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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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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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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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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Windows Deployment Services Fails After Reboot [RPC Related]
I have installed the Windows Deployment Service as a role on our main Domain Controller, which also has the File Services and DHCP Roles installed on it.
During a routine maintenance update for ...
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WDS server corrupt
After about 30 days of operation, the WDS deployment is corrupted. This has happened twice in completely different systeminstallations, albeit using the same installation-media.
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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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Chainloading to WDS from iPXE with UEFI
I am in the process of configuring our WDS server to support booting multiple OSes over the network. We have this set up and working using PXELinux for BIOS systems, but need to support UEFI systems ...
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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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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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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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Windows 11 WDS unattend xml answer file not doing asynchronousCommand
I am currently trying to use WDS to deploy a windows 11 image. I want to run a powershell script after the admin logs in (prompt for the computer name) but I can't even get an mkdir to work. Am I ...
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Apply reg import in MDT Task Sequence
I have a couple Registry files that I'm trying to import through MDT.
I created a folder called Reg inside the scripts folder on the MDT server and put the files in there. I added individual command ...
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WDS Unattended Answer File - Not Auto Logging-In to Domain
I am trying to create an Answer file to pass domain login credentials (not to join the domain) when the WDS server is booted via PXE to install Windows 10 on a laptop. The server is on the domain and ...
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Boot configuration Data error during PXE boot after add VMware drivers
I have WDS and MDT installed on a Windows Server in my network. The WDS server is on the same subnet as the client machine. I am getting the following error on my VMware VMs when trying to boot ...
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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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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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Client Can't Connect to WDS Server
I'm running a WDS machine (Server 2016 Technical Preview) on a Hyper-V machine. I've set it up. I've set it to respond to all clients. However, when I try to pxe boot to it I get "contacting 192....
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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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Client see Windows Deployment Services but still get "selected boot device failed" error
Like the title says I can't Windows Deployment Services working. The client laptop has an ethernet IP address of 10.0.4.94. On the secondary DHCP server I've set option 60 to PXEClient, option 66 to ...
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Cant deploy images with WDS: PXE-E16: No offer received
I am currently playing around with a WDS lab environment on a virtual 2012 R2 server, which is patched to the latest available update-level. This server is running the DHCP server role and has two ...
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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&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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LiteTouchPE.wim and Boot.wim taking ages to download
I have an MDT/WDS server (VM) with both MDT and WDS installed on it. I've had this server for a few years, with several WDS/MDT deployments happening from it each day (automated). I've never had an ...
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WDS "Configure Server" fails. "Share name is already in use on this server"
I had WDS installed on this particular server (running Server 2012 Standard), removed it for various reasons, and am now trying to reinstall it. When I go through the initial configuration process for ...
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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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How Microsoft licences work with MDT and WDS deployment?
The problem is the following:
My company has bought several laptops (Acer, Lenovo), those come with Windows 10 professional edition already installed, so when you start the PC for the first time you ...
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WDS OS DEPLOYMENT WINDOWS 11
I am trying to deploy windows 10 or 11 through MDT/WDS.
Now I have done all the steps needed, the problem is
When I create a vm in hyper v gen 1 everything is running fine as soon as I would like it ...
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Switching from WDS to MDT
I am in the process of moving from WDS to MDT. I will be installing MDT alongside WDS on the same box. The concept I am not grasping is at what point in this process will clients pxe boot to the MDT ...
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Client boot default from WDS server not iPXE
The background information:
iPXE/DHCP Server: 192.168.0.5 Centos 7.9
WDS Server: 192.168.0.2 Windows 10
I instaled iPXE/ISC DHCP server in 192.168.0.5 and it works,also installed WDS Server in Windows ...
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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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MDT messed up BCD file settings/location when PXE booting, error 0xc000000f
I have a MDT setup here which worked fine until I updated the Windows image to 1903 recently and made some other changes.
Now the PXE boot on clients fails with error "0xc000000f", missing boot ...
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Server 2012 Autounattend.xml - make offline drives online?
I'm attempting to set up multiple drive letters (whole disk partitions) on a second and third disk during the autounattend.xml install of Server 2012.
The partitions are created and formatted. ...
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Why is the WIM Image becoming so large?
I've created a WIM file with filesize of 120MB (based on WinPE3.1).
When I add it to the Boot Images section, the presented filesize somehow became 746MB.
When I sniff the bandwidth of the network ...
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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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Installing windows OS on iSCSI san storage using iPXE BOOT
Captured boot up process
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 DHCP/WDS and SAN ...
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autounattend via WDS Windows server 2019 not running, no validation issues
I have spent a good number of hours on this and due to the massive amount of links to Windows 7,8,10 and older server versions essentially crowding the search results I am not able to find my way ...
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How can I do a full server recovery through PXE?
I have:
8 servers in various Windows Server flavors (2008 R2, 2016, 2019)
A Windows Deployment Services (PXE) server setup and functioning well
Windows Server Backup on all servers, nightly backups ...
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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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Capturing image with WDS is stuck on 'Capturing Windows Image Metadata'
I'm trying to capture a rather large (100gigs) windows xp partition to a WIM file on an attached USB hard drive. Under 'Task Progress' it's saying 'Capturing Windows image Metadata', which is where ...
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How to troubleshoot missing hardware functionality in Win 10 PE WDS boot environment
I am working to inject drivers into our Windows 10 PE WDS boot environment. First hurdle was getting the correct NIC driver installed, but now that is done I am hitting a wall in getting the touchpad ...
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Remote Administration Console for Windows Deployment Services
Whenever we deploy a new machine via PXE and WDS, I have to log on to our Sever 2008 R2 WDS server via Remote Desktop to approve the machine.
This is annoying, and as we should all know, logging on ...
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WDS Unattended File (Language and WDS Authentication)
I want to be able to automate the initial language selection and WDS auth credentials. I am guessing I can't set that in an answer file to be provided by WDS? How can I achieve this?
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Capturing installed applications with MDT
I am using Microsoft Deployment Workbench v6.3.8450.1000.
I am trying to configure MDT to capture/deploy Windows 10 images. I have done a few test runs and I am able to capture the image with ...
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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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PXE boot does nothing after NBP download
When client machine boots it succesfully downloads NBP file, next there is
Windows Deployment Services (Server IP: 192.168.240.250)
Contacting server ( 192.168.240.250): /
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Removing local user accounts from a WDS WIM capture
I'm setting up a WIM to image a set of laptops. I have setup a computer which I have sysprep'ed and then captured the image to the WDS server. I have deleted all the local user accounts using the ...
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On Server 2016, can i set up a cluster and install MDT so that MDT is highly available?
I am tasked with setting up a MDT server for deploying OS to 25000 endpoints. Is it possible for me set up clustering and then install MDT so MDT is HA. I am also planning to host the deployment share ...
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Failing to deploy to Win10 VM via MDT Error 5616
I'm testing a windows 10 deployment through MDT and WDS. I've been running through the following MS Documentation and I've reach the point where I'm booting the VM from the iso that has been created. ...
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Automate Windows installation for large companies
So I am not an expert (System Engineer Apprentice) but I am looking for a way to automate the windows-installation process on a large scale. In my company I have to setup a lot of computers and it is ...
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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 ...
