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How to restore a computer to a saved state on boot up? [closed]
Some computer labs and internet cafes have software that resets the hard drive when the computer is rebooted. This is great from a support perspective, because most problems could be solved by power ...
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Windows 7 unattended installation using PXE
I have followed this blog and I am able to install Windows 7 over a PXE Server and Samba shares.
But this installation process is not completely automated. It boots the system using WinPE image ...
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Do I need multiple network drivers for my PXE Windows 7 64-bit WinPE?
We are working on a PXE Server which is Linux-based with a Debian distribution. Our server is running fine and we can PXE boot clients with Linux distributions.
Now we are adding a Windows 7 ...
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PXE boot - can't access BIOS
The issue I'm having is with a Dell Vostro 3360, Windows 7 64 Bit + Ubuntu 12.04 (Dual Boot).
Everything worked perfectly until one day after a windows update it started showing this message on start ...
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How to set up PXE boot on Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
I would like to install a linux distro on a computer using my Windows 7 Professional computer as the PXE boot server since it has the ISO file of the distro.
How to do that? I have a DHCP router.
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Install WAIK installation images over PXE
I setup a PXE Server and use it to serve some tools and live systems over the network (Setup with Debian Wheezy, tftpd-hpa, isc-dhcpd and nfs-kernel-server) and would like to deploy Windows ...
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How does FOG Project PXE supply a computer name and join to the domain?
Without sysprepping (just uploading then deploying) I can get FOG to seamlessly join an imaged computer to a domain, and FOG will also supply a computer name I specify in the management console. My ...
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Installing Windows 7 using Serva fails with error 3
I have an old Toshiba laptop which does not have CD Rom and also it does not support boot from USB. I want to install Windows 7 in it. After some searching, i came to know that i can install it using ...
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HP HDX 16 Fails on WDS PXE BOOT
When I PXE boot my HP HDX 16 machine it will show the boot options. If I go Windows 7 x86 it will go to the screen to pick which Windows to install. However, if go with the Windows 8.1/Server 2012 R2 ...
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Computer says "succeed to download nbp file" but doesn't boot into PE
I'm trying install windows 7 over network. I tried tftpd and serva, but with both of them, my laptop will just get to the message "succeed to download nbp file" and then proceeds to boot normally ...
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Installing Win7 over PXE through Serva fails - FAILED/ABORT
I am trying to install Windows 7 over PXE with Serva on my new gaming build. Once I get past the installation menu another window pops up reading "loading network resources". After a couple of seconds ...
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PXE Netboot from Windows 7 PC using TFTP32 E32 Timeout Issue
I am trying to netboot a PC with no CD Drive and no USB Booting options (Available in BIOS but does not recognise USB, broken perhaps somehow).
Anyhow here is the log from TFTP32:
Rcvd DHCP Discover ...
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System Center Configuration manager 2012, Warning during PXE boot
Hey I have a SCCM2012 setup on a virtual Hyper V server and use it to create Win 7 Enterprise installations for PXE installs.
I'm just learning about SCCM2012, and I think its a little hard finding ...
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How to setup a PXE boot server?
I want to try and setup a PXE boot server for a laptop that has a damaged hard drive. I have a custom built desktop with Windows 7 Ultimate x64 and I want to make it my server so I can use my laptop ...
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Windows Deployment Server-RAID Controller
I am to attempting to install Windows 7 onto Dell Workstations using WinPE drivers injected into a Deployment Workbench.
Despite injecting the RAID card drives (Perc 310 to be specific) I cannot get ...
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