Dell Command Update - is it needed? : r sysadmin - Reddit The big deal with DCU is that it has a command line interface so you can send it commands with whatever MDM tool you have and make your clients install all needed Dell firmware and updates We use it all the time Especially right before we do a win10 Feature Update Fantastic product that occaisionally gets a vulnerability found
Is it necessary to install SupportAssist? : r Dell - Reddit I just prefer the Dell Command | Update program which is current at v 5 0 0; however, I have seen endpoints where Support Assist is pre-installed and the other program isn't specifically listed as compatible in the online Dell Support site lists It's a tad inconsistent so keep both tools in mind, but Command | Update is less resource demanding and less finnicky imho
Automating Dell Command Update : r MDT - Reddit The gist is it will check if Dell Command Update is installed and if it is, it will run it and install all available updates If it's not installed, it will look for the Dell Command Update msi and silently install it and then run it silently
Cant install SupportAssist so cant download drivers. . . : r Dell - Reddit Odd, below the "Let Dell automatically find driver updates for you" I always get another option to "Access the complete list of drivers and downloads for [model] " I click on "Visit list" to choose the driver manually Try another browser, if that doesn't work, try Dell Update (distinct from Dell Command Update - and don't ask me why Dell has at least four different apps that update drivers!)
Bios update on password protected pc : r sysadmin - Reddit For security reasons, i enabled Bios passwords on a few pc in the network, without realising I would need to unlock the pc Bios if a bios update was available using dell command update tool How do you guys push out Bios update on bios password protected pc's Archived post New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast
Dell Command Update has ADMX Templates : r sysadmin - Reddit Happy Read Only Friday! Just discovered today that Dell Command Update has ADMX Group Policy templates They are located in the install folder "C:\Program Files (x86)\Dell\CommandUpdate\ADMX" Just need to copy them to your central store in SYSVOL then you can make GPOs based on that You can also upload the ADMX to Intune
Dell Command | Update fails to install updates during OSD . . . - Reddit We utilize PatchMyPC and this morning, it updated "Dell Command | Update" to v5 6 0 Our OSD task sequences install DCU, apply a config file for DCU, then invoke the CLI to apply any driver firmware updates it finds For us, this is simpler than updating the driver packages for each model all the time and ensures that a system is running the latest patches and is ready for use as soon as the