About Boot.sdi
Hi there, 1) Are all the Boot.sdi on install DVDs, WAIKs, etc identical? I think they are... 2) I understand Boot.sdi is an empty ramdisk template w/o any code nor configuration/registry parameters...
View ArticleWINDOWS SERVER 2008 R2 DOES NOT START ANYMORE && CLASSPNP.SYS PROBLEM DURING...
Hi, I've a serious problem with Windows Server 2008 R2. It doesn't boot into the OS and it's return the following error: STOP: 0x0000007B (0xFFFFF880009A9928, 0xFFFFFFFFC0000034, 0x0000000000000000,...
View ArticleHow to setup a domain.com domain and a internal.domain.com domain
Another question for you awesome people out there!Can I setup a server using either:- 2008 R2 Datacenter or,- 2012 R2 Datacenter Is it possible to setup an external domain with the .com suffix and an...
View ArticleAdding a new DC to an environment with a Single Label Domain
Currently running single label domain (EXAMPLE) on Server 2003New hardware has been added and we would like to begin the migration process to a new DC and domain (EXAMPLE.LAN) on Server 2012 r2. The...
View ArticleMDT 2013 Fails when creating a task sequence : UnauthorizedAccessException
On a fresh installation of Windows Server 2012 R2 (with windows updates done) and MDT 2013 Update 1 I am attempting to create a standard server task sequence. There is no antivirus installed on the...
View ArticleWDS 2012 R2 - Second answer file not being picked up APIPA address...
Hi All,Greeting from Manchester, England.I have a problem with my WDS Windows 7 deployment, when I boot and choose the image it works great, the first answer file is picked up and works...
View ArticleProblem With Quad Opteron 8360SE and Server 2008
I have tried everything and I have been having no luck getting Web Server 2008 to boot with all 4 of the 8360 CPUs in the mohterboard. The system will boot and is stable with 3 CPUs but will power the...
View ArticleWin 2008 - Auto restart: Windows Explorer has stopped working msg
Hi,This is a fairly common error on one of our application servers that happens once or twice a day. Once in this state one of the applications that this server hosts stops working, its then resolved...
View ArticleI hate Work folders
No matter what i do i cant get work folders to work. all it does is time out when looking for the server. I have in my local network to use it in mt lab. I have installed the certificate (self singed)...
View ArticleKMS Host Windows 2008 R2 - can manage Windows 10 and Office 2016
Hi We have KMS Host running windows 2008 R2 Manage the below client 1. Windows 7 2. Windows 83. Office 2010 4. Office 2013 Now, the windows 10 and Office 2016 introduce I want to use my exiting KMS...
View Articletrigger post sysprep generalize initial boot
A deployment that has had an initial boot after being sysprep oob generalized, the boot where pnp devices are detected and installed, if I were to mount the registry offline after that boot but before...
View ArticleWDS exporting image with drivers
Hi,I need to use offline USB key to restore image from my WDS server. I've successfully created tool like that however I just wander if this is possible to export image from WDS server with drivers?
View ArticleWDS Referral Server Issue
Hey,I'm seeing some strange issues with WDS where we're using WDS referral / referred servers by setting the netbootmachine file path. The PXE client cannot contact ( via TFTP ) referred server in a...
View ArticleWin 7 x64 image fails to lay down
OK Geeks, I've been hammering on a W 2008 R2 server set up as a FS and WDS for my site.I created a Win7 x64 images with all patches and current software. Image capture through WDS went ok and I can...
View Articlewindows server 2003 for Itainium
i have an old hp server that i need to test windows server 2003 for Itainium on.i am new to windows server and was wondering where i could find a trial version of this software.i can find the trial...
View ArticleWindows server 2008 R2 logging in issue
I installed windows server 2008 r2 in a hyper-v environment. But when I logged in for the first time using the administrator account, there was a command prompt and it never get me to the main desktop....
View ArticleCan't find the driver that MDT wants
We just got a new HP model (the ProDesk 600 G1 SFF), and I cannot get it to connect to MDT via PXE. I get the error that it cannot connect to the deployment share because a networking device did not...
View ArticleWDS - Win10 “Windows installation encountered an unexpected error. Error...
I am using WDS (Windows Deployment Services) on Server 2012. I got a Windows 10 ISO from:https://www.microsoft.com/de-de/software-download/techbenchI copied boot.wim & install.wim and successful...
View ArticleKMS Reactivation Threshold 180 Days
Hello All,I know that the KMS Host has a Activation Renewal parameter and it works as below.KMS Activation RenewalKMS activations are valid for 180 days. This is called the activation validity...
View ArticleWDS 2012 won't initiate Windows 7 setup with UEFI PXE boot
Hi guys,I'm having a little trouble with my WDS Server which runs on a Windows Server 2012 R2. I followed the tutorial by BranchCache Bob to set up DHCP policies in order to get BIOS and UEFI modes to...
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