Guide Update Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) for Configuration Manager.

1. If you try install ADK you will get next message;

2. So, as first step – navigate to Control Panel\Programs and Features and Uninstall existing ADK;

3. After uninstalling begin new ADK installation (Version 1703);

4. After successful installation start SCCM console. Navigate to Software Library\Operating Systems\Boot Images. You may delete old Boot images or not, as you wish. In this guide, I delete they. Select Boot image and click Delete in upper menu;

5. After deleting click Add Boot Image in upper menu;

6. Click Browse and navigate to file.WIM (use network share path, not local path).

Here are the paths to both WIM:

  • X86 WinPE: C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Windows Preinstallation Environment\x86\en-us\winpe.wim
  • X64 WinPE: C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Windows Preinstallation Environment\amd64\en-us\winpe.wim

7. After WIM selecting click Next;

8. Enter Name and Comment (by default Version already exis), click Next;

9. Click Next;




10. Wait some time;

11. Click Close;

12. Select newly added Boot image and click Properties in upper menu;

13. Navigate to Data Source tab and set check mark Deploy this boot image from the PXE-enabled distribution point;

14. Also, navigate to Customization tab and set check mark Enable command support (testing only), click OK;

15. In pop-up choose No;

16. Select Boot image, click Distribute Content in upper menu and distribute it to your Distribution Point;

17. Distribution complete;

18. Navigate to Task Sequences and select your existing Task, click Properties in upper menu;

19. In Advanced tab set check mark Use a boot image and click Browse to select newly added Boot image, after that click OK;

That’s all!