Testing Windows 10 in-place upgrade task sequence

I’ve been trying to make smaller/quicker task sequences for doing Windows 10 in-place upgrades. I wanted to be able to get almost everything done hidden in the background (Setting variable TSDisableProgressUI to True) before the first restart would even prompt.

I noticed by using the step ‘Upgrade Operating System’ it will automatically reboot when the setup requests. I tried increasing the variable SMSTSRebootTimeout so the first prompt would give users enough time if someone was logged on. The problem with this is that there will be more than one prompt which isn’t necessary after the first as the upgrade isn’t done yet.

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