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Mastering the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit

You're reading from   Mastering the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit Take a deep dive into the world of Windows desktop deployment using the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2016
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ISBN-13 9781782172499
Length 330 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (13) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Imaging Concepts and Theory FREE CHAPTER 2. Setting Up Your Environment 3. Creating Reference Images 4. Default User Profile Customization 5. CustomSettings.ini and Task Sequence 6. Drivers 7. Image Deployment 8. USMT – The User State Migration Tool 9. Troubleshooting Deployment Logs 10. Validating the Image 11. Database, UserExit Scripts, and Web Services A. Additional Enterprise Configuration Items

Driver Verifier

Driver Verifier (or verifier.exe) has been native to Windows since Vista and can be used to test particular drivers in Windows or test the entire image's hardware drivers for stability tests. It even inserts debugging information into the memory dumps that are generated by its tests to help pinpoint the root cause of a particular driver problem:

  1. Driver Verifier is launched by simply typing verifier into an elevated command prompt:

    Driver Verifier

  2. Testing a particular driver is as simple as selecting Next at Create standard settings and then setting the radio button to Select driver names from a list, as shown in the following screenshot:

    Driver Verifier

  3. Then pick the driver(s) you want to test (in this case, storport.sys):

    Driver Verifier

  4. Clicking on Finish results in a window indicating a reboot is needed, after which, the Verifier executes tests against the driver for typical problems in hardware drivers.

If a dump is generated, !verifier in Windows Debugger (WinDbg) would be a starting...

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