diff --git a/playbook/shopfloor-setup/BIOS/hardware-report.ps1 b/playbook/shopfloor-setup/BIOS/hardware-report.ps1
index 6589f80..33dcb55 100644
--- a/playbook/shopfloor-setup/BIOS/hardware-report.ps1
+++ b/playbook/shopfloor-setup/BIOS/hardware-report.ps1
@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@
 # its Hardware Coverage page can flag models with no driver pack or BIOS.
 #
 # Called by check-bios.cmd, which every WinPE boot runs from the BIOS share
-# before the imaging menu. That is deliberate: the enrollment share (Y:,
-# where winpe-status-push.ps1 lives) is never mapped on the gea-standard /
-# gea-engineer path, so anything hung off Y: misses those builds.
+# before the imaging menu, so it reports every boot - including ones that
+# never pick an image - rather than only those that reach the Y: status push.
 #
 # Sends the exact WMI model PESetup matches driver packs on, the Dell
 # system SKU (what Dell's catalogs key on) and the BIOS version. Runs in
diff --git a/playbook/startnet.cmd b/playbook/startnet.cmd
index 969ba10..9dda5a1 100644
--- a/playbook/startnet.cmd
+++ b/playbook/startnet.cmd
@@ -449,6 +449,11 @@ goto end
 :end
 echo.
 
+REM Map the enrollment share for the status push and preflight below. The
+REM shopfloor/enroll menus map it earlier; the gea-standard/gea-engineer
+REM path (purpose -> tenant -> enroll_staged) never did, so neither ran.
+if not exist Y:\ net use Y: \\%PXESERVER%\enrollment /user:%SHAREUSER% %SHAREPASS% /persistent:no >NUL 2>&1
+
 REM --- Push initial "WinPE staging" status to PXE webapp ---
 REM Externalized to Y:\scripts\winpe-status-push.ps1 so future edits don't
 REM require a boot.wim rebuild. Best-effort; the script logs to