Hi – the short answer is we do not have an automated way for pre patching for Dell Image Assist   Some best practices for WIN7 & WIN8.1 are to avoid installing platform specific updates    We recommend where possible to build your image in a virtual machine 
When I build my images, I usually patch them to current. It is a long painful process of checking and double checking to make sure I don't install something that conflicts with our environment. Building the base os and applying anything I need is pretty automated at this point. I have scripts that adjust all the settings for me, but the patching still chews time. I would like to automate the process to match our current SCCM patch deployments. I don't feel good using Dell's updating for two reasons, it doesn't help the techs who use the image for reimages. Also, after last summer's stink with their chain of updates that some were wiped from history I am still a bit gun shy. Is there a best practice for automated pre-patching of the base?
Best methods for pre-patching image