Recent content by robra

Eureka!!! Problem resolved! I actually have 3 Microsoft accounts. For simplicity (HA!!), I was initially trying to use just the more recent account that is associated with a recently purchased copy of Microsoft Office 2021 Professional. After reading your most recent post, just for the heck of...

When I changed region to US the time zone initially changed to Pacific time zone and I'm in AZ so Pacific was not correct and I changed it to AZ at that time. I just checked and both Region (US) and Time Zone (AZ) are still correct. The time shown is correct as well. I even tried re-syncing time...

The updated media seemed to work very smoothly. Towards the end of the installation I had a tough time having it allow me to establish a local account (rather than a Micrsoft one). I ended up with a local account and the slimmed down installation. The only issue that I'm having is that it...

It is just a one-time installation so I can definitely understand why you're curious. I plan to use DISM to periodically perform system backups (safety backups prior to application software installations or if I feel there's a need to be more aggressive with settings changes, etc). It is how...

That does seem like a reasonable approach. I'll do it that way. My only concern is not having network connectivity during installation considering that I'm going to attempt the installation that occurs with minimal installation of unwanted software. If I understood your posts on this subject on...

hsehestedt, Wow, your Unattended Installation file has a lot of great info in it and is a great reference. It really runs the gamut of just about anything you'd like to do! The comprehensive topics you cover in there have taken me literally years to google but you put all of it in one place and...

I looked through the article that you pointed out and it confirms what you're saying regarding the setup.exe file from WinPE taking precedence: "For the second image, we'll save setup.exe for later use, to ensure this version matches the \sources\setup.exe version from the installation media. If...

I just created the updated Install ISO. I do have one more question though (in addition to your concurrence that there was no need to mount Install.wim for this last update). In the instructions, when doing the entire Installation ISO update from scratch, we expand and copy the Setup_DU files...

Hi hsehestedt, I realized that in copying the new media files/folders contained in the new Setup_DU to the ISO_Files folder since nothing will be updated in the Install.wim file there is no need to mount or unmount the Install.wim file, is there?

(y) - It's the great teacher!

OK, you talked me off of the ledge. I won't run through the entire process again. :-) On the latest MS updates, though, I had decided to not add Preview Updates. However, updating my recent modified ISO would be fairly easy, right? Since this is an update intended for the new media section I...

I am also hopeful that the UPS is OK. The little bit I know about batteries in general is that lead acid batteries like being kept at a full charge and it is hard on them if they become depleted and recharged on a regular basis. The LiFePO4 batteries that I purchased have a built in Battery...

Oh boy, it sounds like there's a possibility that I may not have ended up with what I thought I did with the installation file. It is just that once I started getting the odd statuses about the mounted WinRE I decided that maybe it was the wrong tool to be using. In the end, the only thing that...

I wanted to post this yesterday but unfortunately found out that my uninteruptible power supply is apparently not uninteruptible after all in an extremely rare brown out in the Phoenix area. In the end it thankfully doesn't appear that I lost any files though. The odd thing is that an...

hsehestedt, I'm performing the updates to the mounted WinRE on page 7 of the instructions. The instructions list the DISM update commands in this order: SSU LCU SafeOS_DU However, the Microsoft grid indicates this order: SSU SafeOS_DU LCU I have done it in the order of the instructions...