

Which would then have the following options: figure 1.4: Category OptionsĪnother thing I encountered, is that my machine had already gone into energy save mode and powered off my screen. So in stead of this, I would like to see the following added to the configuration options: figure 1.3: Category Filter figure 1.2: HP Softpaq Download Manager – Configuration Options So that I can choose to only see “Manageability – Driver Pack”, or Driver’s. figure 1.1: HP Softpaq Download ManagerĪlong the way, using this tool I encountered some things that I think would be a great improvement for an upcoming release.įirstly, the possibility to apply a filter on the categories. Hewlett-Packard features the software download program “HP Softpaq Download Manager”Ī tool from where all related software, drivers, utilities, BIOS’ and more can be downloaded directly from HP.

Large hardware vendors like Hewlett-Packard and DELL have great support for drivers and driver packs suitable for enterprise client distribution methods like System Center Configuration Manager or Microsoft Deployment Toolkit.ĭELL features a great webpage on their website, from where all hardware drivers for business and enterprise supported hardware can be downloaded.ĭell Driver CAB files for Enterprise Client OS Deployment Restart your computer for the changes to take effect.Today I needed to accumulate some hardware drivers for a certain range of models to be supported in my Operating System Deployment environment which is based on MDT 2013.Follow the prompts in the Device Driver Installation wizard.If your anti-virus or security software prompts you to allow the program to make changes to your computer, click Yes.Double-click the Setup application to install the driver.In the address bar of Windows Explorer, paste or type the address of the folder you unzipped the files to and press Enter.A confirmation dialog will appear when the files are successfully unzipped.If a message appears asking to overwrite the folder, click Yes to All.

If a message appears asking to create a folder, click Yes.If you choose the default folder, make sure you copy or write down the address. Note: You may want to choose a folder that is in a location that is easy to access, such as the desktop.
