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  1. Windows 11 25H2 Release Preview ISO: Insider for Clean Installs & OOBE Validation

    Microsoft has quietly posted official Windows 11 ISO images for Insiders, giving testers, OEMs, and IT teams the first gated chance to perform clean installs and full out‑of‑box experience (OOBE) validation for the upcoming Windows 11 feature update — the 25H2 Release Preview build family (Build...
  2. Windows 11 25H2 ISO Released for Release Preview — eKB Enablement & Admin Migration

    Microsoft has quietly published official ISO images for Windows 11, version 25H2 to the Windows Insider Preview downloads area, completing a key piece of release scaffolding for IT teams, OEMs, and enthusiasts even as most devices receive the feature update as a lightweight enablement package...
  3. Windows 11 25H2 Release Preview ISO Now Available for Clean Installs

    Microsoft has quietly published official Windows 11, version 25H2 ISO images to the Windows Insider Preview downloads area for Release Preview Insiders, completing a key piece of release scaffolding even as the update continues to be distributed to most PCs as a lightweight enablement package...
  4. Windows 11 25H2 Release Preview ISO (Build 26200.5074) for Imaging and IT

    Microsoft has quietly made the official x64 ISO for Windows 11, version 25H2 (Build 26200.5074) available to Release Preview Insiders, completing a key piece of release scaffolding that IT teams, OEMs and imaging specialists have been waiting for even as Microsoft continues to deploy the update...
  5. Windows 11 25H2: Release Preview Enablement Package & ISO Delay Explained

    Microsoft quietly pulled back the promised ISO images for Windows 11, version 25H2 this week, updating its Release Preview announcement to say the ISOs are “delayed and coming soon” even as the update itself lands in the Release Preview channel as an enablement-package style release. Background...
  6. Windows 11 June 2025 Dynamic Updates: Boosting Deployment and Recovery Efficiency

    Windows 11 users and IT administrators received a wave of new system updates this week, signaling Microsoft’s ongoing commitment to refining its flagship operating system ahead of future releases. On June 26, 2025, Microsoft rolled out a series of non-security preview dynamic updates for Windows...
  7. How to Capture a Windows Image with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT)

    Windows image capture isn’t just a geeky exercise—it’s a fundamental process that enables IT administrators to deploy streamlined, customized operating system images quickly across numerous devices. Whether you’re managing a fleet of Windows 11 systems or preparing a secure environment with the...
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    Windows 7 Randomly unreachable on reboot

    Hello all - I've tried this elsewhere and gotten nowhere, so I figured I would try here. At my workplace, we have a number of computers that we monitor to make sure they are up. The computers with an issue are Windows 7 pro, imaged by MDT. So here is the issue. We reboot a number of these...
  9. Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2013 Update 1

    Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2013 Update 1 is for operating system deployment. Link Removed
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    Windows 7 Troubleshooting MDT Deployment Issues: Reference Image and RSAT Complications

    Hey all, hope you can help me. I'm attempting to use MDT for deployment. I've been partially successful, but have had a lot of interruptions and keep having to restart the process. My understanding and how I hope to do it is this: Build a reference image with items that do not install well...
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    Windows 7 Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.50709

    I'm attempting to install Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.50709 via an MDT task sequence and can't get this to run silently for some reason. I'm using the following Quiet install command "dotnetfx45_full_x86_x64.exe /q /norestart" and that didn't work so I added the /qb switch as shown here...
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    Windows 7 Deploy Windows 7 custom image

    We have a modified ISO of Windows 7, used to deploy a customized Windows 7 Enterprise operating system. We have a number of Toughbooks that need the operating system installed. We can currently install it using a DVD. I'd like to install it using a switch we have, using one of the laptops we...
  13. Error message "Windows SIM was unable to generate a catalog" or "Parameter count mismatch"

    When generating a catalog (.clg) in Windows System Image Manager (WSIM) or clicking Edit Unattend.xml in Microsoft Deployment Toolkit(MDT) and trying to generate a catalog file it may take extended period of time before producing the error message and... Link Removed
  14. An incorrect Windows 7 Locale setting is configured after OS Deployment with Configuration Manager 2

    When deploying a Windows 7 image using System Center Configuration Manager 2007 (ConfigMgr 2007)/ Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 (MDT 2010), if the default system Locale setting is changed, the localename (e.g. sv-SE) is set correctly but the locale... Link Removed
  15. Catalog error when you try to open a answer file using "Edit Unattend.xml" button under "OS Info" ta

    In MDT workbench when you try to edit the unattend answer file by clicking the "Edit Unattend.xml" button under "OS Info" tab in the properties of a task sequence for a x86 captured image it fails with the below catalog error.... Link Removed
  16. Windows 7 Windows 7 deployment and login time issue

    Hi, We've recently deployed Windows 7 64 bits in our school labs using MDT and on our image we've defined stuff in our "Default user" profile to those things are imported to any new accounts that logs on the computers. We're also using DeepFreeze to ensure that computers will be stable...
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    Windows 7 Application deployment MDT

    Hi, I really hope someone can help since this has been driving me mad. I have a number of issues but this is the first one, and the one thats stopping me progressing. I am using a USB stick to boot the PE environment and it goes through no problems. The machine joins the domain when in...