A Microsoftee will tell you that deploying Office 2007 is as simple as adding it to a WIM (Windows Imaging Format) file. Theoretically, we don’t disagree, but practically, no way, no how. You’ll need ...

You have been using the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) to create, maintain and deploy your custom Microsoft Windows operating systems for some time now. You have multiple desktop images ranging ...

Microsoft has blocked hands-free WDS deployment on Windows 11 and Server 2025 to patch CVE-2026-0386, with full enforcement arriving in April 2026.

I've heard that people do such things (using something called Rufus?), and I have an older machine -16 GB RAM, i7-6700 3060 Ti, ASUS Z170-A motherboard-- running Windows 10 Pro-- that I want to keep ...

I decided to update our WDS server to 2016 and use the new ADK that allows me to use build 1809. I downloaded the ISO from windows and found that instead of a .wim file there is a .esd file for ...

You'll have several tools on your side as you prepare to deploy Windows Vista: Windows Pre-Installation Environment (WinPE), ImageX, Windows System Image Manager ...

Administrators who have used either Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) or its predecessor, Business Desktop Deployment, know how easy it is to use these free tools to create a reference image of ...

Mitch Tulloch is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional and lead author of the Windows 7 Resource Kit from Microsoft Press. You can follow him on Twitter at ...