Category Archives: MDT2013

“FAILURE ( 5624 ): -2147467259 0x80004005: Run DISM..” error when applying WIM

By | July 16, 2016
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Scenario: Deploying Windows 10 x64 with MDT2013U2 to CF-20A via LAN. Solution: This issue occurred, because an Update of the Media share was initiated at the same time of a deployment and the update was set to split the OS WIM to support UEFI.  Once Media update was complete, the deployment ran with no issue.

Easy way to clean-up MDT XML files

By | July 15, 2016
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Notepad++ is a must-have. If you don’t have it go get it (ninite.com). Also install the “XML Tools” add-on and use it to “pretty up” your XML files.

Force a GPS port to a desired Port in Windows 7/8/10.

By | July 15, 2016
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In a recent scenario, I needed to force to the Gobi 5000’s (WWAN) GPS to use COM3 in Windows 7 x64.  Here are the steps I took to accomplish this.  This process was also tested and worked on moving a “u-blox virtual..” to COM, and moving a COM2 device to use COM3. 1. BEFORE your drivers are… Read More »

“Please reinsert the media (CD, DVD, or USB) needed to complete the deployment.” error when deploying via an MDT Media Share

By | July 14, 2016
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When a computer takes longer than MDT likes to locate the Media share to complete the Deployment, this error is presented. It will retry to locate the deployment when OK is clicked, but if this happens on a unit quite a bit, use this workaround. Add the following code to your Scripts\Litetouch.wsf ‘//—————————————————————————- ‘// Set… Read More »

How to make your VM use a static IP when booting an MDT WinPE image.

By | March 17, 2016
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When VMs exist in static IP environments and a VM is being used to capture a thin image with MDT, the boot image must be instructed to use a static IP during the capture process.  Here is my method of achieving this. Download the “SetStaticIP.vbs” and updated “Unattend.xml” file, using the following link: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwHI1r8k8A75S2w0UkZUeWM3NzA Update the “SetStaticIP.vbs”… Read More »