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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Is there a way to tell what image was used to deploy a machine from Windows Deployment Services?
Is there a way to tell what image was used to deploy a machine from Windows Deployment Services? Is there some sort of a hash that would identify a machine being deployed from a particular image?
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Custom MDT Property/Variable Not Getting Evaluated During Task Sequence
Good-day all,
I need some help with a Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) project I’m working on. So, I'm attempting to set the ComputerName on newly imaged machines using a concatenation of the ...
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WDS slow install using private Subnet
I've have an Microsoft WDS server with 2 network interfaces.
Primary Network interface to be used by management, it's the main one with an standard configuration (routing,dns and connected to Active ...
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What Determines the Protocol Used During a VMware VM PXE Boot Against a WDS Server?
Good-day folks,
I have successfully implemented a Windows Deployment Server in my environment, built both x86 and x64 boot images to support UEFI and Legacy BIOS using the Microsoft Deployment ...
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Linux Mint 19 through WDS PXE does not boot
I find myself stuck trying to make linux mint 19 available from my wds.
I can boot windows, ubuntu, centos, debian, kali linux AND linux mint 18 with minimal problems but linux mint 19 just won't ...
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WDS/PXE boot for MDT on different subnets
I have an MDT server with WDS setup to PXE boot over the network. It was originally setup on our 10.1.0.x network, but we migrated it out to a co-lo (192.168.250.x). All the networking is setup to ...
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UEFI Enabled; unable to get IP address from DHCP, WDS
I'm trying to boot PCs from a Windows 2012R2 WDS server in UEFI mode. it works fine BIOS mode, but I want to boot from UEFI mode.
I have change the boot setting to UEFI mode; secure boot in BIOS.
I ...
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Windows Server 2019: Add language pack with DISM to .WIM
I have an Windows Server 2019 image with 4 editions:
Windows Server 2019 Standard
Windows Server 2019 Standard Core
Windows Server 2019 Datacenter
Windows Server 2019 Datacenter Core
I want to add a ...
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MDT “A connection to the deployment share could not be made” message Solution
I am using Windows server 2016, and MDT v6.3.8456.1000, ADK Windows 10 1809 and
suddenly I started experiencing this error, although settings in BootStrap.ini are correct, and I have already updated ...
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Chainloading to WDS from iPXE with UEFI
I am in the process of configuring our WDS server to support booting multiple OS's over the network. We have this setup and working using PXELinux for BIOS systems but need to support UEFI systems ...
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can't deply image from WDS server on multiple Virtual machines
Background: I have 3 test virtual machine, WDS+DHCP+DC and two client . when I'm going deploy win10 on one machine every things is okay .
I didn't change the default setting dhcp runs on port 67 and ...
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How to capture image of UEFI\GPT disk
i have on my Windows Server 2012 R2 role of Windows Deployment Services.
I changed loader to syslinux. DHCP server i have on Mikrotik.
Let me show config of Mikrotik (dhcp part):
/ip dhcp-server ...
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MDT Deployed Image has tanked ability to Apply Cumulative Windows 10 updates
My understanding of the issue has changed as we've been attempting to troubleshoot. It may make more sense to scroll down and read 'Update 6' first before reading through the entire body.
We appear ...
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WDS boot taking a long time over site-to-site VPN connection
We have three sites and a new server colocation facility that we are in the process of bringing online. We have several WDS servers at each site. We are moving servers from the smallest site to the ...
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WDS (WInPE) cannot open share on DC
Setting up WDS on a 2012 R2 DC. Clients can download boot file, but fails on entering credentials needed to access image share. Did Shift-F10 and at X: prompt did NET USE W: \\WDS\REMINST /user:... [...
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Incremental image pulling in a scholl with windows
This is hard for me. I am a teacher at a school and I have to manage the PC room and mobile notebook classrooms. I use GNU/Linux privately, so I am basically a beginner in windows network ...
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Server 2016, Using Different Bootfiles to Deploy Company Specific Images
I have a switch with 3 VLANs. I have a WDS server (with DHCP and DNS) with 3 virtual NICs, each NIC is tied to one of those VLANs. Each VLAN corresponds to a company that we work with. I have 3 scopes ...
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WDS stopped working - no servers under Windows Deployment Services 2008 R2
I have three Windows 2008 R2 servers with MDT and WDS installed.
It was reported multicasting stopped working on all of them.
I made sure the multicast option was selected in the deployment shares' ...
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unattend.xml account created but no admin rights
I have my unattend.xml right here:
https://pastebin.com/FBiy3RTK
It creates the admin account witj the password that is stated but for some reason it doesnt putt it in the group administr a tors ...
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WDS/MDT server - remoteinstall folder on network share or local volume?
I'd like to get this right now.
In setting up WDS, I'm getting errors pointing to a mapped network drive and I'm wondering if I should just provision a local volume for this WDS/MDT virtual machine.
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Can not find script file “Z:\Scripts\LiteTouch.wsf”
I installed and configured MDT 2013 yesterday on server 2012. I have a WDS also. I am able to create a WIM file. I did PXE boot into a test virtual machine and I was able to install Windows 10. My MDT ...
