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Windows Deployment Services. A technology from Microsoft for network-based installation of Windows operating systems based on PXE.

Windows Deployment Services is a technology from Microsoft for network-based installation of Windows operating systems. It is the successor to Remote Installation Services. WDS is intended to be used for remotely deploying Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008, but also supports other operating systems because unlike its predecessor RIS, which was a method of automating the installation process, WDS uses disk imaging, in particular the Windows Imaging Format (WIM). WDS is included as a Server Role in all 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows Server 2008, Server 2008 R2, Server 2012 and is included as an optionally installable component with Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Deployment_Services

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WDS Creating answer file for boot.wim

I'm trying to get the final step of an unattend install working. I have 2 images: boot.wim install.wim I've added drivers to both, and the reference install wim works fine with included programs and everything. I've created an unattend.xml file for…
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Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2012 Error

I just started with MDT2012 recently in hopes of eventually getting away with using Ghost to deploy all of our department computers. When I test deploy in VirtualBox, it deploys the OS properly, but stops because of a network driver failure (it gets…
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WDS DHCP same server on Windows Server 2008

I have been struggling with a problem on my Windows Server 2008 for the past 4 - 5 hours and cannot figure out whats wrong. I have tried pretty much everything that I found on google and all the links are purple. Hopefully you guys can help me. I am…
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wdsmcast useage and deployment

I'm trying to use WDS multicasting to deploy an image. For some reason I can't get it to connect. Anyone know any guides on how to do this because I followed and few and none are working. I setup a multicast session from the WDS server. Then i boot…
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Windows 2008 R2 WDS

I am trying to test the Windows deployment services in Windows 2008 R2. I am able to get an IP when my desktop PXE boots but then I get PXE-E32: TFTP open timeout. Has anyone run into this? if so anyone know a fix? Thanks
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wds: deploying applications too?

I have started using WDS to setup win7 client machines. The next step is deploying specific applications (both MSFT and non-). Can WDS be used for this or is there a recommended solution that I can tie in with it?
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Volume to capture dropdown blank /Windows OS VM/

I have setup a 2008 R2 WDS server and I am trying to boot with capture image. /Both server and clients are VM on the Vmware workstation./ But when I PXE boot the VM and enter the windows deployment services image capture wizard, the volume to…
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Deployment Workbench change language of the PE

We've just started using the Microsoft Deployment Workbench and Windows Deployment Services to roll out a bunch of desktops. The basics seem to be going well, but I have a question about the first GUI option, which is the "Microsoft Solution…
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Server 2008 - VirtualBox - WDS - PXE Booting Windows 7 - no file found

I know this is a particularly difficult thing to troubleshoot as there are various complexities in the setup, but wondering if anyone has experienced this and can recognise the issue / offer some steps to troubleshoot. Firstl, is WAIK required…
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Rebuilding failed WDS & MDT server... Do we need to change DNS, DHCP or AD?

My colleague and I are experimenting with replacing Ghost with WDS (Server 2008 R2 SE) and MDT 2010. I intially built the virtual machine and added the WDS service but at the time I also imported images directly. My colleague has since added (WAIK…
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How to identify specific chipset driver on client to add to WDS driver database?

I have two new models to support, Optiplex 790 and Lenovo L520. I need to add their chipset drivers to the Windows Deployment server and Intel's driver package is a suite of chipset drivers. WDS discovers way too many: Prior to installing the…
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Boot linux over the network using WDS

I am looking to boot Linux (Ubuntu, Gentoo, and some others) over the network. I already have a Windows Server 2008 R2 machine running a few programs including Windows Deployment Services. This is set so I can install Windows over the network. I…
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When using Windows Deployment Services asks to reauthenticate

We Use WDS to reimage computers over the network. When starting the install over the network it asks us to associate with the domain and user and password. However towards the end it makes us enter our domain username and password again. Is there…
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Fully automatic Windows Deploy with WDS

I've got a computer, that I can install Win2008 on. But I want to do it fully automatically and thru the network. I of course prepared unattended install and it works, although i still have to make few clicks(select installer language, select…
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What is the best guide for deploying XP clients from 2003 Server with WDS in Native Mode?

I'm faced with the task of deploying XP clients from a Windows 2003 server with WDS in Native mode. I've searched around and have found a few Microsoft articles that deal with bits and pieces of this, but nothing that takes one from A to Z. Many of…
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