Tag: Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT)

Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) provides a unified collection of tools, processes, and guidance for automating desktop and server deployments.

Error 183: Specified image is being serviced by another DISM operation

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Error 183: Specified image is being serviced by another DISM operation

Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM) is a command-line tool that is used to mount and service Windows images before deployment. You can use DISM image management commands to mount and get information about Windows image (. wim) files or virtual hard disks (VHD). In this guide, we shall discuss how to Fix Error 183: The specified image is…

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Unable to execute: The application GUID not found in the application list

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Unable to execute: The application GUID not found in the application list

The Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) is a free tool for automating Windows and Windows Server operating system deployment, leveraging the Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) for Windows 10. It is primarily used to deploy images to a large number of physical machines and can be downloaded from this link. When running a deployment, the…

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Fix error 0x800f0805, run DISM executable (Failure 5627)

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Fix error 0x800f0805, run DISM executable (Failure 5627)

Windows Deployment Services (WDS) is a server technology from Microsoft for network-based installation of Windows operating systems. While DISM is one of the deployment tools included in the Windows ADK and is used for capturing, servicing, and deploying boot images and operating system images and can both services online and offline image. In this article,…

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How to fix DISM Error 87: The package is unknown

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How to fix DISM Error 87: The package is unknown

If you are conversant with WDS, MDT and Windows Image manipulation, you must have come across this error multiple times. There are a lot of DISM error 87 and there isn’t any single solution for all. It makes sense to analyse the specific error promoted and then, have it resolved. In this article, you will…

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DISM failed with error 0x800f081f: Source file could not be found

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DISM failed with error 0x800f081f: Source file could not be found

Usually, the DISM failed “0x800f081f” error is caused by incorrectly configured system settings or irregular entries in the Windows registry. But in this case, this error message states that the DISM tool was unable to find the files required to fix the Windows image in their default location. In this article, we shall discuss “DISM…

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How to fix the system cannot find the file specified when adding LP, LIP, and FoD packages to Windows Images

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How to fix the system cannot find the file specified when adding LP, LIP, and FoD packages to Windows Images

You may run into “fix the system cannot find the file” issue when adding packages to Windows Image (install.wim) file. I will be discussing the reason for this error and how to resolve. Here are some articles I have written on how to resolve some errors relating to Windows Images. Error 0xc1570103: The license file was…

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Action cannot be complete because the computer is open in Wimserv

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Action cannot be complete because the computer is open in Wimserv

Sometimes you may need to delete a windows image (install.wim ) file and be prompted with the following error message as shown below. In this article, we shall discuss how to fix “Action cannot be complete because the computer is open in Wimserv”. Please see Error code 15601: How to resolve DISM unspecified error when removing preinstalled…

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Install Wim: How to Add Packages to Windows image Using the DISM Tool

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Install Wim: How to Add Packages to Windows image Using the DISM Tool

Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM.exe) is a command-line tool that helps to update offline Windows Images. There are two ways to install or remove packages offline with DISM. You can either apply an unattended answer file to the offline image, or you can add or remove the package directly from the command prompt using…

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Determine Apps UWP and remove pre-provisioned Appx in Windows

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Determine Apps UWP and remove pre-provisioned Appx in Windows

In this article, we shall discuss how to determine Apps UWP and remove pre-provisioned Appx in Windows. Windows 10 comes with pre-installed apps that are not limited to Maps, People, Xbox, Photos, and music, etc. Please, see “Error 0xc1420127: The specified image in the specified wim is already mounted for read and write access, and Error…

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Add languages to Windows images using DISM and PowerShell

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Add languages to Windows images using DISM and PowerShell

Since Microsoft has decided to replace language packs (LPs) in .cab format with Local Experience Packs (LXPs) format. In the future, Microsoft is going to support LXPs only. There will no longer be any LPs.cab files for LIP. This will remove the overhead of needing language Packs (LP) as a prerequisite for installing Language Interface…

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License file was not found in the specified path (Error 0xc1570103)

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License file was not found in the specified path (Error 0xc1570103)

In this article, we shall discuss how to fix “License file was not found in the specified path (Error 0xc1570103)”. With Windows 10, version 1803, we started to deliver language translation improvements via Local Experience Packs referred to as LXPs. Please see these related guides: How to fix error 0xc1510114: The wim file needs to be…

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The wim file needs to be remounted: Fix error 0xc1510114

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The wim file needs to be remounted: Fix error 0xc1510114

A WIM file is saved in a file-based imaging format and this was first introduced in Windows Vista. A WIM file enables you to deploy a single disk image to numerous devices. WIM files help in managing files such as drivers, updates, Language Packs (LPs), Local Experience packs (LXPs) and other components without booting the…

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Error 0x80070002: When trying to mount an image file

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Error 0x80070002: When trying to mount an image file

It might interest you to know that, whenever the error 0x80070002 is prompted. It is one of the common error codes in Windows. This usually means that there are corrupt apps, outdated packages, and updates not superseded with new versions of Windows. This could mean that the needed files are missing despite downloading them from…

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