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windows deployment server specific dhcp scope
On our server we have dhcp wich has different scopes(wireless(10.0.1.0) printers(10.0.2.0) etc)
I added another scope that is called wds(10.0.7.0).
now comes the question: how can i make sure that ...
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WDS ERROR on some workstations (Error retrieving network information (0x80072743))
At first I apologize for my poor English.
I've installed WDS role on a Windows Server 2008 R2 and configured it with an install WIM Image of Windows 7 Ultimate x64 and its associated boot image and ...
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Set Windows 10 Default Start Layout
How can we set the default start layout and task bar icons for each user in Windows 10, yet still let users modify them later?
I know you can use an XML file to set these, but a standard XML file ...
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PXE Client-Error via WDS: 'boot\x64\wdsmgfw.efi' not found
I installed Windows Deployment Services (WDS) on a new Server 2012 R2 machine.
My Hyper-V (Gen2, UEFI, Secure Boot) clients fail at requesting 'boot\x64\wdsmgfw.efi' via TFTP. The server responds ...
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Windows Application Log: Persistent errors BINLSVC 1284
This is WSE 2016 with the Client Restore Service enabled.
We're getting persistent errors in our single DC's event log:
I found this related documentation:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-...
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Dell Latitude 3490 - MDT results in “No Boot Device Found”
We recently got in a batch of a new (to us) model laptop, Dell Latitude 3490. Whenever I attempt to deploy Windows 10 (Education, version 1709 x64), I end up at "No boot device found. Press any key to ...
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WDS + MDT How to avoid pxe boot loop
I am trying to automate the reimage process for our SuperMicro servers.
Generally, i want to achive the situation from https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-server-...
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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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Windows Server WDS 2008 R2 deploying windows 10
Good Afternoon StackExchange!
I am currently in a position where WDS is part of my duty.
I have a Windows Server 2008 R2 AD/DC that also host the WDS services.
My image that I captured is ...
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Windows 10 app provisioned to non-existent user
I created an image of Windows 10 1709 and now I want to run sysprep so I can upload to WDS. Sysprep fails:
Package Microsoft.BingNews_4.21.2212.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe was installed for a user, but ...
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Bitlocker Network Unlock Cert
I am trying to setup Bitlocker Network Unlock in our domain and I have ran into a issue I can not seem to pass.
Little background. WINDOWS 2012 R2 WDS server, 2012 R2/2012 domain controllers (forest ...
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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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PXE boot stuck on “Start PXE over ipv4”
I have a server running Windows Server 2012 R2, on which I installed Windows Deployment Service and Microsoft Deployment Toolkit. I used MDT to capture an image and then I want to use PXE boot (...
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WDS + GRUB2 UEFI: most menu items not working
We are using WDS to deploy operating systems to several types of machines.
As per this small guide, I got the UEFI clients to boot grub, but most of the menu items aren't working.
When highlighting a ...
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Client wont boot via PXE and WDS [Resolved]
So the past couple of weeks I've been trying to get our WDS running again.
The person who set the WDS up doesn't work here anymore and very little is documented about it.
I managed to get the majority ...
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Adding Windows 2016 to WDS
PS C:\Users\administrator.INTERNAL> dism /export-image /sourceimagefile:F:\sources\install.swm /swmfile:F:\sources\install*.swm /sourceindex:1 /destinationimagefile:C:\Users\administrator.INTERNAL\...
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Can PXE Boot in UEFI but not in Legacy
looking for some advice on why my lab setups is acting this way regarding PXE boot.
A breakdown of the unit is:
Host OS is Server 2016 running hyper V with 2 VMS Hyper V
VM1 is the DC, running ...
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Access Denied error when trying to mount an install.wim file using Mount-WindowsImage cmdlet
When ever I try to mount a windows image to apply updates so that I can do mass deployment using WDS, I get an access denied error. Here is an example of the command I ran, and the error issued to me ...
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SCCM 2012 PXE issue
We've had an issue that has persisted for about 10 days now, which has gone unnoticed by myself because we haven't imaged a whole lot of PCs lately.
Essentially, we get the "E53 - No boot filename ...
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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 (Server 2012) Unattended Problems (Partitioning, Language, EULA)
Windows Server 2012 - WDS installed and configured to deploy Windows Server 2012 on several clients.
Two problems are occuring during / after installation of Windows 2012 via WDS:
If the Server had ...
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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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Installing windows OS on ISCSI san storage using iPXE BOOT
Captured boot up process
Hi good people,
I'm trying to make a diskless PC client and install the operating system on a SAN Storage. As of now i'm using windows server 2012 R2 and it will serve as my ...
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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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Unattended file is overriding pre staged domain joining options
I am adding automatically created virtual machines as pre staged devices on our WDS and giving them full join rights
New-WdsClient -DeviceId $macAddress -DeviceName $name -BootImagePath "Boot\x64\...
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Deploying to an Ultrabook with an SSD using MDT 2013 Update 2
I am having issues Deploying a custom image of Windows 10 to an Ultrabook with an SSD using MDT 2013 Update 2.
I have had numerous conversations with Lenovo Support but not getting any solid answers ...
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Cannot reboot after applying WIM file
I've built a developer image and am deploying it to workstations. It's a sysprepped image but I'm facing one issue at the end that I'm hoping someone can help me resolve which is where the machine is ...
