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Install updates for Prestage Computer

Update the PrestageComputer application that runs in your ConfigMgr boot image: copy the new files to the share, then update the boot image on the distribution points.

Copy the new files Update Distribution Points

1 Copy the new files

To update the PrestageComputer application in your boot image, copy the new files from the folder [SoftwareCentralInstallDirectory]\Tools\PrestageComputer\ to the share you defined during the installation.

The share is the one that the boot image uses. It is the Source directory on the Customization tab of the boot image, as described in Configuration.

2 Update the boot image

Then go to the ConfigMgr console and locate the boot image.

In the console, open Software Library › Operating Systems › Boot Images. The boot image that holds PrestageComputer is in this list.

Then click on Update Distribution Points and follow the wizard. You can use the button on the Home tab, in the Deployment group, or right-click the boot image and choose the same command.

ConfigMgr console with the Boot Images list open. A boot image is right-clicked and the context menu shows Update Distribution Points, which is highlighted in red. The same button is in the ribbon on the Home tab.
The Boot Images list in the ConfigMgr console. Right-click the boot image and click Update Distribution Points. The same command is in the Deployment group of the Home tab. The server name in the window title is masked. This picture is from the ConfigMgr console, not from SoftwareCentral.

3 Best practice

  • Update the distribution points straight after you copy the files. Until the update reaches a distribution point, that point keeps serving the boot image it had before, so computers that start from it still run the old PrestageComputer files.
  • Keep the share and the boot image source directory the same. The boot image uses the files in the share when it is updated. If you move the share, change the Source directory on the Customization tab first (see Configuration), and then update the distribution points.
  • Prestage one test computer after the update, before you rely on the boot image for all unknown computers.

4 Troubleshooting

This page has no messages of its own. The messages that the PrestageComputer application shows during an import, and what to change for each one, are listed in the Troubleshooting section of Configuration.

5 See also