Preventing installation of WES image

Question

Hello, need a bit of help/guidance if possible:

How do I prevent a WES 2011 image to run or be deployed only on my hardware device platform? I.e. after I have a "golden image" is there tools/method to check for something unique (i.e. a proprietary PCI device or PnP ID) and prevent installation if not found? 

Answer 1

You could write an application that checks for the desired condition and have that application launch setup if applicable. Does that work for you ? What's your sceanrio ?

Thanks
Srikanth

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Srikanth Kamath [MSFT]

Answer 2

Hi Srikanth,

Yes that would work, however, how would I change the PE behavior to look for my app 1st before spawning setup?

 

Answer 3

Not sure .. My suggestion was more about making this decision before PE stage .. May be some one else in the forum has experience with this ?

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Srikanth Kamath [MSFT]

Answer 4

Do you want something similar like autocheck?
The registry key HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager : BootExecute specifies the applications, services, and commands executed during startup.
The info is http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc963230.aspx

Answer 5

Wound up rolling my own utility that queries for a specific BIOS key/entry.