NB: There is an issue with the amount of Memory available to the OS depending on the size of the Video buffer. See the section Missing Memory under the Firmware tab.
I have a number of Windows examples here:
So I decided to start over and making a Windows 10 PE USB from: http://win10se.cwcodes.net/Compressed/index.php
Then I ran some scans with "driver booster" and "driver pack solutions" which identified some suitable drivers. Finally there was: https://www.driverscape.com/manufacturers/hp/laptops-desktops/hp-t610-ww-thin-client/60038
Next I moved on to use NTlite to make a custom WIN10 installer. (removed typical extra languages/keyboards, various other typical tweaks)
Here's broadly what I did in NTlite:
File - Manage License (check that the license is valid and all recent features are activated)
Toolbar - Add - Image Folder - select 'your.iso': to select the OS source
Right Click 'your.iso' (install.wim) and select 'Load' to mount this image in NTLite (wait a minute or two...)In Components
- Toolbar - Compatibility: select things you want to keep working...
- Component Functionality (each category selects a bunch of stuff to keep)
- Default fonts
- Microsoft Office
- Network Discovery
- Printing
- Recommended
- USB
- Video Playback
- Windows Activation
- Windows Update
- Toolbar - Expand All - Uncheck All: now only the absolute minimum is selected to be installed
- Add to that the following things to keep, by checking what you need:
- Drivers
- Missing drivers added
- Hardware Support
- click on 'Individual Devices' so that almost none are removed (double-check!, otherwise Win 10 may not boot)
- Localization
- keep some common Fonts like Verdana, etc.
- US/GB English Keyboard Layout & Language Support
- Multimedia
- Mouse Pointers Removed
- Wallpaper Removed
- Network
- Internet Explorer client (optional - install Firefox/etc instead)
- Remoting and Privacy
- Network Discovery
- System
- .Net Framework is included
- Application Compatibility! (needed for a lot of older applications)
- Help File Support (CHM)
- Group Policy Client & Local Security Policy (useful for changing some otherwise inaccessible settings)
- Event Viewer
- Disk Defragmenter
- Zip and Cab folder
- Windows Apps
- OneDrive removed (optionally keep)
In Services
- optional: modify 'Services' according to Black Viper Safe list:
http://www.blackviper.com/service-configurations/black-vipers-windows-10-service-configurations/In Local Machine
- Auto Reboot on BSOD: Disabled
- Pagefile: 2560 MB
- Privacy: mostly Disabled
- Allow Telemetry: Security
- Automatic Activation: Disabled
- Sponsored Apps: Disabled
- Malicious Software Removal Tool Updates: Disabled
- Updates: Check only
In Users
- Welcome Experience: Disabled
- Privacy: Most Disabled
In Updates - Integrate Update Packages:
- Automatically using the NTLite with the Download Updates function
- BIG TIME SAVER!!
In Drivers
- check that it all looks as expected with most drivers found
- missing Drivers added if not already**
In Unattended:
- Toolbar - Enable, then Auto-fill
- modify Administrator user Name as needed including Password
- optional: check Auto-logon
- optional: Toolbar - Add local account: Group - Users, ...
- Toolbar - Configure disk partition
- Check... 'Install to this partition', 'Maximum'
- Label 'Main'
In Post Setup: (Firefox/etc & WinDirStat optional)
- To disable the Hibernate: Toolbar - Add - Command: powercfg/h (with Parameters) off
- Compress the OS to reduce size by 1.2 GB+ Toolbar - Add - Command: Compact (with Parameters) /CompactOS:always
- Add WinDirStat https://windirstat.net/index.html: Toolbar - Add - File windirstat1_1_2_setup.exe (with Parameters) /S
- Add Firefox https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/: Toolbar - Add - File Firefox Setup.exe (with Parameters) -ms
- (Firefox as example, any non-MS browser will do)
In Apply:
- check: Save the image: Name it something meaningful like t610_win10.iso
- Remove non-essential editions:
- remove Windows PE
- Image Format: Standard WIM
- optional: use ESD compression (gets the image down by about one fourth, but can take about 15 mins longer)
- Toolbar - Preset - Save: for example t610_win10.iso
- Toolbar - Preset - Save as ... the preset under a new name
- Toolbar - Process (and wait for a few minutes)
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Once I'd worked through all that Windows 10 x64 (slipstreamed to september 6 2019) installed with correct drivers without any problems.