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Windows 7 WDS answer file not working.


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I have been tasked with deploying WDS (first time) and what a headache it has become.

I installed WDS on Server 2k8 R2 64-bit which I setup pretty quick.

Next, I successfully captured a Windows 7 32-bit OS. I can deploy it to workstations successfully as well.

I have been attempting to create an answer file, but have had the worst time. First, I found out that you cannot create a catalog file for 32-bit systems on a 64-bit server OS using Windows SIM. So I installed Windows AIK on a 32bit versions of Windows 7. I then tried to create the catalog file on there, but it failed as well. So I then used the catalog file from the Windows 7 32bit DVD and created my answer file. I associated the same answer file with the image and with WDS server properties > Client > Unattend file x86 architecture option.

However, when I go to deploy, all the prompts are still there and nothing is being automated.

Am I missing something here?

 

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