WDS- shutdown client pc after imaging instead of rebooting
Using WDS set up on a Server2k8 R2 machine. Is it possible to shut the PC off before sysprepping the client PC? Normal action is WDS images the target PC and then reboots it. Can it be switched some...
View ArticleUpgrade windows 7 to windows 8 silently and on multiple machines
Can any body help with any informative link on upgrade of windows 7 to windows 8 silently? I have about 100 machines to be upgraded from windows 7 to windows 8. Your views and ideas in this concern are...
View ArticleWindows server2008 Sysprep
Dear all,I am testing a deplyement using Sysprer of a Windows Server 2008 R2.For that I have download the WAIK and use the Windows System Image manager to create my unattended answer file. So far so...
View ArticleWDS pending devices-> Name and Approve->create new Unattend file failure
Hi there, i installed WDS in my test environment and always have that failure when i try to install an Image with the unattend file which you can create in the "Approve Pending Device Wizard".When i...
View ArticleWin Svr 2008 R2 eval download
Hi, Need to know if the evaluation download for Windows Server 2008 R2 can be upgrade to a full product with a volume license key?txYo
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View ArticlePartitions on a Virtual Server
Hello EveryoneCurrently when deploying a physical server I currently use the following configuration for my system driveDisk 1C Partition - Windows FilesD Partition - Applications E Partition - User...
View Articleregistry error after installing windows server 2012 on windows 7 machine
Just started setting up our network to use windows server 2012 as a file server. I have loaded it on two windows 8 machines but i have gotten a error on the win 7. the error deals with Dropbox. the...
View ArticleHow to change WDS PXE Boot order menu
How I can edit the order of the PXE boot menu after F12 is pressed?I have 4 boot file but I want be able to set the default one I use wds on server 2008 r2
View ArticleHow to create default admin and password in WDS image?
Hi,I am using my windows server 2008 r2 standard machine which has been promoted as domain. In that server I have enabled WDS role. My doubt is that when we are creating an image through WDS, How to...
View ArticleBcdedit not available when booting via network (WDS
Hello, I am trying to deploy an image of a windows 8 via a WDS . The system which is deployed runs uses UEFI Boot, after booting from the network I could deploy the image using Dism /apply-image...
View ArticleOffice 2013 on Windows 8 not activating with KMS
I have a KMS server running on Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 fully up to date. I added the keys for Office 2013 and it seems to be working fine. however, my computer, Windows 8, is not activating Office...
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 ArticleWDS on Win2008 32 bit: added x64 boot image, not visualized in console
I've got a WDS server on a Windows 2008, 32-bit machine.I've to deploy, say, a "BOOT_Win7_x64.wim" image.It let me add this image, both by graph WDS MMC and using "wdsutil /add-image"; also, in...
View ArticleConfigure RAID after DC installation
Hi All,My client has a small office (up to 30 users) and they start thinking of having a DC. They installed DC in one server (now only contains the DC). The OS is windows server 2012 data center.I...
View ArticleAdd unatend.xml to sysprep system
Dear all,I need to sysprep a windows server 2008 R2 64 bit system.For that I have build the unattend.xml file using WAIK tool kit.Then what I need to do is the following :- When I sysprep the PC, I...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 Clustering classes...
Does Microsoft offer a class specifically onclustering with Server 2012 or is training onlyavailable as part of other courses?BStillion
View ArticleHow To Fix My Windows 8.1 Computer
So today i was on my pc and it was running a little slow, so i restarted it. Yea, next time ill say forget it. Now when i try to boot up my pc it will go just before i can long in, then i get a message...
View ArticleUnable to install Windows Server 2008 or 2012 -- not enough room for temp files
Even though I have nearly 2TB of free space, I cannot get either Windows Server 2008 R2 or 2012 to install, I get an error that setup cannot find a partition with enough free space for temp files. Is...
View ArticleRestore image failed to start
Dear all,I have a reference system which is a DELL optiplex I7 , 8GB RAM, 500 gb SATA hard drive on which I have install only Windows Server 2008 R2.And a destination PC which is a Core 2 DUO, 4GB ram,...
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