Installing Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 using ISOs, Answer Files and Driver files...
I have a validation lab that uses Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 on several completely different systems. I am looking for an easy way for the techs to PXE boot from a 2012 Server, select the OS to install and...
View ArticleSysprep fault caused by latest updates via Windows Update
Hi everyoneI write here althought I am not sure if it is the right section.I think I discovered an issue about sysprep. The last two weeks I've been trying to sysprep a few machines. All went in...
View Articleunattended driver installation fails with code 800b0109
hi therei´m trying to install server 2012r2 unattended.at the moment its failing while installing some driver.the driver are signed and - as far i can see it - the signature chain is complete with no...
View ArticleLicensing Key Automatically Embed During Installation
Hi Experts,Please let me know that how can I add the licensing key in the windows ISO image and make it add automatically when the windows is installing. Means i don't want to put the key manually...
View ArticleDate and Time in Active Directory
How to update date and time from internet in active directory server ?
View ArticleWDS computer names, starting from 15021
Hello,I'm working on a tablet project. We are installing 330 Acer Aspire Switch 10 tablets with WDS. Now I want to name the tablets automatically. We are numbering them like this:ABCD15021 to...
View ArticleIn-place upgrade from Server 2012 to 2012R2 "just quits"
I have a TechNet subscription and am supposed to get "priority support" but I mistakenly asked my question in one of the forums that is not in the "priority support monitored" list. Included here by...
View ArticleSysprep generalize fails
I'm trying to build a template Hyper-V vm for a Remote Desktop server farm. All the required programs are installed, the local admin account profile is configured how I want it. I have a...
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 ArticleProblems running Dcpromo on Server 2008 R2
Greetings,Situation: ADPrep /forestprep and /domainprep have been run on the FSMO master (W2K8 SP2 DC). Forest ActiveDirectoryUpdate revision is 2 (W2K8); Schema ojectVersion is 44...
View ArticleWDS 2012 R2 - Cannot PXE multiple clients at the same time
Hello All,This is my first post on here so I apologize if this is the wrong place. I work for a school district and we are implementing WDS 2012 R2. We've been extremely satisfied with the speeds and...
View ArticleInstall Images
I managed to clear all the settings on WDS by running WDSUTILS UNITIALIZE yesterday.Gradually putting it all together but I'm new to this.All the uploaded images we have are stored on separate volume...
View ArticleOne 3TB LUN or two 1.5TB merged togeather?
Hello!I have a storage related question.I have an application, that requires around 3TB of storage on a single drive. Space will be allocated from mid-range storage array.My friends advice me to create...
View ArticleSysprep Fatal Error
I couldn't find another tread just like the issue i am faced with. When i Sysprep it gives me an error. My error log file is a bit different from others:2011-07-26 15:18:05, Error [0x0f0043]...
View ArticleUnable To Skip User Account Creation During Windows 7 Unattended Install
Hello,I am trying to create a fully unattended Windows 7 SP1 installation using Windows Deployment Services (WDS) and an image created using ImageX. I have created two unattend files, one for WDS...
View ArticleRestoring OS 2008 Std x86 sp2
I have a server that I need to save, its actually my development server and I have numerous tools installed I need to preserve. Cloning the drive to create a backup started this scenario. Unknown at...
View Articlesfc,scannow
after the scan the result say like this ... Windows resource protection found corrupt files but was unable to fix some of them.details are included in the CBS.log widir\CBS\CBS.Log what shall i do...
View ArticlePartitioning information (size in percentage) in answer file
Hello,I am using Windows SIM tool to create an answer file (or unattended.XML). The theme is to make the partitioning of the hard disk automatically as part of the windows Server 2008 OS installation....
View ArticleWindows 2012 R2 and WDS
Good afternoon all,Our environment - We run Windows 2012 R2 with all updates. WDS 6.3.9600.16384. Windows 8.1 Enterprise on our clients.We are having a weird issue with our WDS server. We created two...
View ArticleIs it possible to deploy a visual c++ exe via GPO?
I have a *.exe file which was a program to send AD client machine details through Servlet call. I don't know how to deploy this particular exe file in AD client machines. I don't want to copy it from...
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