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Authorize a WDS Server in Active Directory, Use the Client Installation Wizard, Manage Authorized

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2. In the console tree, go to Active Directory Users and Computers > Applicable domain > Applicable organizational unit (such as Computers/Applicable WDS server), and right-click the applicable WDS server. 3. Click Properties. Then, in the Properties dialog box, go to the Remote Install tab and click Advanced Settings. 4. In the Advanced Settings dialog box, go to the New Clients tab. 5. Select the client computer naming format you want to use, or click Customize to create a client computer naming format. 6. To specify where to create the client computer account, click one of the following options: • Default directory service location • Same location as the user setting up the client computer • The following directory service location 7. If you choose the last option in Step 6, click Browse and specify where to create the computer accounts. Authorize a WDS Server in Active Directory A WDS server must be authorized in Active Directory to respond to clients requesting service. If WDS is installed on a server that is not an authorized DHCP server, or is added to a DHCP server that is not authorized in Active Directory, complete the following steps: 1. Log in to the domain in which the WDS server resides. The account you use must be a member of the Enterprise Admins group. 2. From the Start menu, point to Programs and Administrative Tools, and click DHCP from the list. This starts the DHCP Management snap-in. 3. Right-click the DHCP root node in the scope pane, and then click Manage Authorized Servers. 4. Click Authorize, enter the IP address or name of the WDS server, and then click OK. When prompted to ensure that this is the correct WDS server to authorize, click Yes. The server will not respond to client requests until the changes to Active Directory take effect. For these rights to apply immediately, on the domain controller where your rights have been set, complete the following steps: 1. On the Start menu, click Run. 2. Enter the cmd command. 3. At the command prompt, enter: secedit /refreshpolicy /MACHINE_POLICY Use the Client Installation Wizard The following installation options are included in the Client Installation Wizard (CIW). Automatic setup is available by default. WDS uses Group Policy settings that allow access to the automatic setup option only, which restricts administrators from the other installation options in the following list: • Automatic Setup-This option enables you to select which OS to install but it does not prompt you for specific configuration settings. If only one operating system option is offered, you are not prompted, and an unattended installation of the OS image starts. • Custom Setup-This option enables you to override the automatic computer naming process and the default location in Active Directory where client computer accounts will be created. Help desk or administrators can use this option to preinstall a client computer for someone within the enterprise. • Restart a Previous Setup Attempt-This option restarts the OS installation process when an installation attempt fails before completion. This option does not copy files from where the Task 6: Set up an Installation Method 25

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2.
In the console tree, go to
Active Directory Users and Computers > Applicable domain
> Applicable organizational unit
(such as Computers/Applicable WDS server), and
right-click the applicable WDS server.
3.
Click
Properties
. Then, in the Properties dialog box, go to the
Remote Install
tab and click
Advanced Settings
.
4.
In the Advanced Settings dialog box, go to the
New Clients
tab.
5.
Select the client computer naming format you want to use, or click
Customize
to create a
client computer naming format.
6.
To specify where to create the client computer account, click one of the following options:
Default directory service location
Same location as the user setting up the client computer
The following directory service location
7.
If you choose the last option in
Step 6
, click
Browse
and specify where to create the computer
accounts.
Authorize a WDS Server in Active Directory
A WDS server must be authorized in Active Directory to respond to clients requesting service.
If WDS is installed on a server that is not an authorized DHCP server, or is added to a DHCP
server that is not authorized in Active Directory, complete the following steps:
1.
Log in to the domain in which the WDS server resides. The account you use must be a
member of the Enterprise Admins group.
2.
From the Start menu, point to Programs and Administrative Tools, and click
DHCP
from
the list. This starts the DHCP Management snap-in.
3.
Right-click the DHCP root node in the scope pane, and then click
Manage Authorized
Servers
.
4.
Click
Authorize
, enter the IP address or name of the WDS server, and then click
OK
. When
prompted to ensure that this is the correct WDS server to authorize, click
Yes
.
The server will not respond to client requests until the changes to Active Directory take effect.
For these rights to apply immediately, on the domain controller where your rights have been
set, complete the following steps:
1.
On the Start menu, click
Run
.
2.
Enter the
cmd
command.
3.
At the command prompt, enter:
secedit /refreshpolicy /MACHINE_POLICY
Use the Client Installation Wizard
The following installation options are included in the Client Installation Wizard (CIW). Automatic
setup is available by default. WDS uses Group Policy settings that allow access to the automatic
setup option only, which restricts administrators from the other installation options in the
following list:
Automatic Setup—This option enables you to select which OS to install but it does not
prompt you for specific configuration settings. If only one operating system option is offered,
you are not prompted, and an unattended installation of the OS image starts.
Custom Setup—This option enables you to override the automatic computer naming process
and the default location in Active Directory where client computer accounts will be created.
Help desk or administrators can use this option to preinstall a client computer for someone
within the enterprise.
Restart a Previous Setup Attempt—This option restarts the OS installation process when an
installation attempt fails before completion. This option does not copy files from where the
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