WDS - Deploying Windows 7 Enterprise and Windows 7 Professional Images
Probably an easy question for you guys--I'm trying to configure my WDS server to successfully deploy the following images:Windows 7 Enterprise x64Windows 7 Professional x64My images are factory...
View ArticleSetup new office
Hi all,i am new engineer for windows server 2008 i never work with live servers. usually i work with virtual Machines . now question is what windows server Roles are necessary to new office setup and...
View ArticleWDS Error, then fails to use ImageUnattend.xml
I am hosting WDS on 2008 R2, trying to apply a Windows 7 x64 image.I have configured the AutoAdd policy to require administrator approval for unknown devices - I am not prestaging devices manually....
View ArticleKMS Priority setting
Hi We have 3 KMS HOST and I want to ensure the sequence is correct when Activating the windows. I want the all workstation/server query go firts in the KMSone-1, and then KMStwo-2, and the last...
View ArticleWDS Error 0x102 (ISC DHCP - WDS and PXELinux same network)
Hello, I have ISC DHCP setup with a host block for many hosts pointing to either PXELinux or WDS depending on the OS to install (RHEL, SLES, Windows 2008 R2, Windows 2012). The host block looks...
View ArticleWindows Deployment Client Naming Policy
Hi AllI was wondering how does the client naming policy know what the next name is, if the naming convention is incremental? Here's my dilema, I've been deploying a number of systems using the client...
View ArticleWDS deployment troubles
Hoping someone here has some WDS expertise.... I've got a WDS server setup, and have been using it for a while to image and deploy laptops and desktops at work. We recently got in a new model (Lenovo...
View ArticleWould SSD's improve performance
HiWe are planning on purchasing two new servers running Server 2012 and Hyper-V replication.Our original spec had 16 lots of 300GB SAS disks however after reading a few articles would I be better off...
View ArticleBSOD of Windows 2008R2 at first reboot after setup
Hi I'm trying to install Windows 2008R2 in a Vmware VM using a WinPE image + unattended installation.To to this, I do the following :1. Boot the new VM with a winpe iso based on Windows 2012, built...
View ArticleUsing SFTP instead of TFTP for WDS
So TFTP is blocked on my network for security reasons, but SFTP is not. Is there a way to configure WDS to use SFTP instead of TFTP? I'm getting the TFTP timeouts, but that is because TFTP traffic is...
View ArticleWDS - Changing the default Remote Installation Folder
Hi All -I have a production W2K8 Server running WDS and someone kept all the defaults when they installed the product. So my question is, what's the easiest way to change the default remote...
View ArticleContent won't fit on DVD DL, UFD not an option
Unable to find a solution for this.In our environment we must use MDT to created bootable media to deploy the OS. We've run into a problem were the content won't fit on DVD DL. The WIM sizes are 8.7GB...
View Articlelogon script
I'm trying to setup a simple login script to map some network drives I looked at this http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc770908.aspxI have s simple batch fileNet use h: \\myserver\shareNet...
View ArticleQuestion about multicast transmission in WDS
HiI know wake on lan can turn on all target computers for multicast deploy, but what if target computers Wakeonlan are disabled. is there a way to make wakeonlan enable at one time?thank you so much..
View ArticleTrouble with creating unattended installation answer file
Hello Technet Guys,I'm trying to generate unattended installation answer file for Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise for purpose of creating template for CloudStack. I have installed AIK on the windows...
View ArticleI would like to know what version of the installer is my Windows Server
Hi,Can you give me what version is this Windows Server Standard R2 1-4cpu 5clientProof Of License = X12-53780Is this OEM or Volume LicenseI want to reinstall this server but I lost my installer CD. I...
View ArticleWDS deploying Different architectures (64-bit and 32-bit) with a single boot...
At the moment I have a WDS server set up with 2 Windows 7 boot images (32 Bit and 64 Bit) because we are running a mixed environment which will stay mixed for the near future. We are moving to a VLAN...
View ArticleMigrate Network configuration while deploying windows using WDS
Hi,I currently using WDS to deploy windows images to PCs , I want the PC to use the same network configuration of the previous windows after deploying the image , any possible way to do that as the PC...
View ArticleMoving Windows 2003 R2 to production please help
Hi I have developers that installed Windows Server 2003 R2 in a test environment using their MSDN software and keys. We now want to move them to production. Is there an option to change the...
View ArticleServer Core 2012 R2 - OCsetup issue
Hello everyone,I have been having issues trying to get ocsetup to work with 2012 but I have a feeling it's been taken out or replaced with a different command. My command: C:\>start /w ocsetup...
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