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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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Silent install of Office 2013 with MDT 2013

I'm failing to perform silent installation of Office with use of MDT 2013. Here are the details: Task sequence is of a custom type and aims to silently install Office 2013 I have created MSP file using OCT and it is included in Updates folder I…
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MDT 2013 - Client not picking up new Unattend.xml settings

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…
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MDT does not automatically select the correct task sequence on reboot of client system

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…
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MDT install not working, Fails

I am trying to deploy Windows 7 x86 with MDT 2013 and WDS (Server 2012 R2) but it is failing: WDS boots the litetouch WIM (32 or 64 bit) and Lite Touch takes over. I select the Task sequence Windows 7 x86 and it goes through with formatting and…
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LiteTouch WinPE x64 file shows up as x86 Architecture

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…
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From MDT to Deployment to new machies

I recently took a crash course on using MDT and deployment for an organisation. From my understanding this is the ideal way to handle deployment. With MDT you create a base image that you deploy to a Hyper-V Machine. In this image you configure the…
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Windows Server 2008R2 WDS using MDT added applications but they arent installing

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…
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Adding and using a Domain Admin during OSD, in MDT

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…
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WDS deployment installs fine, consistently fails to setup: how do I diagnose what went wrong?

I'm using WDS with a reference image and boot file from a Win 7 iso. I get it to successful install sans answer file however when it reboots and tries to set up services, devices, etc. it gives an error popup that claims I'll need to restart to…
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MDT Image Hierarchy

Just a quick question, I couldn't find this out by looking around and have not had the time to run a test myself: Is it possible to create image hierarchies in MDT? Take this example where we have three images. - Image 1: Base OS - Image 2: Company…
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UltraVNC intigration with MDT

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…
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MDT task not executing cmd properly

I have done a little experimenting with this task and I have the majority of it working. Basically the Task runs this command line cmd.exe /c set y1=%date:~-4,4%&set m1=%date:~-10,2%&set d1=%date:~-7,2%&set nti=%time: =0%&set h1=%nti:~0,2%&set…
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Windows Deployment Screen going blank and out of range

For some reason, all our Windows 7 deployment images seem to have developed a stange issue. As the install gets to the end of the process, the monitor is going blank and displaying 'out of range' messages. We have tried it on a couple of monitors…
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Initial MDT setup and cant get computer to join domain sucessfully

Hope I can provide some context here as I've been tasked with standing up MDT at my company but I've never even heard of it before and am still entry level in the IT field. I was able to setup MDT but when i push an image to a computer i get…
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LiteTouchPE.wim and Boot.wim taking ages to download

I have an MDT/WDS server (VM) with both MDT and WDS installed on it. I've had this server for a few years, with several WDS/MDT deployments happening from it each day (automated). I've never had an issue with the server previously. Last week we move…
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