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Microsoft Deployment Toolkit is Microsoft's imaging and provisioning system for automated systems deployments.

MDT can help build an automated installation source for deploying Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2016, Office 2010 and Office 365 from either a single machine or a central server distribution tool, such as Windows Deployment Services (WDS) or System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM).Device drivers, Windows updates and software can be included with the build.

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MDT Injecting Drivers still does not bring up network in PE

Laptop: HP HDX X16T-1200 CTO Drivers: Taken from the HP Site and extracted. Imported in to MDT 2013. When I launch the Lite Touch it pops up an image saying it can not find the ImageDeploymentShare via DHCP so it looks like even with the network…
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Blank MDT 2013 boot screen on USB Deployment

I am attempting to do refreshes on some machines and on the bootup of a USB drive with a LiteTouch Image I get to the Microsoft Solutions Accelerators screen but I do not get a window for actions. I burned the ISO file to the USB drive as an…
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MDT and VC++ 2010 Silent Installing

For 32bit and 64bit I am using the following commandline: vcredist_2010_x64.exe /q:a /c:"msiexec /i vcredist.msi /qn /l*v %temp%\vcredist_x86.log" The application will install, but it requires me to manually accept the terms on both 32/64bit…
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MDT 2012 - Use custom pane variable in customsetting.ini

I have a deployment share that allows me to deploy a single image across several sites. Each site has its own default applications and other specific parameters ( WSUS , etc). For a more automated deployment possible, I created a custom panel that…
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Using MDT and adding Microsoft Visual C++ Redistribution Packages

I've been using WDS to deply default images for awhile and I just learned about MDT. I am at the point of adding applications. I want to include all the Microsoft Visual C++ 2005-2010 x86/x64. However, I currently have them in .exe from the Windows…
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How to create a POST OS custom task sequence for an out-of-the box laptop

I'm playing around with MDT with the intent of facilitating the rollout of new laptops. As we turn on the new laptop for the first we want to go through with the standard windows OEM installation. Afterwards we just want to run a post os task…
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How can I make my custom app list show up properly in MDT 2012

I have an MDT task sequence that installs an OS and presents an application list based on your OU choice (differing departments need separate applications). When booting to WinPE and running the task sequence the selection options show properly and…
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MDT capture process injecting drivers, Why?

During the capture process from the MDT sequence, it will inject drivers into the sysprepped image, why would you need that? I know you can prevent it from doing that simply by unchecking it, but why would you need to inject the drivers into the…
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MDT 2012 - Task Sequence Not Completing

I'm a complete novice with MDT 2012, but I have had pretty good luck getting a deployment for Server 2008 R2. I have a reference system, and I do a very vanilla sysprep and capture using the template task sequence with no changes. My deployment has…
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Getting message as machine type other than current machine, how to fix that in MDT?

I am installing applications as part of OS task sequence in windows 10 and got below message and the installation is skipped. My application: The OS filter is not kept, how to fix this?
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MDT auto-logon and update fails on when re-imagining Windows 10

Overview: In our environment, we have MDT + WDS. Each night a Windows 10 VM boots and MDT installs Windows 10, along with downloading and install the latest updates from Microsoft. The "install.wim" we're using was copied from a Windows 10 ISO…
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Capturing installed applications with MDT

I am using Microsoft Deployment Workbench v6.3.8450.1000. I am trying to configure MDT to capture/deploy Windows 10 images. I have done a few test runs and I am able to capture the image with LiteTouch.vbs and deploy it with PXE boot, as…
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MDT - Failure after Install Operating System

Trying to get a basic MDT deployment process setup. Right now, for testing, I have MDT loaded with a full set of install files from the Win 10 Ent x64 ISO. I'm using PXE boot via WDS to point over to the MDT boot image. During the task sequence it…
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MDT Application Installs within LiteTocuh.vbs but not initial deployment

Ok I am having a weird issue with MDT. I have an application that I am trying to install with a batch file. This application requires a .iss file to be silently installed. Here is what the batch file holds: Application.exe /s /f1"PathToISS.iss" Here…
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Unattended machine join to domain

My company would like to use a Syprep image and an autounattend.xml file to deploy new machines or rebuild old ones with a USB stick. We do not want to use SCCM. I will push us to use WDS in the future but we still want to be able to do this through…
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