Questions tagged [wds]
Windows Deployment Services. A technology from Microsoft for network-based installation of Windows operating systems based on PXE.
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IP helper addresses for regular DHCP plus PXE booting
We use WDS to install new workstations, and the newest batch we've gotten are set to use UEFI, so I'm trying to adjust my setup accordingly.
Previously, we had the 66 and 67 options set on our DHCP ...
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Windows Deployment Services: Can I rerun first boot steps?
I'm experimenting with WDS. So far I've got the first half going well. I can boot and install the OS. However the customization steps aren't going so well. However, every time I make a change I have ...
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WDS Not Offering Capture Image
I have installed WDS and added boot and capture images.
I have a server I am trying to capture, however when I do the network boot, I can see WDS and it loads the boot.wim file instead of the capture....
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WDS server without DHCP server (DHCP from Cisco switch 375)
i want to create a WDS(windows server 2012) server in my environment
my environment divided in multiple subnets DHCP provided from a Cisco switch 375 not from a windows server
is it possible to ...
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Secure WDS Unattended Access / Unattended.xml
Windows Server 2012 - WDS installed and configured to deploy Windows Server 2012 on several Clients.
We will depoly several Windows Server 2012 Clients, each of the Clients should NOT know the ...
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Windows PXE Boot freezes in KVM
I have a Windows Server 2012 R2 running WDS/DHCP Service and an Ubuntu Server 16.04.4 as a qemu/kvm host where is running a Windows 7 vm as an image to capture for WDS (syspreped).
Now when i want to ...
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What is the recommended way to make sure Windows server 2012 R2 has necessary updates after install?
We are automatically installing virtual machines using WDS and after installation manually installing updates until atleast KB2919355 which we need.
What would be the best way to make sure this ...
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Unable to Image Computer from Windows Deploy Service (Missing IP from DHCP?)
so I'm trying to get a Windows Deploy Server up and running to deploy Windows 8.1 to a new HP computer (no OS previously installed), and I thought I had, but I keep getting an error every time I try ...
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MDT/WDS Windows 7 deployment fails
I've been following the tutorials to deploy a fresh instance of Windows 7 via MDT/WDS. I've injected the proper drivers, configured the sequences, but every system fails at 50% of "installing OS" ...
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WDS capture creates 2 .WIMs
When I capture an image, it successfully captures and deploys with out an issue. But the capture creates 2 entries on the server and 2 .wim files. One is always large(around 20-30 GB) and the other is ...
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MDT Deployment Failure during unattend.xml
I am attempting to deploy Windows 10 Education on a number of machines using WDS(for PXE) and MDT2013 Update 2 installed on Windows Server 2012 R2.
The setup is failing right after the install os ...
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WDS install.wim breaks WDS service
I am attempting to use WDS to deploy a custom Windows 10 Education image on to my school's computers. I have a VM running Windows Server 2012 R2. When I add a custom install.wim Windows 7 image (...
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WDS - Image Install/Deploy Time
Was wondering if others could provide some feedback. I've been tasked with setting up a WDS server to deploy images to workstations over the network. I've gotten it up and running, captured my first ...
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Booting WDS Capture image on VM Gen2
Have problem booting capture image, created by Microsoft WDS management console. I have functional boot image (boot.wim) taken from WinServer 2012 R2 iso. This image works fine on Hyper-V Gen2 VM. But ...
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WDS&PXE booting using Grub2 - choosing menuentry
I have problem with booting to WDS using PXE with Grub2. Actually we are using WDS with DHCP (Windows) - on DHCP I have WDS IP and 'grldr' file as bootfile name (grub loader) with menu.lst file (on ...
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WDS - PXE Boot can't connect to Deployment Share
Getting the following error message: Connection to the deployment share could not be made. Connection OK. Possible invalid Credentials.
Could this be an error in the "bootstrap.ini" file?
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WDS 2012: UEFI Client PXE Boot ends in BSOD: UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME
When I try to boot my uefi client from LAN it successfully downloads boot.wim from my WDS 2012, shows the Windows Logo for some seconds, but then it crashes, showing BSOD and the message "...
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Setup Windows Deployment Services when option 66 is already in use
I am currently trying to setup WDS at my company.
The WDS and DHCP are running on two different servers.
However, our IP telephony system is currently using option 66 (Boot Server Host Name) in ...
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Changing the path that the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit uses with WDS
I'm a system administrator for a hosting company, and we're looking to integrate the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit into our existing WDS setup for automating our client VM setups. I've already ...
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Auto run WDS installation with BIOS password
I wonder if it's possible to auto start a WDS installation on a client without the need to input the BIOS password.
