Mike Gore - 2021-10-01

Creating and Installing a Windows image 10 Education base image fon older Lenovo laptops

• Tested on Lenovo T480s, t470s and T460s laptops

References

• https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/twiki/view/CF/WindowsActivation
  • How to Download And Activate Windows

Where to Get Windows 10

• See: https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/twiki/edit/CF/WindowsActivation
  • Use USB installer tool and make sure to add the ei.cfg file mentioned in the TWIKI

BIOS settings

• Enable Secure boot
  • Power on laptop and press the ENTER key repeatedly after seeing the Lenovo LOGO until the boot menu appears
  • In the Boot menu pick F1
  • Using arrow keys -> Security settings -> Enable Secure boot - F10 to save settings
    • The system will reboot - at this point go directly to the next step you will be pressing ENTER and F12

Boot USB key

• Insert USB key created
• Power on laptop and press the ENTER key repeatedly after seeing the Lenovo LOGO until the boot menu appears
  • In the Boot menu pick F12
• You should now see the USB key listed in the list - if not check BIOS stetings and make sure USB is enable and or try another USB socket
  • Using Arrow keys pick USB key

Install Windows 10

• Attach computer to Vlan 420
• Check BIOS settings - see above
• Boot USB Key - see above
• Pick Install -> Custom Setup -> Delete all Partitions using mouse -> Pick New partition (it will create 3) and contuinue
  • It will copy the installer files and start the installation
• During the setup it will as for Windows version -> Pick Windows 10 Education
• When seting up a user pick cscf-adm for staff members or cscf-op in you are helpdesk or coop * For privacy questions limit all options to basic or no

Lenovo Updates

• Once logged in go to support.lenovo.com -> Pick the PC/Laptop image and pick support
• Choose Autodetect product -- This will fail - download the Lenovo Agent to detect the product and run it from your downloads folder
• Try the support.lenovo.com page again it should take you to the support page specifically for the product
• Choose Downloads and Drivers and pick detect -> Pick Download
  • This will install the Lenovo Updater amound other programs
  • One the Updater is installed you can run that to do all of the updates for the system
• After lenovo updates are installed - it may have to reboot the system a few time - run the updater each time until nothing is left to do

Windows 10 Updates

• In the Search bar enter check updates
  • When the Updater opens pick Search for updates - >update everything including optional updates
  • The system may have to reboot a few times

Update settings

• Change power profile to never suspend when plugged in

Add CSCF windows salt client install batch file and README.txt in C:\ but do not run it

Create Image

• See CustionClonezillaUSBKEY