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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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Configuring multiple boot images on WDS

For my WDS server I installed Windows XP to Windows 10. Including all the server variations as well. Each disk comes with a boot.wim file. Is there any reason I need to load all these boot.wim files in to WDS or can I just use one Windows boot.wim…
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Adding a driver package to WDS boot image error windows server 2012 R2

I am using Windows 2012 server R2's WDS to deploy win10 images to client PCs which are combinations of HP ProBook 450, 430, and HP ProDesk 400 G1. Recently I bought a few HP ProDesk 600 G2 and now my perfectly working WDS image does not like new HP…
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Is it possible to capture an Image with WDS without local save

I'm using a windows deployment server capture boot image(running on win2k8server) to capture a laptop. Is there anyway to capture the image straight to the WDS server without saving the image locally? The next button is grayed out until I give it a…
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Questions about WDS and Boot/Install images

Going through and trying to configure a new WDS server, and wanted to get some clarification on a couple things. Is the boot image just a generic image that all clients will use, regardless if i'm installing a 32bit OS or 64bit OS, or even a…
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PXE E51 No DHCP or proxy DHCP offers were received for WDS set up

I'm hoping someone could help me with WDS, I currently have a 5 PC set up which one PC is the Windows 2012 R2 server and that connects to the other four PCs via a switch which all PCs can ping one another on static IPs. On my server I have the roles…
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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 called a discover image in order to effectively…
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WDS with Domain Admin Credentials Can't Join Windows 7 to Domain

I have a WDS server configured on Windows Server 2012 R2 running as a Hyper-V guest OS ontop of a Windows Server 2012 R2 physical server. I've installed and configured WDS and Microsoft Deployment Toolkit / Workbench 2013. I have captured a Windows…
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What is the SURE way to ensure Microsoft Distribution Tool to only format C Drive?

Right now I'm using "Specific disk and partition" but is it the best way to do this? I have almost 100 pc to format which have other drives in them with data already. I'm using Windows Server 2008 R2 and the PC will be formatted to Win7…
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Windows Server 2008: Group Policies Don't Apply Following WDS Install

We use WDS images combined with GPOs to automate the installation of our desktops. This all works great, except that when a WDS deployment to a new/existing PC is completed, there's a fifty/fifty chance of the GPOs applying on first boot. That…
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Setting ComputerName in unattend.xml

I've got a WDS environment setup that has been working beautifully for a long time now. We want to make a small change to the way PC are named during the deployment phase. Currently, WDS automatically names the machine with the user name, and then…
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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. Now I am trying to deploy Windows 8.1 x64 to HP…
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Windows 7 unattended deployment - prompt for password, and use it to autologin

I have used System Image Manager to create an unattended XML answer file, which I have written to a Windows 7 DVD. This contains almost all system configuration, but deliberately does not include username or password for the installed system - I…
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SCCM 2012 R2 OSD pxe-32 : tftp open timeout

I have SCCM 2012 R2 standalone primary site on windows server 2012 and i have Cisco dhcp server i configured the distribution point for pxe boot to work with osd i added boot images and configured them and the network guy configured the next server…
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Deploy Windows To Go on external drive using Network boot, WDS or SCCM and WinPE

We are doing a project for a IT school, each student have an external drive (WD My Passport enterprise) and we are trying to deploy Windows To Go on these drives. Each student should be able to flash his drive just by connecting it to a school…
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How do I configure the Hyper-V virtual switch to share internet without bridging on the host machine?

I'm setting up windows deployment services for LiteTouch Deployments in my home but what I realized was that if I take my actual LAN NIC that is connected to the internet and bridge it to the Hyper-V virtual switch, the VMs that utilize that virtual…
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