What I want to say, is I don't want to delete the bios password from the client ...
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WDS after installation of Windows 7 64bit, not bootable device found
When I install Windows 7 (64bit) Enterprise over WDS, it successfully goes through the installation but then when it actually tries to boot from the hard drive where it installed windows, it doesn't ...
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custom disk partitioning using clients in sccm 2012r2
I'm using sccm2012r2 to deploy OS on clients.
every thing is OK .but after installation completed I realized that SCCM partitioned disk and deleted all previous data.
my question is that how to config ...
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ConfigMgr - Really really slow PXE boot between Hyper-V machines
I have ConfigMgr 2012 R2 CU3 installed on a Hyper-V virtual machine. The virtual machines are hosted on a Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V cluster, and the ConfigMgr server is running on Server 2012 R2 as well....
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MDT 2013 - Client not picking up new Unattend.xml settings
I'm deploying a new image via MDT 2013. I created a new Task Sequence using an existing image and tested it on a VM. I ended up getting the "Unattend.xml Error - Could not parse or process for pass [...
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WDS Answer Files - 32bit works, 64bit doesn't
We're getting very stuck in our office at the moment.
We're upgrading all of our old XP machines to Win7 over the summer holiday while the school is closed. As we have so many machines we have set ...
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Cannot start WDS installation in default language with 2012 R2 boot image
I've a WDS server running Windows 2012 Server and I just uploaded Windows 2012 R2 images to the WDS server.
Changed the boot.wim image to the one in the 2012 R2 ISO, but after this change, I was ...
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Windows Server 2008R2 WDS using MDT added applications but they arent installing
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I've a MDT server 2010 setup on a Windows 2008 R2 server
I've configured DHCP for PXE and its working fine
I've a custom Scheduled task configured to set my keyboard, ...
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WDS 2008 R2 / 2012 Discovery client not asking for the correct architecture
Background info: we're running on a network where we don't control DNS or DHCP, but we run a domain within it. We are trying to use WDS with a discovery image pointing to our WDS server.
Odd issue --...
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Windows Deployment Services 2008 R2 issue
The current message that I am receiving after the deployment and at the end of the configuring of the OS is "Windows could not parse or process the unattend answer file for pass [specialize]. The ...
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WDS Capture Image Failing to Load
Using the instructions posted here: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/11680.creating-a-capture-image-in-wds.aspx I created a capture image and then injected network drivers ...
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OS Deployment via PXE - Preparing and Using Images in Many Small Environments (MSP)
I've got a project going on which I'm running into a bit of a roadblock on.
I'm interested in learning if there is a better alternative to what my MSP does for OS deployment, currently. Most of our ...
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Getting PXE-E53 "No boot filename received" Windows Deployment Services
I have configured WDS on a Servre 2012 box. It isnt the DC and it doesn't run DHCP, I have a 2008r2 box that does. I have configured WDS, installed one machine with it, and it worked fine. I have the ...
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WDS not letting me deploy
You did such a good job answering my last quesiton, I thought i would Throw another one at you guys!
So iv setup Windows deployment service and it worked... Then i tried to capture an image off a PC ...
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Microsoft Deployment Toolkit - Windows.old
I am starting to implement Microsoft Deployment Toolkit along with Windows Deployment Services to install Windows 7 and Windows Vista over the network, including applications. We are a PC repair shop ...
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Remote Installing Linux or a Hard Drive Image from a Windows Server?
I have a Server running Windows 2008 R2 Standard. I would like to be able to quickly add and remove new machines from the network, which should boot off their NIC and fetch the OS from the server.
I ...
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How to manually select a specific disk in the UDI Wizard when using MDT 2013?
Is there a way to manually select a disk or partition as part of the MDT Deployment UDI Wizard rather than MDT automatically selecting one.
I know you can select one in the Task Sequence but I'm ...
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How to create or change unmanaged computer account to managed computer account in Server 2012R2
My DC Server use Windows Server 2012R2.
I want to use Windows Deployment Service but I don't see any computer account in active directory prestaged devices.
From this Ref, I must change computer ...
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Automated Driver Checking
I was wondering is there any possible way to automatically check to see whether drivers have installed correctly or not through WDS. I would automate the process to the oobe set-up however the only ...
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extreme ping latency in WDS network
I have setup a wireless network at work office with the following config:
192.168.1.1: TP-Link 941 Router, Root AP, connected to internet
192.168.1.2: TP-Link 901 AP, WDS Repeater, connected to 192....
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Capture Linux OS image using in-built application?
I have an issue.
I want to know if I can capture any Linux OS custom image using an in-built app?
Example - I can use SysPrep to capture Windows image, but how do I go about capturing Linux image?
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