Windows 2008 R2 installation on Dell PowerEdge 2850
Hello Everyone !We have a Dell PowerEdge 2850 which came with Windows Server 2003 but i would like to perform a clean Windows 2008 installation on it. I have wiped it out and rebuild the RAID but i...
View ArticleMore Problems Multicasting With WDS - Windows Server 2012 R2
Hello All!I am using SCCM 2012 R2 to deploy operating systems which uses WDS. I have successfully configured multicasting to work through SCCM\WDS however the speeds and network utilization are very...
View ArticleIs any license required to use Windows server 2003 resource toolkit...
Hi,One of our service requires instsrv.exe and srvany.exe which were part of windows server 2003 resource toolkit and by default installed on windows server 2003. We found that these executables are...
View ArticleMulticast NACK/Retries
Hi all,I have another thread open regarding a specific returnc code, but here is anothe issue I am noticing on another network:When multicasting to just one machine (obviously the master multicast...
View ArticleWDS USB boot to network disk
Our company has selected a consumer brand of laptops that does not have NIC's! So we have bought a dongle and I am tasked with figuring out how to boot to a USB stick, get network connectivity and...
View ArticleAdditional Server
Hi All,Is there a way to add a second MS Server (in effect a standalone) to an existing MS Network without causing conflicts on that network?We write membership tracking software for non-profit...
View ArticleWhat key should i use on my existing live KMS host server to enable Windows...
Enterprise question.On the face of it, this should have a a simple answer. Obviously the Windows 2010 KMS Key for my company right?Only I don't think so, because using a Windows client (which Windows...
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 ArticlePlease help with WDS/MDT not working via PXE boot
i all, I am trying to install an OS (windows 10 x64 pro) onto a blank newly created VM machine via WDS. I am using VMware Workstation 11. To let you know what i have done, i have enabled WDS, set...
View ArticleMDT/ WDS Error
HiI have updated from MDT 2010 and ADK 2.0 (for windows 7) to MDT 2012/13 and ADK 8/8.1 (have tested both), I then generate new Boot images by updating the Deployment Share in MDT, I then add the boot...
View ArticleSetup OCSP problem (win2008 R2)
I'm using https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc770413(v=ws.10).aspx to set up OCSP on a Windows Server 2008 R2 Std. When I install Active Directory Certificate Services, can't find "OCSP" role...
View ArticleWindows Server 2008 install on HP DL380 G5
I have a problem, when install new Server 2008 at HP Proliant Server DL380 G5. On upgrade installation, or new one, everything goes fine and windows crashes on blue screen at last part. In first case...
View Articlenet use \\localhost\c$ system error 53
I have found many posts on this, but nothing I have found has fixed the issue. I am new to this, just trying to get a database server up. I am on a hosted virtual server, so I was not the one to...
View ArticleSet local administrator password in MDT 2012
I deploy Windows 7 by MDT 2012, every things are fine but local administrator password. I tried to set the password in Database role details, Unattended.xml in task sequence and run script in task...
View ArticleTried to create custom image, but it keeps trying to capture instead of install
Hi,I'm trying to test WDS, and I was able to create an initial Win7 image from the original Win7 DVD and then PXE boot to install that on another machine.So then, I wanted to try to build a custom...
View ArticleWDS : GUI or cmdlet : Access is denied
Hi,I installed a new Windows 2012 R2 with WDS Role. I choose the C:\Outils\WDS\RemoteInstall folder as folder destination.When I check the ACL on this folder I found :I don't find anywhere this group :...
View ArticleImage 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 ArticleWDS : Import-WdsBootImage and cusomized priority
Hi,I like cmdlets and try to use them as often as possible. So I use them for WDS.I use Import-WdsBootImage like this :Import-WdsBootImage -Path "C:\Outils\Exploit\Temp\MDT\Boot\Generic_x86.wim"...
View ArticleMulticast WDS on Server 2012 EXTREMELY Slow
I have a Windows 2012 server in a lab environment connected directly to a Cisco SG200 8 Port Gigabit switch configured for Multicasting. I have an image that is about 8GB in size that I using to...
View ArticleWDS Deployment Speeds
Is there a way to track the deployment speed for unicast deployments in WDS? I've seen where there is an option with wdsutil for multicast deployments but I haven't seen anything for unicast. We could...
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