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I finally figured this one out and it's embarrassingly simple. You can actually do everything you need via commands run inside the dcu-cli.exe file. Here are the commands I have run to set everything we need and then to lock down the settings for end users:

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"C:\Program Files\Dell\CommandUpdate\dcu-cli.exe" /configure -scheduleDaily=15:30
"C:\Program Files\Dell\CommandUpdate\dcu-cli.exe" /configure -scheduleAuto -scheduleAction=DownloadInstallAndNotify
"C:\Program Files\Dell\CommandUpdate\dcu-cli.exe" /configure -installationDeferral=enable -deferralInstallInterval=4 -deferralInstallCount=5 -systemRestartDeferral=enable -deferralRestartInterval=4 -deferralRestartCount=5
"C:\Program Files\Dell\CommandUpdate\dcu-cli.exe" /configure -locksettings=enable

Im deploying via Intune.
 I own a small number of Dell computers, but I'm not sure if the default configuration of PatchMyPC causes the computers to automatically install all drivers/firmwares using this program, Dell Command Update - without user interaction.

I just posted in another thread about configuring Dell Command Update to forcefully install updates, etc.
This might help some people looking here for answers:
https://patchmypc.com/forum/index.php?topic=5414

Hi there!
We had Intune installing Dell Command Update with automatic settings in place to enforce driver installation after a certain amount of allowed deferrals, etc.
We took these instructions from the below video:

Here's a summary. First install the software manually, configure it as you want and export an XML of the intended config. Now you can start building the installer package. Then the installer package does the following:

• Install the software silently
• Add a registry key to prevent the setup popup screen
• Add a registry key to indicate the configuration was successful
• Run a command on the installed software to import the xml configuration settings you created earlier
• Run a command on the installed software to lock all the settings for non local admin users

Now if I can just figure out a way to successfully have this work again within Patch My PC. Any ideas?