TonyMiles

I resolved the issue and yes I had to reinstall it. Thanks for everyone's help.

Yes PXE and DHCP are on the same server and I have my settings in DHCP set to 60 = PXEClient, 66 = your PXE server, 67 = your bootfile name. Everything was working fine so I know my settings should be ok. I have checked again just to be on the safe side.

The Event ID is 513

As far as i'm aware there is no username or password set to the service. I have logged on using a different login and that didn't work.

Thanks for your quick replies. I rebooted first thing this morning and no change. I have checked my DHCP settings in WDS and both boxes are ticked. I have also un-installed and re-installed WDS and I still get the same problem.

Hi Our WDS service has been working fine until recently. We only have one server which runs DNS, DHCP, AD and our WDS. I notice the service had stopped and when I went to restart it again it gave me the following error message via the Event Viewer. An error occurred while trying to initialize provider WdsImgSrv from C:\Windows\system32\WdsImgSrv.dll. Windows Deployment Services server will be shutdown. Error Information: 0xC1020201 I have checked the WDS properties settings an everything looks as it should do. When I try to start the service directly from WDS I get the error message 'The server did not reply in a timely manor' When I boot a laptop to WDS I get an IP address on the laptop and then an error message 'PXE-E55 ProxyDHCP service did not reply on port 4011' Can any body help as I have 20 new staff laptops that need capturing and deploying. Thanks Tony

Thanks for the suggestions. I usually use Sysprep to create my image and then PXE boot and capture that image. Because I work in primary schools and the volume of computers aren't that great I have never felt the need to use MDT. So Mrwoberts I would be grateful if you could explain the procedure of installing a custom WIM from USB, broken or other wise. Lol Thanks

I'm not sure I want to buy a load of USB to Ethernet adaptors if they might not boot to PXE. MrWoberts, you make it sound so easy, unfortunately out of the 5 steps you have suggested Making a cuppa is the only task I could just about manage. Thanks for the suggestion though

Thanks for the quick reply and link. Do you know if all of these adapters use the same drivers? Does WDS automatically pick up the driver or do you have to add it? On Ebay you can pick them up for £1.50, has anyone dare use these? Thanks

I've just been told that my primary school has ordered 60 No Acer Aspire Switch 12 Alpha, SA5-271P tablets with detachable keyboard. After a bit of research it appears that they have no Ethernet socket just wireless. This is a bit of a problem as we normally use WDS to create and deploy images and i'm certain that WDS wont deploy over wireless. If that is the case does anyone know of a third party software that will enable me to create an image an deploy it to the remaining 59 tablets? Thanks

I normally use WDS to install and re-image my primary school PC's on our Server 2012. However I am tired of trying to find the right driver to actually boot a PC before installing an image. We have just taken delivery of 64 HP Compaq Elite 8300 SFF and surprise surprise they wont PXE boot. I have tried lots of WINPE drivers for the Intel 82579LM card with no joy and as HP are unwilling to help I'am forced to look for an alternative. So the question is what's the best software to use?

Hi jon Thanks for the reply, everything looks ok. I have noticed in Event viewer in the GroupPloicy section that I have an error 'Manual processing of policy failed for computer domain\conmputername. Event ID 7004.

Hi I'm pulling my hair out with this one!! I have a Server 2008 x64 Enterprise SP2 and Win7 x86 clients, things have been working fine until recently. Logging on to any PC I found that my GPO's didn't apply, I performed a gpupdate/force I then generated a GPReport which came up with the following error. Group Policy Infrastructure failed due to the error listed below. Access is denied. Note: Due to the GP Core failure, none of the other Group Policy components processed their policy. Consequently, status information for the other components is not available. I then ran rsop.msc on the affected pc and I have a red cross on the 'Computer Configuration' and the 'User Configuration' As any one got any suggestions before I lose all my hair? Thanks Tony

Hi I'm pulling my hair out with this one!! I have a Server 2012 x64 Enterprise SP2 and Win7 x86 clients, things have been working fine until recently. Logging on to any PC I found that my GPO's didn't apply, I performed a gpupdate/force I then generated a GPReport which came up with the following error. Group Policy Infrastructure failed due to the error listed below. Access is denied. Note: Due to the GP Core failure, none of the other Group Policy components processed their policy. Consequently, status information for the other components is not available. I then ran rsop.msc on the affected pc and I have a red cross on the 'Computer Configuration' and the 'User Configuration' As any one got any suggestions before I lose all my hair? Thanks Tony

Hi Two schools I look after have recently had the same problem with Pubisher 2007. When a user opens up Publisher it opens the recovered file from all the users that have used Publisher on that pc. If you close them all down individually and then re-open publisher everything works as normal. I could understand if this was on one or two pc's but it's on 65 spanning two seperate schools. Any body come acoss this problem and have a simple fix? Thanks Tony