Windows ... preventing activation, 0xc004d302, trusted data store ... rearmed
Dear allWe're using a Windows Server 2012 R2 (DC of a Domain) and WDS (Windows Deployment Services) to deploy a Windows 8.1 edition with a MAK (Multiple activation key).Deployment works by PXE booting...
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Ultimately, I'm trying to create a Server 2012 R2 answer file using Windows SIM on Windows 7 x64. When I point Windows SIM at the install.wim from the Server 2012 R2 media, it warns me that a catalog...
View ArticleCannot boot with PXE on new Intel I217-LM nic card
I imaged a new Dell 5540 with nic I-218LM perfectly by inserting the driver.After that I did the same with the Lenovo T540p with nic I-217LM which is the same driver "E1D6232.inf" and when I boot into...
View ArticleNot prompted to set Administrator password at logon after Sysprep
As far as I know, the following are facts regarding the Administrator password on Windows 2008 R2:- By default the Administrator account is enabled and the password is blank, but you are forced to set...
View ArticleChange Domain after instaling Windows Serve 2012 R2 with Update
I am trying to set up a new Windows Server 2012 Essentials R@ machine and followed the instructions in KB2830511 to the letter. Unfortunately, when finished I STILL ended up with DOXIDADDY.LOCAL. Is...
View Articleunattended.xml stops at partitioning
Hello my unattended installation of Windows Server Essentials 2012 R2 always stops at partitioning if i add a second partition or disk. If i create only one 100'000GB partition it works... any...
View ArticleIn house IT infrustracture
Hello, So I am the only IT person in our company. It's a mid sized business , we have about 90 employees. We have office 365 for office suites. We don't have Active directory or exchange server or any...
View ArticleWDS SecureBoot on x86 devices 'suddenly stopped working'
Hello, I've been using WDS on Windows Server 2012 R2 for quite a while now, and mostly in success. However, yesterday the boot image that I use to boot x86 Windows 8 Client hardware (Lenovo TP10)...
View ArticleDowngrad from 64 bit to 32 bit
Dear Team,we recently purchase windows server 2008 64bit standard edition R2 (OEM Pack) but our important application run only on 32bit OS. so we install windows server 2008 32bit standard. Edi. R2.now...
View Articlewindows 7 says it is not a guenuine copy, build 7601,
I bought this over three years ago and was absolutely fine, I did replace the video card, I was reading some where this messing up the product code. I not longer have the dvd, I wrote down the follow...
View ArticleAdding a Custom Script...and getting it to run.
Afternoon, I am having a bit of difficulty getting a bog standard vbs script to run.We are a school and have purchased quite a few ACER Switch 10, tablet / laptop hybrid devices which has really caused...
View ArticleKeyboard Layout
Hello, I am trying to use WDS to distribute Windows 7 to 24 machines, everything goes smoothly, but the only think its making me crazy is that the keyboard layout is wrong.I am installing a Spanish...
View ArticleError Code 0x80070043
I have two servers that are running Windows Server 2008 OS, for ease we will just call them Server 1 and Server 2. Each server is a DC in its own domain, in its own forest. A two way forest trust has...
View ArticleError code 0x80070714
Im imaging a laptop computer from my WDS server and received the following error message"Windows cannot install required files. Make sure all files required for installion are available, and restart...
View ArticleDeploying Unattended Windows 7 clients using server 2008r2
Hi, First time posting in here. I'm a bit stuck on a project that I'm currently working on and was hoping someone here with some more WDS experience might be able to spot something I'm missing. I'm...
View ArticleDisable verifying of Known Folders
Hi.<o:p></o:p>We have large RDS deployment. Users use redirected to network drives folders, so <o:p></o:p>Windows verify Known Folders before mapping drives. As result - many...
View ArticleNewbie Home Server Setup
Hello!I am looking to deploy Server 2012 R2 on my home network and I have a couple questions...My (proposed) setup:"HOMESERVER" : Primary DC - AD & DNS only (DHCP handled by router, static IPs for...
View ArticleKMS Not Automatically Activating Windows 7 Clients
Hi Everyone,I have a problem where I had to rebuild our KMS server and now clients are not automatically activating, before the rebuild I would re-image a computer and as long as the count hit 25 it...
View ArticleAdd Server 2012 Essentials server to SBS 2003 domain without migrating
I have a client that just purchased a new server with Windows Server 2012 Essentials installed.They have an existing SBS2003 server that they wish to keep as the primary server and use the 2012 machine...
View ArticleWDS on core network need's talk to a different network.
I have set up our companies WDS server, which runs perfect when connecting to computers on the same network.But we have a Student domain which has around 50 PC's connected to it which runs on a...
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