I am trying to work on the MDT LTI deployment of Windows 10 in a lab environment according to MSFT document https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/windows-10-poc-mdt#refresh-a-computer-with-windows-10 Everything else worked fine so far, but now I am stuck at this stage where I am trying to deploy Windows 10 on PC1 that’s a Windows 7 machine. When I run the … Read more
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
Will we be able to deploy Windows 10 with MDT? Could we use the same task sequences ( with windows 10 instead 8 )? Do we need an update of the toolkit? Answer Short answers: Yes, you will we be able to deploy Windows 10 with MDT. In a very general sense, you COULD use … Read more
When deploying images with Task Sequence are you able to deploy any .exe/application or are there certain cases where they will not work? I know with .msi they are designed to be push from AD and can take command line parameters. And with .exe they are basically compiled together from an install application. I just … 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
So during my Windows 7 OSD. Going by Company Politics I’m suppose to A: Disabled the standardlized Administrator (Done, can do that in task sequence) B: Create a new Administrator called ‘ITadmin’ and set a fixed password C: Join a Domain (Done that aswell in the Task Sequence) D: Use a Domain Admin to install … Read more
Not important information: I’ve a MDT server 2010 setup on a Windows 2008 R2 server I’ve configured DHCP for PXE and its working fine I’ve a custom Scheduled task configured to set my keyboard, display and join the domain correctly I’ve the CAB files added for all the different laptops and they deploy The scheduled … Read more
recently at my new job I have been setting up a deployment server to decrease the time we spend imaging our machines. After installing WDS and getting everything else online, I noticed when I go to import the built LiteTouch images in the Server Manager, that the LiteTouchPE_x64.wim file is imported as an x86 architecture. … Read more
I have a pretty good (automated) MDT setup (with no SCCM) but when the client computer reboots, it asks for the task list that it needs to execute. I want it to keep choosing the same task sequence until the task sequence is done (it reboots multiple times). How would I accomplish this? Extra info: … Read more
I’m deploying a new image via MDT 2013. I created a new Task Sequence using an existing image and tested it on a VM. I ended up getting the “Unattend.xml Error – Could not parse or process for pass [specialize]…” error. I went in and checked, and the “IEWelcomeMsg” is not set to write the … Read more
