- Skip the web request entirely when the destination file already exists: the cached file is always used and never automatically updated (delete the local file to force a fresh download)
- Only contact the download URL when a download is actually required, with a 30 second metadata request timeout and explicit redirect following
- Download directly from the resolved post-redirect URL (mirror style URLs commonly redirect)
- An unreachable download URL is only fatal when no local copy of the file exists
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- Adopt the standardized Toolkit layout (Toolkit.ps1 + Functions/Modules/Libraries/Tools)
- Replace the legacy NLog-era Registry.dll with Eric Zimmerman Registry 2026.5.0 (netstandard2.0) for offline hive parsing without mounting; libraries are loaded into memory in dependency order (byte load on Windows PowerShell 5.1, dedicated AssemblyLoadContext stream load on PowerShell 7)
- Rewrite Invoke-RegistryHiveAction with a case-insensitive ValueTable contract for direct value name indexing
- Rewrite Invoke-FileDownloadWithProgress with automatic system proxy detection and progress reporting
- Convert Copy-ItemWithProgress, Get-InstalledSoftware, and the MSI helper functions to the toolkit logging and error handling patterns
- Add opt-in QEMU guest agent installation from the mounted ISO (full operating system only, version-aware, REBOOT=ReallySuppress)
- Remove the task sequence variable parameters from the script surface while retaining the toolkit functionality
- Update README with structure, usage, and OS deployment guidance (DeployR/MDT/SCCM two-pass flow, pwsh.exe for DeployR boot images)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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