no hands on. Might take all night but you don't have to babysit the process.

 

[beelzebluntz]

He is probably just the guy who has to "fix" the PC's....Not the guy who decides policy

I'm sure he just re installs windows and just lets the students/teachers log in with credentials and everything is OK

...Most of you aren't even making an attempt to provide a solution. I would tell him the best way myself but I'm not expert

Commenting on his school's policy (which he obviously didn't set, he's here asking you this question) is so absurd.

He told you people his job, you should have been able to read between the lines.

 

[USAFRet]

He is probably just the guy who has to "fix" the PC's....Not the guy who decides policy

I'm sure he just re installs windows and just lets the students/teachers log in with credentials and everything is OK

...Most of you aren't even making an attempt to provide a solution. I would tell him the best way myself but I'm not expert

Commenting on his school's policy (which he obviously didn't set, he's here asking you this question) is so absurd.

He told you people his job, you should have been able to read between the lines.

We were "informed" of his "job" only in the last hour.
And policy is often influenced from below, not dictated rigidly from above.

"Hey boss...how about we do this instead....?"


This is the very definition of an XY problem.
"How do I do this?"
But the actual problem lies 8 steps before.
Why is "this" allowed to happen?

And he was given 'answers'. Sysprep, MDT...
Us out here commenting on a friends recommendation of "universal drivers", with no context, is simply not gonna happen.

Some 'questions' lead to 'answers' other than what the questioner thought it should be.