WDS and silent installation switches in unattend, not working
To make a long story short: I am trying to deploy Windows 7 Enterprise x64 onto an HP EliteBook 8560w laptop, using WDS on Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard, with Driver Injection as our means of driver...
View ArticleFailed to perform SP installation hr=0x800f0818 windows server 2008 SP1
Hello i am not able to update Windows Server 2008 R2 sp1 2014-01-09 11:50:49, Info CBS SPI: Created path:...
View ArticleCreating boot images on WDS server 2012
Hello Everyone, I've a problem creating a list with boot images in WDS 2012. I have installed WDS on a 2012 Server and booted a Windows 8.1 using PXE from this 2012 server and successfully captured an...
View ArticleVolume Activation Management Tool invalid characters bug.
I have a Multiple Activation Key from my Technet subscription for Windows 8 Enterprise, and wanted to find out how many activations I am allowed, and how many I have left. I was advised by a colleague...
View ArticleDeploy existing image remotely via WDS
Hi community,Admin newbie here,I want/need to deploy a Windows 7 image to computers that are in another office in another town. They are class room computers and we need to reinstall rather frequently....
View Article2 NIC with 2 Subnets
I've got to setup a Small server (2008) but I'm trying to know how to do a few simple things.1) The network has 2 Networks a 10.10.x.x network that's connected to a Static IP & DLS Line, and a...
View ArticleWINDOWS Service on server
We have windows service which continuously process the files. There are multiple database server each with one instance of this windows service. The service code has been optimized to improve the...
View ArticleFailed to set teh selected language as UI language.
I'm baffled. I've added boot.wim from 8.1 RTM and 2012 R2 RTM to a new WDS installation. The default language is en-us according to the file properties in WDS, but it errors out on the client with:...
View ArticleSetup Switch, Internet Router on Domain
Hi I have setup a domain controller windows 2008 R2. I want to know how to setup the Router and Switch so that clients can access the Domain and Internet. The router IP address is 10.0.0.2 and the...
View ArticleUpgrade Windows Server 2008 to 2008 R2 over remote desktop
Hello,I have a dedicated server that I have hosted in a remote datacenter. The server is currently running Windows Server 2008 Standard x86. It is not a part of a domain and it is the only server in...
View ArticleOffice 2010 Deployment via MDT 2012
Am trying to deploy office 2010 using MDT 2012 but there is no "office product tab" under office 2010 properties even under office 2007.I managed to deploy windows 7 OS but office is a problem.Please...
View ArticleWDS unattended join
Hello everyone!I'm trying to unattended set up Windows 8.1, and I faced with some issues.In my unattended.xml I tried to name computers both like pc%02# and %MACHINENAME%. none of this workedwhen the...
View ArticleLink to download the server 2008 r2 enterprise without service pack
Hi,Please provide the link to download the server 2008 r2 enterprise without service packThank You!!
View ArticleWindows 7 Deployment - Unattended.xml
I have created a custom WIM using OOBE sysprep and placed it within a Windows 7 Pro directory from a Windows Pro DVD and placed on my WDS repository and the image installs fine via PXE boot.However I...
View ArticleServer Upgrade Stuck at Completing Upgrade (34%)
Hello Everyone,We are into hosting and I am trying to upgrade one of out shared hosting server from Server 2003 SP2 standard to Server 2008 Standard. The installation is now struck at 34% at completing...
View ArticleAutonaming the workstation
Hi,What is the best way to make sure a workstation gets the same name it had after re-imaging?I have around 60 workstation that I have labeled with a name. The computers are in a school. I would like...
View Articledrivers picked from winpe pass instead of offlineServicing pass during...
hi I am doing an unattend installation and passed different driver locations in Windowspe pass and offlineServicing pass.I went through the logs and it has processed the windowspe driver location in...
View ArticleWDS Multicasting MDT 2010 created SOE
I'm just wondering if the following scenario is possible with the setup we currently have. The architecture we've implemented is:MDT 2010 on Win2008 R2. No clients build from this server.Windows 2008...
View ArticleWindows Deployment Server with Update step enabled and Blocking IE11 (Blocker...
Greetings. I am experiencing something very strange with our Windows Deployment Servers.I have WDS 2013 with AIK-8.1 combination server to do our machine deployment. Some of our machines need to have...
View ArticleCan't find the users/groups for sharing/security
I have been working on starting setting up two windows 2008 r2 servers. The other day I added groups and users for the company. There are 36 users and groups. Afterwards, I set up a hard drive for each...
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