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WDS stands for "Windows Desktop Search", also known simply as "Windows Search", which is the search engine used on Microsoft's Windows OS. It supercedes Windows Indexing Service.

Windows Desktop Search is now up to version 4.0, and is used on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Server 2003 and 2008. It is an extensable search engine that can be queried via windows explorer or programmatically by ODBC.

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%UserName% in Windows File Explorer Search Box does not work

I have users that have folders on a network drive that have their username part of the folder name. How can I modify this search to work? kind:=folder %UserName% Note: Below works, but i need to be able to use %username% to work. kind:=folder jsmith…
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how to check wds service is running or not

Can I please know how to check WDS service is running or not? After patching, WDS service is disabled. Server asked for a reboot to start WDS. Can I know how to check WDS is running or not?
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PXE Won't boot with new version of Boot agent

We are running WDS on server2012 and it's doing fine with older machines. But we bought new stack of HP's with Intel i217-lm NIC, it is using Boot agent GE v.1.5.50. When we are trying to boot it gets ip via dhcp, but ends with error: PXE-E55:…
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Run WDS Image programmatically

Is there a way to launch WDS image from c++ app? I basically need an app to install correct Windows after user's Order Number input. At the moment it's manual process and human make mistakes, to avoid it I want an c++ app to install it.
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Windows Deployment SErver TFTP connection issues

Having a strange issue with WDS, During the boot process, an I wanted to get some opinions. What is happening is The TFTP boot process is failing with a with a PXE-E32 Time out error, during the boot process. The Boot server is on another subnet…
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I need a windows command line script that takes an output, edits it and creates an environmental variable

I have Asset tags embedded in BIOS. I use wmic SYSTEMENCLOSURE get SMBiosAssetTag This pulls the information I want but it is not formatted well: SMBIOSAssetTag 11886 I need to just have those 5 numbers and nothing else. I will then use that…
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WDS - cannot join domain with answer file

I struggle with Windows Deployment Services (WDS) right now. So, what I want to achieve: Create local admin account with given password. Configure partition. Join corporate domain my.domain.eu. Skip OOBE. For now, only first point is done - local…
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mdt 2013 how to deploy single os for multiple model pc at once

We have multiple model PCs, we have setup MDT 2013+WDS server, for NewComputer or Refresh (reintall) scenario we uses MDT only new PCs all are same model so had no issues so far, for reinstall scenario at once just 1 or 2 PCs deploy. But now trying…
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How to get batch file to pick a file depending on computer name

I created two response files and I want to create a batch file were one of the two response files gets used depending on the computer name. To get the name of a computer, I have been using wmic computersystem get name I am thinking I have to use IF…
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IP Helper-Address For DHCP and WDS in Different VLANs

Scenario: Clients on VLANs X DHCP server on VLAN Y WDS server on VLAN Z We have IP helper-address command on our layer 3 device for DHCP. I would like to avoid using DHCP options and instead add another IP helper-address command to point clients to…
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