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When it comes to Windows management, network administration, deployment and other computing stuff, I want to do as much as possible using built-in Windows tools and utilities. As I have often said, I use no third party optimizers, tweakers, downloaders, cleaners and other snake oil stuff. For me, the main principle in Windows management and
In Part 3, we customized the deployment image by modifying our answer file, INI files and adding software. But there’s another method, one I personally prefer you could use to proceed . My personal preference is to capture a custom image from a reference machine, and then import that captured custom WIM file to MDT
Edit Answer File To customize a deployment task and the related image, we can edit its answer file Unattend.xml. Right-click the deployment task sequence, select Properties, select the OS Info tab, and then click Edit Unattend.xml to open it in the Windows System Image Manager (WSIM), part of Windows ADK you installed in Part 1:
For those seeking older Windows ISOs (and other MS ISOs, too) HeiDoc.net’s ISO download tool is worth getting to know — and using!
Microsoft faced a huge task when they started moving all documentation for their products and services from TechNet and MSDN to its new Microsoft Docs (https://docs.microsoft.com) sub-site. When launched in June 2016, Microsoft Docs only contained the .NET documentation, Since then, most of the other content has gradually moved over under that same umbrella. I
In Part 1, we got MDT installed and set up. Here in Part 2, we will import operating systems to the MDT Deployment Workbench and create a Task Sequence to let us deploy Windows, and finally deploy a default Windows 10 install to a target device. Import Operating System To deploy an operating system, it
Microsoft 365, InTune and Windows AutoPilot have made Windows deployment at the enterprise level easy. Although that scenario is an easy solution for smaller businesses, too, the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) still remains a viable and practical alternative for smaller networks or domains. It is also a good solution for home networks with multiple Windows
When it comes to free disk space analyzers, TreeSize is among the best of them, and does the job quite nicely. Check it out!
A few days ago, Ed Tittel wrote about Windows Update deleting failed updates, and “banning” those updates for 30 days. That article got me thinking about my personal relationship with Windows, and if I trust it to know how to take care of itself — or not. In my case, the answer is a clear
Microsoft Support has just reported that you may see the message “We removed some recently installed updates to recover your device from a startup failure” in the future. What this means, and what to do about it.
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