WAIK (Windows 7) Installing the Supplement for Windows 7 SP1
KB ID 0000450 Problem I’ve been doing some prep work with WDS this week for a client, (I’ve covered Deploying Windows 7 with WDS before). So I went to check if there was a new WAIK as Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 have had a Service Pack 1 released since last time I deployed windows 7 in bulk. And sure enough, there is an update. (Though the update is for WindowsPE Not the SIM tools I would be using). The Windows®...
Error – Windows SIM was unable to generate a catalog
KB ID 0000449 Problem Seen while SIM attempts to create a catalog file from a Windows image (.wim) file. This problem occurs if you are trying to create a catalog from from an x86 (32 bit) image, on a machine that is running a x64 bit version of the WAIK. Solution 1. Instead of trying to create a catalog file, you can use the one from the install DVD. 2. You will find the catalog file (with a .clg extension) on the DVD in the sources...
Adding Drivers to Images on WDS
KB ID 0000314 Problem Before Server 2008 R2 when we needed to inject drivers into our WDS images we had to do it like this. Now however the process is a lot more elegant! Simply import the drivers into WDS, then inject them into the boot images (Yes the boot images NOT the Windows Images you are deploying!) Solution Add Driver Packages to Image is “Greyed out” If while attempting to add drivers, the option to “Add...
WDS Deploying Windows Part 2: Prepare Windows, and Capture to WDS
KB ID 0000737 Problem In part one we built and configured the WDS Server. Now you need to prepare the reference Windows 8 machine so that you can ‘capture’ its image. Solution Before you start, make sure that the machine you are imaging has PLENTY of room on one of its local drive(s), because it copies the image locally, before it sends it to WDS. Place Your Reference Windows 8 Machine in Audit Mode To put all the software...
Slipstreaming Hyper-V
KB ID 0000092 Problem Anyone who has tried the version of Hyper-V that came in the first release of Server2008 may well have written it off as a bad lot, In Microsoft’s defence it was still a Beta product in that initial release, but for many the damage has now already been done. (It seems the mistakes made by releasing “Longhorn Beta 1.00001 to the public have still not been learned). I’ve been meaning to spend more...