Although there are various methods for creating custom Windows deployment images, the process has gained a reputation for being somewhat tedious and convoluted. That being the case, I wanted to take ...

On Windows 11 (and 10), DISMTools is a free, non-Microsoft open-source graphical user interface (GUI) designed to enhance and ...

Comparing laptops for your remote workers is critical in this work-from-home era, especially if the laptops you’re considering contain a CPU from a different manufacturer than the ones already in your ...

If you receive a message Windows deployment services encountered an error 0xc0000023 when deploying an ISO image, this post will help you resolve the issue. However ...

WDS can be set up via the traditional GUI, but what if you're in an enterprise and have a lot of WDS servers to set up? In that case, PowerShell is a great way to automate the process. Windows ...

Getting Windows 11 set up with everything you need isn't the easiest process. It's not exactly easy to backup all your files and programs in one go and have them ready when you set up a new PC.

OS imaging and deployment tools help system administrators standardize the configurations of endpoints and onboard new computers quickly. We list the best. You need to set up all of your endpoints so ...

DISM is a Windows command-line utility that helps admins and power users keep a sharp eye on installations and images. It’s worth getting to know, and an occasional life-saver. Windows’ built-in ...

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 ...

Windows’ built-in Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM) command, a.k.a. dism.exe, is something of a Swiss Army knife when it comes to working on Windows OS images. Among its many ...

We currently use WDS for new Windows image deployment (and server rebuilds), targeting bare metal (mostly UCS) and HyperV (no SCVMM). If I'm building multiple servers, it can be a little annoying, we ...

In the first installment in this series, I showed you how to install the software that is required for creating a custom Windows deployment image, as well as how to ...