How to Enable or Disable a Windows Driver in Configuration Manager
Updated: November 1, 2013
Applies To: System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1, System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager
You enable or disable a Windows driver in the operating system deployment driver catalog, in System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager, by setting the IsEnabled property of the SMS_Driver Server WMI Class object. A driver can be disabled to prevent it from being installed by the Auto Apply Driver action in a task sequence.
To enable or disable a Windows driver
Set up a connection to the SMS Provider. For more information, see About the SMS Provider in Configuration Manager.
Get the SMS_Driver object for the driver you want enable or disable.
Set the IsEnabled property to true to enable the driver, or to false to disable the driver.
Commit the SMS_Driver object changes.
Example
The following example method enables or disables a driver depending on the value of the enableDriver parameter.
For information about calling the sample code, see Calling Configuration Manager Code Snippets.
Sub EnableDriver(connection,driverID,vEnableDriver)
' Get the driver.
Set driver = connection.Get("SMS_Driver.CI_ID=" & driverID)
' Set the flag.
driver.IsEnabled=vEnableDriver
' Commit changes.
driver.Put_
End Sub
public void EnableDriver( WqlConnectionManager connection, int driverID, bool enableDriver) { try { // Get the driver. IResultObject driver = connection.GetInstance("SMS_Driver.CI_ID=" + driverID); // Set the flag. driver["IsEnabled"].BooleanValue = enableDriver; // Commit the changes. driver.Put(); } catch (SmsException e) { Console.WriteLine("Failed: " + e.Message); throw; } }
Compiling the Code
This C# example requires:
System
System.Collections.Generic
System.Text
Microsoft.ConfigurationManagement.ManagementProvider
Microsoft.ConfigurationManagement.ManagementProvider.WqlQueryEngine
microsoft.configurationmanagement.managementprovider
adminui.wqlqueryengine
Robust Programming
For more information about error handling, see About Configuration Manager Errors.
.NET Framework Security
For more information about securing Configuration Manager applications, see Securing Configuration Manager Applications.
The example method has the following parameters:
Parameter
Type
Description
connection
Managed: WqlConnectionManager
VBScript: SWbemServices
A valid connection to the SMS Provider.
driverID
Managed: Integer
VBScript: Integer
The Windows driver identifier available in SMS_Driver.CI_ID.
enableDriver
Managed: String
VBScript: String
Flag to enable or disable the driver.
true - The driver is enabled.
false - The driver is disabled.