Over the years we have produced many instructions on how to add files or add drivers to a .WIM image file, but they are all outdated because they are command line. There is now a free GUI front end for DISM made by Mike Celone. To get DISM GUI to […]
If you have built a corporate image and found that you need to make a change to settings in the registry you can edit the registry off line. In my case I use WSUS to deploy images so I had to find the image I needed to modify in WSUS, right click […]
Unlike SP1 for Windows 7, Internet Explorer 9 is relatively easy to add to an offline image through command line: Please ignor the line wrap on some of these commands. It is is bold, it is all one statement. Download your version OS’s Version of IE 9 HERE. Create a folder […]
Wow, there is a lot of misinformation out there. Here is how I did slipstreamed Service Pack 1 into Windows 7 (and this should be the same process for Server 2008 R2). These instructions require you to have WAIK – Windows Automated Install Kit, which you can get HERE. PREWORK […]
Prepared by Ian Matthews June 23, 2010 – Last Updated May 10, 2011 MARCH 2014 SEE: http://www.urtech.ca/2014/03/solved-how-to-add-drivers-in-wds-windows-deployment-services/ This is the followup to how to add drivers to a Windows PE 2.0 (Vista) .WIM file. Today I needed to add a network driver to a Windows 7 PE 3.0 Boot Image […]
We recently had a client that needed to wipe out their Nutanix storage and virtual machine cluster and to do that we needed to load a Nutanix ISO from a Windows server. No matter what source we selected we received this error message: The source files could not be found. […]
After working on a corrupt .NET installation for many hours we placed a call to Microsoft tech support because we could not get around errors like: This application requires one of the following versions of the .NET Framework v4.0.30319 when launching Azure AD Sync or even Server Manager. Microsoft Server […]
NPD recently published its annual Mobile Gaming report, and it makes an intriguing read. While so many segments of the leisure industry are struggling to survive in these economic times, the mobile gaming sector reported a seven percent increase in revenue. This was despite a slight drop off in the […]
We were interested in sourcing a few fitness tracking bands for staff Christmas presents, corporate client give-aways and our personal use. Nearly all of our staff have used some sort of tracker in the past so we had some considerable experience with them but no one had bought a new […]
Click HERE to download our AutoUnattended.xml answer file for Windows 10 1909 (2019H2). WARNING: This answer file will automatically wipe your hard disk clean and setup the required partitions from scratch. This answer file: Wipes the current disk clean and sets up new partitions Sets the PC, Keyboard and User […]
The short version is that if your host server is running Datacenter you can NOT upgrade an existing Windows Server 2016/2019 STANDARD Virtual Machine to anything but Datacenter. If you try you will see that Windows Server STANDARD is missing and not an option from the list. The way it […]
If you have worked on Windows for more than a few years you will know that C:\Windows\WinSXS takes up an ever increasing amount of disk space and that you should not delete anything from it. Microsoft says: One commonly asked question is, “Can I delete the WinSxS folder to regain […]
If you have already got a deployment image in your Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) then you likely will want a CAPTURE IMAGE so you can collect the Operating System from a SysPreped PC. This is easy to do:Launch WSUS Expand your server > BOOT IMAGES Right click on the […]
Below is a list of the common cell phone acronyms, their meaning and a brief description in plain english. Note that each line is hyperlinked to a webpage to provide more detail, if you want it 🙂 CODE MEANING SIMPLE DESCRIPTION 1G First Generation cellular network analog on FM band […]
WinRAR is a file archiver for RAR and ZIP files for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows operating systems. You can also exploit this archiver for Android, Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, MS-DOS and Windows Mobile. WinRAR is a popular program-archiver, one of the main programs on each computer. Archivers can compress […]
If you are responsible for your corporate image and you are deploying Windows 10 you are likely going to want to set the default browser to Internet Explorer rather than Edge. The problem is there is no GPO or Answer File setting to make this change. After working with Microsoft […]