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News and Updates Current Known Issue: With the current version of the ADK (1903) and MDT (8456) after sysprep is run and the device attempts to boot into WinPE to capture from the local disk, it boot loops and then fails. Booting from a LiteTouchPE_x64.iso solves this issue and the image will capture. Lifecycle Support... Continue Reading →
Hi all, So far I've had no success with building and capturing a Windows 10 2004 image with MDT and the 1903 ADK (including WinPE) or the pre-release ADK and WinPE. Currently what happens is the image installs Windows without issue and run sysprep, but when booting into MDT's WinPE to do the capture, it... Continue Reading →
Automate Creation of WIM Files I've just completed testing the new Image Factory Utility. It's been completely overhauled and has some small new features added. 2020-02-27: Version 2020.02.24 ‘Robot’ New features: Refactored code. Fully backwards compatible. Added ASCII banner art when run in the console. Added option to disable the ASCII banner art. ... Continue Reading →
I have recently published a video walkthrough covering how to use Microsoft Deployment Toolkit to create customised standalone install image of Windows 10. It is directed towards enthusiasts, IT professional's for small businesses, or anyone who wants to create custom images and doesn't have access to volume licensing, an Active Directory domain, or a lot... Continue Reading →
This article is directed towards enthusiasts, IT professional's for small businesses, or anyone who wants to create custom images and doesn't have volume licensing, an Active Directory domain, or a lot of server infrastructure. I have also recently published a video walkthrough covering this to my YouTube channel. I hope this article is useful to... Continue Reading →
If you've read my other posts you'll know that usually I make a post focusing on building a reference image and then another post on deploying that image. This post is very similar but I'm going to streamline things by just covering the installation of MDT, and deploying Windows 10 1909. I have also recently... Continue Reading →
I've made a video walkthrough covering installing Microsoft Deployment Toolkit and deploying Windows 10. The video follows my previous posts on the subject, but I've added some additional useful information to cover silent application installation and I also touch on driver management. I intend to write a post that covers the same subjects as this... Continue Reading →
2019-11-12: Microsoft have confirmed on Twitter that there will be no updated ADK for Windows 10 1909, so keep using ADK 1903 with the fix as noted below. 2019-10-24: At the time of writing there is no ADK for Windows 10 1909 November 2019 Update (19H2), so I've tested this walkthrough using the ADK for... Continue Reading →
2019-11-12: Microsoft have confirmed on Twitter that there will be no updated ADK for Windows 10 1909, so keep using ADK 1903 with the fix as noted below. 2019-10-05: At the time of writing there is no ADK for Windows 10 1909 November 2019 Update (19H2), so I've tested this walkthrough using the ADK for... Continue Reading →
