Failure to create catalog for Unattend File
Good morning: Scenario: Used Hyper-V to create a Windows 10 Pro x64 virtual machine from an ISO file (Gen 1 VM) to deploy to several client PCs. We have a WDS server and client PCs will PXE boot and...
View ArticleProblem with Disk Configuration in WDS unattend
I've been messing around with a generic unattend file for our WDS server for quite a while now. I have it very simply automated entirely except the disk configuration. Here is the disk config excerpt...
View ArticleHow to install necessary binaries for .NET 3.5 into...
Hi,By default the .NET Framework 3.5 (includes .NET 2.0 and 3.0) role/feature binaries on 2012R2 do not reside in %SystemDrive%:\Windows\WinSxSSo in order to install you need internet connectivity for...
View ArticleIntroducing 2012r2 KMS HOST in a running windows 2008r2 KMS host environment...
Hi All,I have windows 2008r2 server running as KMS HOST Currently which activates all the clients upto windows server 2012 r2 as we have VOLUME_KMS_2012-R2 channel key installed on it.I want to...
View ArticleDeploying Windows 10 x64 UEFI with Server 2012 WDS
I have been tasked to create a "Golden Image" of Windows 10x64 and deploy it via WDS (Server 2012). Currently we have three images and they all will load fine when legacy boot is enabled in BIOS. The...
View ArticleDeploy win server 2012 standard as : win server 2012 standard R2
I was looking for a full retail box of win server standard 2012 r2 , I found one but standard only non r2 , can that be upgraded for free to the r2 version ? is there a link where such upgrade is...
View ArticleDomain Join Fail... and I can't figure out why
I have a server (QAWDS) that I have built to be my WDS server. So far everything is working well. The server responds via DHCP, the client boots, starts the install via PXE, unattended install runs......
View ArticleWDS on Server 2012 R2
I'm having an issue with WDS on server 2012 R2 - VMware ESXi 6.0 e1000 adapter. I can connect clients to the server for a period of time and image without issue then the server stops responding to...
View ArticleWDS proxyDHCP 4011
I have DHCP and WDS on the same server.I have only configured option 60 = PXEClientI have ticked the two boxes in WDS, "don't listen" and "configure DHCP options"But still I get "ProxyDHCP service did...
View ArticleWDS on 2012 R2 DHCP on other server doesn't work
My setup isServer 1: 2012R2 AD/DHCP/DNS, no option 60, 66, or 67.Server 2: 2012R2 WDS installedServer 3: 2008R2 WDS installedSame subnet for all serversBoot and install image for both x86 and x64...
View ArticleMDT 2013 "Connection to the deployment share could not be made" Possible...
I've seen many posts regarding this, but no answers that would fit my scenario.Freshly installed MDT, and added a single OS & task (then updated). I can access the deployment share fine, as well as...
View ArticleWindows 7: Image deployment from WDS Server
Hi, all. I have WDS based on Windows Server 2008 R2. It is working fine. I want to deploy Windows 7 x64 from my Master Host. I create VMware VM with installed OS and Software, run sysprep /generalize...
View ArticleWindows cannot install required files. Error code 0x80070020.
Using WDS, I tried to install XP image that was captured using imagex. I always get this error when extracting files reaches close to 100%:Windows cannot install required files. Make sure all files...
View ArticleWindows 10 Ent Activation error 0xC004F074 on Server 2008 R2 with patch
I'm having trouble activating Windows 10.My KMS server is Windows server 2008 R2 with the Server 2012 R2 Product key and patch 3079821.https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3079821Yet Win10 ent will...
View ArticleUploading WDS Image error.
I run the Windows Deployment Image Capture Wizard, to grab a 7gig Windows XP image, it captures it locally, then does the Metadata part, then goes to upload it to my WDS Server and it says "Uploading...
View ArticleUpgrade from 2008 r2 to 2012 r2
Hello,I am running a windows server 2008 r2 environment with 3 domain controllers. I have my primary domain controller which runs DHCP, DNS, GC and all that good stuff. I want to upgrade to windows...
View ArticleWhat happens to people/servers when you remove a DC from Sites and Services?...
We've decided to remove a DC from one of our sites. We're having unsuccessful attempts due to replication issues, so we can't demote via DCPROMO. What would happen to the clients once you do that? What...
View ArticleDomain Controller migration - 2012 R2
Hi all,So the time has come to upgrade my Domain controllers from 2008 Std to 2012 R2. This process in itself is a fairly standard procedure which I'm happy with however I have a question regarding...
View ArticleWindows 2008 R2 - server blue screens after sysprep with generalize
Hi folks, I am having an issue with a Windows 2008 R2 SP1 - Enterprise Edition that i am working on.The server is a HP BL460c Gen9 and is configured to boot from SAN.I have about 100+ servers to deploy...
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