NEW Problem with WinPE after updating to Windows ADK for Windows 11

[GhostRiderTGAC]

Greeting folks... I just completed the update of my Config Manager server to version 2107 and everything seemed to go very well. I used the guide Prajwal posted and updated the server to .NET 4.8 prior to installing and so things went smoothly. Subsequent to the update I also removed Windows ADK and the WinPE and installed Windows ADK for Windows 11 and the WinPE that goes with it. All seemed to go well and I also rebuilt my Config Manager boot images. We use a mix of PXE and SMS boot media in our environment and after rebuilding the boot images, updating the DPs and recreating any SMS boot USB drives, we have a problem.

After the update the boot media and PXE all still start the boot process and get to the point where the desktop wallpaper defined originally in the boot images shows up and the normal SMS status window pops up and says "Windows Starting..." and then the boot media crashes and reboots. After doing some research it looks like I might need to add some optional components to the WinPE environment but when I went back into Config Manager and checked the properties of my boot images I am missing tabs. I can no longer see the "Drivers" or "Optional Components" tabs so something is definitely not right. Can anyone give me suggestions on how to correct this? I need to know why these tabs are now missing and how to get them back. Here is what the properties look like currently:

I am concerned that even if I roll the ADK back to the previous version that these missing tabs are going to cause problems. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

 

[GhostRiderTGAC]

I just tried this as I have had to do this in the past but it didn't appear to fix my problem:

Missing tabs on Boot image after installing ADK for Windows 10 in ConfigMgr – CTGlobal

blog.ctglobalservices.com

 

[GhostRiderTGAC]

Good news, I rebooted our production Config Manager server and that got the tabs back. Now I need to tackle the issue of why the new WinPE won't boot correctly.

I think that both the refresh process described in the CT Global link that I referenced as well as the reboot were both necessary to correct the missing tab issue.

 

[GhostRiderTGAC]

With the tabs back I went through and cleared all of the previous Windows 10 drivers that had been loaded into the boot image and Updated the DPs using the new ADK PE image and viola... things are working again. So, lesson learned:
1.) before updating to the next Windows ADK PE, clear out old drivers from within the image to reduce the potential of problems after the update.
2.) have the Powershell script from CT Global handy to force the refresh of the tabs in Config Manager boot image,
3.) reboot the Config Manager server after installing the new ADK and ADK PE packages
4.) keep Prajwal's blog handy just in case
Thanks to anyone who is reading my post, I hope these extra steps help. My next task is to update my SQL 2016 instance to the latest SP... wish me luck!