Three observability fixes that made the VC++ MSI failures actually
debuggable instead of showing "Exit code - FAILED" with an empty
value for every install:
1. Switch from Start-Process -PassThru (without -Wait) to
[System.Diagnostics.Process]::Start() with a ProcessStartInfo.
PowerShell 5.1 has a known bug where Start-Process disposes the
Process object's OS handle when control returns to the script,
so $proc.ExitCode reads as $null even after WaitForExit() - which
was causing every MSI install to be reported as failed regardless
of the actual result.
2. Pass /L*v <log> to msiexec on every MSI install so we get a full
verbose log per app at C:\Logs\PreInstall\msi-<safename>.log.
3. On install failure, scan the verbose log for *meaningful* lines
(Note: 1: <code>, "return value 3", custom action errors, "Failed
to", "Installation failed", common 2xxx error codes) instead of
tailing the last 25 lines, which is rollback/cleanup noise. This
surfaces the actual root-cause line directly in the runner log so
you don't have to dig through C:\Logs to diagnose.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Replace em-dash characters with plain hyphens across the 5 shopfloor
setup scripts (avoids cp1252 mojibake in .bat files and keeps the
PowerShell sources consistent). Also adds [Parameter(Position=1)] to
Write-PreInstallLog so the Level argument can be passed positionally.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Adds a local-install pipeline so Standard shopfloor PCs get Oracle, the
VC++ redists (2008-2022), and UDC installed during PXE imaging via Samba
instead of pulling ~215 MB per device from Azure blob over the corporate
WAN. Intune DSC then verifies (already-installed apps are skipped) and
the only Azure traffic on the happy path is ~11 KB of CustomScripts
wrapper polling.
New files:
- playbook/preinstall/preinstall.json — curated app list with PCTypes
filter and per-app detection rules. Install order puts VC++ 2008
LAST so its (formerly) reboot-triggering bootstrapper doesn't kill
the runner mid-loop. (2008 itself now uses extracted vc_red.msi with
REBOOT=ReallySuppress; the reorder is defense in depth.)
- playbook/shopfloor-setup/Shopfloor/00-PreInstall-MachineApps.ps1 —
the runner. Numbered 00- so it runs first in the baseline sequence.
Reads preinstall.json, filters by PCTYPE, polls for completion via
detection check (handles UDC's hung WPF process by killing it once
detection passes), uses synchronous WriteThrough logging that
survives hard reboots, preserves log history across runs.
- playbook/shopfloor-setup/Standard/Set-MachineNumber.{ps1,bat} — desktop
helper for SupportUser. Reads current UDC + eDNC machine numbers,
prompts via VB InputBox, validates digits-only, kills running UDC,
edits both C:\ProgramData\UDC\udc_settings.json and HKLM\…\GE Aircraft
Engines\DNC\General\MachineNo, relaunches UDC. Lets a tech assign a
real machine number to a mass-produced PC without admin/LAPS.
- playbook/sync-preinstall.sh — workstation helper to push installer
binaries from /home/camp/pxe-images/main/ to the live PXE Samba.
Changes:
- playbook/startnet.cmd + startnet-template.cmd — add xcopy to stage
preinstall bundle from Y:\preinstall\ to W:\PreInstall\ during the
WinPE imaging phase, gated on PCTYPE being set.
- playbook/pxe_server_setup.yml — create /srv/samba/enrollment/preinstall
+ installers/ directories and deploy preinstall.json there.
- playbook/shopfloor-setup/Run-ShopfloorSetup.ps1 — bump AutoLogonCount
to 99 at start (defense against any installer triggering an immediate
reboot mid-dispatcher; final line still resets to 2 on successful
completion). Copy Set-MachineNumber.{ps1,bat} to SupportUser desktop
on Standard PCs.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Delete 02-OpenTextCSF.ps1 (CSF profile delivery moved to Intune YAML's
CopyFiles section in main/device-config.yaml — no longer needed at the
PXE/baseline layer)
- Strip MarkZebra install + post-config from 01-eDNC.ps1 (no longer
needed; only eDNC core install + Dnc x86→x64 mirror + Site reg + eMxInfo
deployment remain). Section numbering tightened.
- Add SITESELECTED="West Jefferson" to eDNC msiexec args so the MSI's
site-specific Components (NtLarsWjfRegComp — FTP/FMS/PPDCS hosts +
credentials) actually install. Without it, only the bare Site value was
being set and all the connection details were unconfigured.
- gitignore: blanket-block any **/eMxInfo*.txt from being committed —
the file contains obfuscated eDNC site credentials and must never go
in git. Canonical source lives at /home/camp/pxe-images/main/eMxInfo.txt
outside the repo.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Bundles QRCoder.dll (184KB, .NET 4.0) to render the Azure AD device
GUID as a scannable QR code in the console when sync_intune.bat runs.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
- AutoLogonCount reduced from 2 to 1 in Run-ShopfloorSetup.ps1
- Remove default pinned Start Menu tiles and set blank layout for future users
- Add sync_intune.bat: triggers MDM sync and polls for SFLD group policies
- Update README.md and SETUP.md with current project state (boot chain, new
scripts, samba shares, webapp pages, commit history)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Fix check-bios.cmd: replace parenthesized if blocks with goto labels
(cmd.exe fails silently with if/else on network-mapped drives)
- Move BIOS check files to winpeapps/_shared/BIOS for reliable SMB access
- Add network wait loop before BIOS check in startnet.cmd
- Show firmware status in WinPE menu header (BIOS_STATUS variable)
- Add BypassNRO registry key to skip OOBE network requirement
- Refactor download-drivers.py with --parallel N flag (ThreadPoolExecutor)
- Set SupportUser AutoLogonCount to 3 in shopfloor unattend
- Add shutdown -a at start + shutdown /r /t 10 at end of Run-ShopfloorSetup.ps1
- Switch download-drivers.py from wget to curl for reliable stall detection
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
