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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Run PowerShell-Script from Server in unattend.xml
Currently we are Deploying our Windows 10 Machines with Windows Deployment Services(WDS) with a unattend.xml file for basic settings. From time to time there are machines which won't activate windows ...
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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 ...
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Where can i find the latest unattended.xml schema (xsd)?
I'm working with Windows Server 2012, Windows Deployment Service (WDS), and Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK). I created a base unattended.xml file. When I go to edit in an xml editor it's ...
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How do I add unsigned 64 bit drivers to WDS
Windows Deployment Services on 2008 R2.
I'm trying to add a 64 bit driver package. Dell provides the drivers but they are unsigned. WDS does not allow adding unsigned 64 bit drivers. Is it possible ...
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How can I run a PowerShell script during the specialize pass of a WDS deploy?
I'm setting up Windows Deployment Services (WDS) for Windows Server 2012 unattended deployments using the default boot.wim file found on the install media. I have a PowerShell script that performs ...
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DHCP Configuration for Windows Deployment Services
I have Windows Deployment Services (WDS) currently running on one of my servers (within a domain of course). I have another machine running as a DHCP server, which is outside of the domain.
I don't ...
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Windows PE autorun scripts
I've set up a Windows Preinstallation Environment on a USB Thumb Drive (version from the latest iteration of the Windows Automated Install Kit/WAIK), and I'm working on getting a deployment ...
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Active Directory Security Permissions automatically reset
I have a Server 2008 R2 machine with Windows Deployment Services installed, which works perfectly well. However after some time (maybe a restart after installing updates) the security permissions ...
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Windows Server 2012 WDS and Linux Booting
I've been playing with WDS for awhile now because I want to setup a network based boot system for all my business to make it quicker to load images. We use a lot of Linux based OSes and after some ...
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Adding Drivers To MDT 2012 Deployment Share
Whilst I have experience of WDS/RIS, I am new to using MDT so I have a question regarding drivers. Our company has various different desktop hardware all over the place and I need to roll out Windows ...
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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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Can I run Windows Deployment Services from start to finish without using the network?
I'm fairly new to the Imaging world, and I'm going to be imaging some Dell Venue tablets that don't support PXE booting. I've been reading up on WDS and see that I could potentially create something ...
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Can I authorize W2K8 DHCP server for private network, even when prohibited in enterprise network?
I have a domain-joined test machine running W2K8 R2 with two NICs, one connected to the enterprise network, the other one to a private network with a static IP (192.168.0.1). The machine should act as ...
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WDS 2012: UEFI Client Network Boot results in error 0x102
I've got a WDS 2012 and a DHCP Server 2012 running on the same subnet, but on different boxes.
I have been deploying Windows 8.1 x64 without any issues to BIOS clients, using DHCP Options 66 and 67.
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Multicasting for WDS
I want to install a Windows 7 image on 40-something computers without touching 'em
I have a WDS server, an image captured, and an answer file setup. I go to create a multicast transmission out of ...
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Cannot start WDS service
I built this WDS server that I made into a RODC also. After running the dcpromo, it get this error message that the WDS service is not started and could not start.
I found this so I tried changing ...