Windows 8 not picking up embedded product key when installed with WDS
Ok so here is my setup.Server 2008 R2, running WDS and serving various images.the Windows 8 image is a vanilla boot.wim and install.wim imported from a system builder iso.If I burn the ISO or extract...
View ArticleFix restart problems after you install update rollup 2919355 in Windows 8.1...
Hello,I want to inject the update in the ISO image can anyone help me on the same.As per the methods in below link tried but in vain. https://support2.microsoft.com/kb/2966870Appreciate any suggestions.
View ArticleSetting up a client based configurtion for WDS deployment
Hello,Basically what I'm trying to setup is a fully automated WDS deployment, I've finished up the required image and I can now deploy it through WDS with just one manual action which is changing the...
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Multicast WDS Imaging Not Working - Doesn't show up when booted via PXE..?
I have a lab environment setup specifically for imaging laptops via WDS. I have a stand alone Windows 2012 server connected directly to an 8-Port Cisco SG-220 8 Port switch. Nothing else is...
View ArticleWDS Server 2012 r2: Windows cannot install required files.
Hello all:I have WDS set up on my Server 2012 r2 Standard server. I was able to use WDS to capture an image on a Windows 8.1 Pro machine and it captured and deployed just fine. I then moved on to my...
View ArticleWDS network error na PXE boot
A while backI createda WindowsServer2012 R2withWDStoimage laptops and Desktops. Aftersome hassleswiththe capture imageall workedandalsotheimagesoffourdifferent systems thatwe have succeeded.I added for...
View ArticleHow do I get my unattended installation to install additional applications?
Hi,I'm relatively new to Windows - having spent more time with Linux so perhaps I'm not thinking the right way.I'm trying to find a way to get Autounattend.xml to also install other things - things...
View ArticleEasy question - Windows Server 2008 R2 iso
Where do I download a iso image of Windows Server 2008R2 iso? I cannot find it.....thank you!
View ArticleWDS Capture Will Not Proceed More Than 1%.
I have had issues for the past week getting the deployment server to recognize an HP EliteOne 800. At first, I was receiving an error x000000f. There was no activity whatsoever. Next, I injected the...
View ArticleRe-installed Windows on a server that had been activated. Won't activate,...
I work for a company that doesn't give us Windows Disks and Keys. The central IT group develops standard images, which have an MAK baked in, and gives us those canned images to use.I had a server that...
View Article0xc0000225 - File \Windows\System32\winload.efi is either corrupted or...
Hello,I have create a boot image of Windows 8.1 then create a capture image for that. But After sysprep of windows 8.1 system, Try to boot from windows 8.1 capture image, I am getting the...
View ArticleIIS7 Role install fails on newly built 2008R2 virtual machine
I loaded two completely identical VMs and was only able to install the IIS role on one of them. I rebuilt the server and had the same issue.
View ArticleHyper V Server Failed - cant back the virtual machines
i had a windows server 2008 r2 server , i replaced it with ws 2012 r2 ,,,, now when i tried to get back the machines on it , and after too many booting errors ended up with me installing a new os and...
View ArticleADFS on Domain controller - Can't install because DC is not joined to domain?
Hello,I want to install Active Directory Federation Services on my Windows Server 2012 R2 domain controller. When configuring the ADFS installation for the domain controller, the next error comes up...
View Articleunattended wds client setup - language/locale page is still displayed
HiI am running WDS in Windows Server 2008 R2. I have created an WDS Client answer file to automated first screen (UI Language/Locale page) and disk partitioning. However, I still get the first UI...
View ArticleProblem with WMI after using MDT/WDS to deploy
Hi I am using MDT with WDS to deploy windows server.All is fine, besides WMI from Zenoss for monitoring, it show's me errors like " Could not read the Windows event log (NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED). Check...
View ArticleMulticast from IGMP compatible switch to IGMP incompatable switch?
Hello, I have some questions about how multicast functions in a WDS environment when one switch is IGMP enabled but others are not.I work for a training center, and we use WDS and MDT to deploy...
View ArticleNetTcpPortSharing process won't start on Windows Server 2012 R2 (can't deploy...
Hi ! I have a problem in Windows Server 2012 R2 : I have searched and try everything I know to fix this, but I cannot start NetTcpPortSharing service and therefore I cannot configure Windows Server...
View Articlesize of windows image become so large after capturing
HiI wanted to upload some images in my WDS .after Sysprep /oobe/generalize I used wds to capture windows 8.1 x64 .after that capturing finished I realized that the image size is 13GB and after...
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