Error on deployment when completing Windows 7 installation
After capturing my image multiple times, I continue to receive the message, 'Windows could not parse or process unattend answer file [C:\Windows\Panther\unattend.xml] for pass [specialize]. A...
View Articleinitiate remote installation after Win PE boots
HiI have WDS installed on my server and want to deploy windows on the other machines through it.I want few of my scripts to run before the installation, so I used a customized Win Pe image. now the...
View ArticleUnsecureJoin Windows 8
hi,so i'm trying to setup UnsecureJoin and the pc' just wont join the domainam I doing something wrong ?wds server 2012<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><unattend...
View ArticleSecure Join Windows 8 presaged machine
Hi,I'm trying to Secuire Join a PC to the domain but it those not join it, I can join the pc with the same credentials after install<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><unattend...
View ArticleTeamed NICs but no internet access
I find it quite discouraging that everybody says not to team NICs if you are a newbie. I teamed mine and while I probably didn't do it in the most effective manner, I learned quite a bit during the...
View ArticleTrackIT Web error.
Hello, when trying to use track it web, the IIS logs show this error message "Application pool 'TrackItWeb' is being automatically disabled due to a series of failures in the process(es) serving that...
View ArticleServer 2003 SID issue (cloned machines) how to resolve
Hi all,I have taken over a LAN consisting of two domains (A+B) each consisting of 7VMs, it would appear my predecessor cloned the DCs without using Sysprep. The resultant being two domain controllers...
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WDS DHCP Bad Address Issue
As i have deployed WDS in my environment and allows 5 five ip pools in DHCP but after 5 to 10 its full with bad addresses... how should i troubleshoot it?? im unable to perform instillation. Please...
View ArticleNo Image Available in WDS after modifying unattend.xml
Hi, can anyone help with my original post (http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itproinstall/thread/17c323ac-05c7-40fa-b16e-a0597e5d4573)Thanks
View ArticleShutdown client PC | WDS
I'm configuring our Windows Deployment Server to have the client PC automatically after that image has been deployed. For some reason after going in and selecting the shutdown option within the XML...
View ArticleWDS prestage with multiple nics
Good day, How can I specify multiple Device ID's (mac's) prestagint the pc in wds 2012? I tied separating them with ; and / but that didn't work
View ArticleDomain controller on Intel Atom / Ultra low power / Embedded
It looks like the Intel Atom may be a reasonable build platform for an ultra-low power domain controller. I am interested to know if anyone else is doing this.,One item that I find annoying about...
View ArticleIdentifying disks
Hello,Server 2008r2 I have 2 logical disks defined via the HP Array Config UtilityOne is C:\ and the other E:\when running the Disk Managment MMC snap in it reports that c:\ = DISK1 and E:\=...
View ArticleHow to Capture a Server 2003 OS using a Server 2012 WDS
Hello, I've recently setup a Server 2012 WDS standalone server. On other physical servers I've installed Server 2008 R2 Standard, Server 2008 R2 Enterprise, Server 2012 Standard and Server 2012...
View ArticleUpgrading to WDS on Server 2012 - Any Gotchas?
I'm preparing to upgrade my Windows 2008 WDS server to Server 2012. Are there any issues with migrating to 2012?Orange County District Attorney
View ArticleWindows Authentication gives an Error on the Server
Hi ThereI am deploying an ASP.NET App to our DEV and QA server using Windows Authentication (not SQL Authentication).1.) The App is Framework 4.0 and resides in IIS 6.02.) Also the APP pool associated...
View ArticleUnable to Boot\BCD
Hi I have WDS and have setup PXE boot successfully.But after the PXE Boot, I receive a Unable to Boot\BCD with status 0xc000000fInfo:An error occurred while attempting to read the boot configuration data.
View ArticleAsus P5QLD Pro Problem loading .wim file from WDS Server
hello out there!!the company i work for are supporting a school and they have some old Asus P5QLD Pro Motherboards, and i cant deploy from the wds-server.. it cant load the deploy x64.wim file.. it...
View ArticleKMS limits
When using KMS, there are thresholds that need to be passed to trigger activation. Windows 7 is 25, and Office 2010 is 50. We can go over that number, but what will happen if we go below that number?...
View ArticleHow do you create a system partition with an answer file for Windows 7 in WDS?
Greetings! Hopefully this hasn't been asked to death elsewhere... I've tried to find some answers for this but have been unsuccessful so far. I've created an unattended answer file for Windows...
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