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sysprep failure on Windows Server 2008

Before deploying a Azure VM Role, we need to perform %windir%\system32\sysprep\sysprep.exe /generalize /oobe /shutdown But in my case the sysprep fails with the log file %windir%\system32\sysprep\Panther\setuperr.txt saying: 2012-07-05 08:03:57,…
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Can someone help me find concise and complete instructions for WDS?

I've gotten it to work once for a smaller deployment. Now I'm building a new image (Windows 7 Pro x86) to capture but I can't get it to work again because I think the instructions I use aren't really precise and clear (I'm using this), while…
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Using WDS with Skiprearm

I have a Windows 7 image I created using WDS that works great. However I'd like to put this image on a PC, run updates and add some software, and then capture it again for use in the future. I can deploy the image to a machine without a problem,…
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How can I fully automate the creation and configuration of a SharePoint virtual machine?

I typically require multiple SharePoint virtual machines for development purposes. I currently manually build these every time I need one, either starting from a fresh OS install or using sysprep when working with SharePoint 2010 and SQL Server 2008…
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Sysprep unattended join with Win7/S2008R2 failing

This started out as an issue trying to deploy out VM's through VMWare vCenter - they previously were working flawlessly and then after I applied a few Windows updates they stopped working so flawlessly... I eventually narrowed it down to sysprep,…
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Ubuntu 10.04 preseed unattended install results in faulty partition table

I'm currently trying to set up an unattended installation of Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) through preseeding. But whenever I try to create a custom partition scheme, the Debian installer (which Ubuntu is using) produces a faulty partition table. I've…
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Unexpected results from custom partitioning scheme - Ubuntu preseed unattended install

I need some help with partman-auto custom recipe in preseed.... it's doing unexpected things, the docs aren't so clear. This is in my preseed file: d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe string \ boot-root-var :: …
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Unattended Windows XP Install Stops at Deleting Previous Installation

I'm not sure if I'm just not asking Google properly or what, but I can't come up with a good answer to this problem. We have MDT 2010 setup and have a Task Sequence for refreshing Windows XP machines. It doesn't seem to happen all the time, but a…
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Change block/cluster size in unattend.xml

Is there a way to change the block/cluster size when formatting a disk using unattend.xml & Windows Deployment Services? It keeps defaulting to 1024k, and I need something smaller.
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Using autounattend.xml to automate a Windows installation with Ventoy bootloader

In the company I work for, we occasionally need to build out servers which we sell to clients. Part of this process includes installing an OS, and in the past, we have used Windows 10 Ent. IoT and Windows Server 2019. Now, with the release of…
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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 is running Window Server 2016 Standard version…
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Problems generate a USB that will boot and install Ubuntu Server 22.10 without need for any user input

So I would like to generate an unattended installation of Ubuntu from a USB, but I seem to get stuck in my boot\grub\grub.cfg file, I think line linux /casper/vmlinuz file=usb:/ubuntu.seed preseed/file=usb:/ubuntu.seed auto=true…
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How to disable Tamper Protection (Windows 10 IoT Enterprise 21H2) during deployment?

Is there a way to disable Tamper Protection of Windows Defender on Windows 10 IoT Enterprise 21H2 during image deployment ? I use unattend.xml file to deploy Windows 10 IoT and I would need to disable Tamper Protection in order to restrict as much…
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Offline install of all win 10 printer drivers

I want to download the whole set of printer drivers that Microsoft does not distribute anymore since Windows 7 and install/deploy them without windows update or internet access. I am aware that I can use the windows update catalogue. But then I need…
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virt-install on Centos 8.1 doesn't complete when using --location http://localhost/inst

Should you reached this before, please let me know. ISSUE virt-install works well when passing arguments --cdrom /path/to/iso (and creates the guest) like [root@192-168-0-104 admin]# virt-install --virt-type kvm --name tester2 --memory 2048 --disk…
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