Setting up domain user on laptop without user's password
Hello,I hear a lot about how IT admins should never ask for a user's password and that there's really no reason for us to ask for a staffer's password to work on their laptop. How do I as an admin...
View ArticleSetup of Windows 2008 R2 fails
Hi all,I have a desktop I am setting up to be a lab machine. It has a WD3200KS SATA drive that I intend to use for the OS and another drive (WD2500JS SATA) for my VM's.When I start the W2K8 R2 setup, I...
View ArticleHow to get the Windows Server 2003 vhd password?
Hi, I had asked a similar question for SCCM 2007 R2 vhd, and I got an answer very fast, so thanks for the response!(A follow-up question is: How can I activate the SCCM 2007 R2 vhd, since I do not have...
View ArticleAD Login Issues 'lockouts'
Hello All,Hopefully there will be a little light shed on an issue a client is having, we at not a MS shop per say but figured I'd reach out to the community to see if anyone had any ideas to their...
View ArticleRAID disk not seen from WInPE boot
Dear all,We have a system with 3ware raid controler card configure as RAID1.We are trying to build a standard Windows server 2008 image that can be installed in any System, by providing a system...
View ArticleWinPE, DISM, Static IP
I use WinPE 4.0 to kick off my deployment process. Problem is, at this remote site, I haven't built the first Domain Controller yet, so there isn't any DHCP. Is there a quick way to DISM up a one-off...
View ArticleMultiple NICs are disabled after image install
I have successfully been able to deploy and image and automate the install. However after logging into my newly deployed system all but one of my NICs are disabled, including the only NIC that has a...
View ArticleNetBios - When are we going to get rid of it?
So I have a Windows 10 / Server 2016 domain test lab and when I named my PC to a long name (+15 characters), NETBIOS warning popped up. I know NETBIOS / WINS are very old protocols and I was...
View ArticleMDT 2013 with SQL database
I have MDT 2013 running on a Win2K12R2 server with WDS installed. It also has an SQLExpress database set up to allow for greater control over my deployments. I set things up in the task sequence so...
View ArticleWhat would cause port 4011 issue
So I'm currently getting this issue:https://www.dropbox.com/s/72pmv10sg4w31ox/4011.jpeg?dl=0I never got this issue before when trying to use WDS on a different PC machine, but after having a partition...
View ArticlePrestage vs Answer File Confusion
Hi, I'm confused and need help!I have recently setup WDS on our network. I can successfully capture and deploy fat images silently with unattend answer files that join the pc to the domain. I can...
View ArticleLog on a member server with a domain admin account
I want to install Exchange 2010 on a member server win 2008 r2. I have to log on as with the domain admin account. How to do that?
View ArticleSFC problem - "Windows Resource Protection could not start the repair service"
We are trying to attempt to fix a Windows 2008 start up problem. We boot the machine from a Windows 2008 CD and go to the repair tool - command prompt.When we do the command sfc /scannow, we are...
View ArticleWDS - Duplicate Entries?
I'm finding that I'm ending up with duplicate entries in my WDS implementation. Here are the steps I've taken: 1. Installed a fresh copy of Windows 2008 Standard.2. Installed WDS services.3. Created a...
View Articledism - The directory could not be completely unmounted - process explorer...
Hi all, Installed WAIK on server 2008 R2 64 bit. I'm setting up some boot images, and am having a real hard time getting drivers to integrate into the driver store in the boot images. What I'm finding...
View ArticleKMS
i want to using 2 KMS but i have only 1 Genuie mikrosoft licesy, is it will working?and how to make it happend?
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Problem using WDS to apply srver using PXE-Boot.
HiI'm trying to check WDS server deployment in our organization. I'm using VMWare Workstation as my testing environment.I used Chapter 1 in MS training kit 70-643 as a model for deploying the...
View ArticleUnattended Install and Active Directory
Hello,I have a quick question that I hope someone could help me with concerning the unattended .xml install file. Is there a way to set it up so that it would fill in this box:...
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WDS - 2012 R2 Standalone - Client Fails to Initialise
I have a small environment with 1 physical server running 2012 R2 and WDS with DNS and DHCP, there is no AD in the environment, WDS is configured as Standalone.If I create a VM on the physical server...
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