Automatic driver updating for Dell and HP Machines

Driver updates, always a pain! Microsoft are fixing it with the Windows Update drivers in the update rings in Intune, but until that includes Firmware as well it’s best to use the tools available.

Fortunately, both Dell and HP offer utilities to update drivers and they both have command line switches which we can use.

Scripts are all here

To make this easier to deploy with Intune, I like to create folders to organise everything so you will find the install/uninstall commands, a text file with the detection method, an icon and an output folder with the package intunewin file.

For this I’ll run through the source folder with the script

Dell

The install.bat copies the scripts to a new folder on the c:\ drive, runs a ps1 to add a scheduled task and then installs the tool (silently)

if not exist "C:\driversupd\" mkdir C:\driversupd

copy %~dp0runupdate.bat c:\driversupd\runupdate.bat
copy %~dp0schtask.ps1 c:\driversupd\schtask.ps1

Powershell.exe -executionpolicy bypass -File  c:\driversupd\schtask.ps1

start "" Dell-Command-Update-Application_8D5MC_WIN_4.3.0_A00_01.exe /s

The powershell script registers a scheduled task to run every 2 weeks and check for updates

#Configure Scheduled Task for driver updates

#Set the action
$action = New-ScheduledTaskAction -Execute 'c:\driversupd\runupdate.bat'

#Set a trigger
$trigger = New-ScheduledTaskTrigger -Weekly -WeeksInterval 2 -DaysOfWeek Friday -At 1pm 

#Set a Name
$taskname = "Intune Driver Updates"

#Set a Description
$taskdescription = "Weekly driver update Friday at 13:00"

#Register the Task
Register-ScheduledTask -Action $action -Trigger $trigger -TaskName $taskname -Description $taskdescription

Finally, the runupdate script calls Dell Command update to do a silent install without rebooting

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Dell\CommandUpdate\dcu-cli.exe" /driverinstall -silent -reboot=disable -outputlog="c:\driversupd\log.log"

HP

Similar to Dell, only using HP Image assistant

First, copy the files and install the utility. Watch the arguments here or it will launch the GUI on install

if not exist "C:\driversupd\" mkdir C:\driversupd
mkdir c:\driversupd\hp

copy %~dp0runupdate.bat c:\driversupd\runupdate.bat
copy %~dp0schtask.ps1 c:\driversupd\schtask.ps1

copy %~dp0hpupdate.exe c:\driversupd\hpupdate.exe
Powershell.exe -executionpolicy bypass -File c:\driversupd\schtask.ps1

start "" c:\driversupd\hpupdate.exe  /s /e /f c:\driversupd\hp

Create your scheduled task

#Configure Scheduled Task for driver updates

#Set the action
$action = New-ScheduledTaskAction -Execute 'c:\driversupd\runupdate.bat'

#Set a trigger
$trigger = New-ScheduledTaskTrigger -Weekly -WeeksInterval 2 -DaysOfWeek Friday -At 1pm 

#Set a Name
$taskname = "Intune Driver Updates"

#Set a Description
$taskdescription = "Weekly driver update Friday at 13:00"

#Register the Task
Register-ScheduledTask -Action $action -Trigger $trigger -TaskName $taskname -Description $taskdescription

And create your update script

c:\driversupd\hp\HPImageAssistant.exe /Action:Install /AutoCleanup /Category:Drivers /Silent

c:\driversupd\hp\HPImageAssistant.exe /Action:Install /AutoCleanup /Category:Firmware /Silent

I’ve chosen not to update BIOS with this one, but it can be done with the inclusion of password files. A full list of options are in the manual

There we go, drivers and firmware no longer an issue!