I’m trying to setup a windows 8.1 deployment using Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2013 but I’m having trouble importing the operating system files. The sources directory in the Windows 8.1 installation disk contains an “install.esd” file, and not an “install.wim” file. I have gathered that install.esd is an encrypted version of install.wim and the only way … Read more
OK, so, some dumbass created this image without cleaning up the C drive first. I have taken this over at a new job, and, the .wim file we have to use for re-imaging is absolutely massive due to it… I mounted the .wim file with DISM, and, managed to delete a few folders through windows … Read more
I have problem when with Boot Manager. When I restore System with using *.wim file after restart I see two identical entries. Booth entries run the same System. How I can remove this ? Of course I know so I can run msconfig->>boot and then remove one. But how remove this for *wim image? Please … Read more
I have captured a WIM file using imagex. It is windows 7 with a few apps that wouldnt install properly. I now want to deploy this through SCCM but for some reason it keeps failing. When it loads the WinPE it reboots shortly afterward. The last error i got was error code 0x80040104. I wouldnt … Read more
Using dism to disable features in a offline Windows 2008 R2 wim image, executing cmd dism commands below: Before any changes: ServerCore-WOW64 | Enabled then feature is set to diabled: ServerCore-WOW64 | Disable Pending But when using the exact same commands to mount the wim again the feature is still in state: ServerCore-WOW64 | Disable … Read more
I’m trying to get UltraVNC integrated with WinPE to allow remote control over deployments in MDT 2012. These are the steps I’ve taken so far. Extracted winvnc.exe, vnchooks.dll to a directory that will place them into %SystemRoot%\System32 on WinPE when I update my deployment share. Created a ultravnc.ini file and added that in as well. … Read more
I have an inherited Windows Server 08 R2 .wim image used in MDT 2013. This image appears to contain custom Trusted Sites that are included after deployment, and stay there with every sysprep/capture when the image is updated. The background to this is that I’m looking for a way (preferably without GPO) to add system-level … Read more
I have a server 2008 installation with a faulty motherboard. I have changed the motherboard and Windows blue screens on boot up. It is caused by the SATA drivers. I’m trying to find a method of installing the drivers manually without booting Windows. My first idea was to create a WIM and then inject the … Read more
When I capture an image, it successfully captures and deploys with out an issue. But the capture creates 2 entries on the server and 2 .wim files. One is always large(around 20-30 GB) and the other is very small(5-10 MB). They are named the same, but with a ‘(1)’ at end of the smaller file. … Read more
I have iPXE working to boot the Win10 installer. Problem is: after it boots to the installer, I have to do the following: net use s: \\192.168.250.74\pxe\boot\Win10lts bar /user:foo s:\sources\setup.exe Then, the installer starts over, and I can install Windows. I need to have this be an automatic process for when a user in the … Read more
