Srv 2012 WDS deployment is very slow! - fast for 15-30 mins after rebooting...
Hi, in our company we have set up a deployment server, to deploy clients.Our problem is when we are deploying (unicast) windows 7 image, it transfer data with about 3-5 Mbit/s and takes hours to deploy...
View ArticleSingle sign on between two websites in two different organisations using ADFS
We know that there are multiple ways to use ADFS for single sign feature. Here is the scenario which I need to resolve: One .Net web application is on DMZ network within an Organisation. We also have...
View Article.NET fails when server is patched.
We have been having a problem with Server 2012 and Server 2012 R2. If a server is patched through WSUS, we lose the ability to install .NET Framework 3.5 (NET-Framework-Core). If you install from media...
View ArticleDeployment Workbench Issues (error codes, product key activations and user...
Hello everyone.First time post here but have visited TechNet many times before!I have Deployment Workbench (Version 6.1) installed on a Windows Server Standard 2012 R2 machine. It took a bit of...
View ArticleWDS Transport on two NICs!
Hi! I'm configuring a server (win 2008) with WDS Standalone. The server does have two NICs, one is connected to a small home network (test environment) and the other is connected to a wide office...
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Image Capture Boot Image Fails with 0xc000000f
I am trying to capture a Windows 8.1 Enterprise (with Update) x64 installation using WDS, but the Capture Image fails to load. I used the boot.wim from the Windows Server 2012 R2 (with Update) ISO to...
View ArticleSystem drive size for a Windows Server 2012 R2 server
I need to load a new file server with Windows Server 2012 R2. Is there a recommended total disk space to use for the C drive for the Windows Server install? I read the absolute minimum is 32GB, but...
View ArticleDoes KMS maintain a total count of clients activated
Hi Now i have met the client count 50 in the kms host. but where i can see the total number of activation and remaing client activation limit in the KMS host .. and how its calculating, if i have...
View ArticleWDS Driver Packages aren't applied to Windows 8.1 installation
I have a 2008 R2 WDS server that I am testing a Windows 8.1 Pro image on a HP Z420 workstation. I have created a Driver Group and filters for this group, and added 5 drivers to it.The drivers are...
View ArticleWDS 2012 Image Capture - Stuck at 50% "Capturing Windows image metadata..."
I have tried capturing a few images after running sysprep, and they are getting stuck at 50% completion, never moving past after hours of waiting. "Capturing Windows image metadata...". If I look on...
View ArticleWindows 2008 R2 activation
Hello,I'm trying to activate Windows 2008 R2 Standard on my computer and I get an error. I want to do the phone activation, but I do not get the phone numbers list (only a link to the help file), and I...
View ArticleHow to Setup Windows TFTP Server in Windows 2008 R2
Hi,Can anyone please let me know, how to install TFTP Server in Windows 2008 R2.I installed Windows Deployment Service to get TFTP (got this info in some forum), but I did not see TFTP Service in the...
View Articleon which port number WDS server will listen & service when installing on...
hi frinedsin documents we read when we install WDS on the server which is also DHCP server, we must select this check mark :"do not listen on port 67"it means we instruct the WDS service not to listen...
View Articleso how to specify different answer file for different install images in WDS...
helloin WDS snap-in, in properties on server name, on client tab, we can define an answer file for unattended windows installation on WDS clients.my question is, maybe we have added multiple images in...
View ArticleUnattend Hit an error while pulling drivers from Network Share
Hi All,I've run into an error with installing apps from network share via SynchronousCommands under Specialize pass in unattended answer file. I been trying to work on it since yesterday and haven't...
View ArticleDiscover Products Duplicate Computers
When discovering computers in VAMT 3.0 is shows duplicated records for each computer found, one with .DomainName and one without, seen this question asked by many but no one has an answer, appreciate...
View ArticleWDS (Event 57437)
Friends, I'm having trouble in WDS, I get a message (event id 57347), captured an image and need to install other servers from that source. The detail is that I have created an answer file and...
View ArticleIE 11 is not blocked during Automatic Update step.
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 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...
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