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Greta Pauwels's avatar
Greta Pauwels
Copper Contributor
Apr 18, 2017

MDT for windows 10 version 1703

Can I use the "old" MDT (for version 1607) to deploy Windows 10 version 1703?   If not, where can I find the new version of MDT for windows 10 version 1703?
Steffen Nielsen's avatar
Steffen Nielsen
Copper Contributor
Apr 20, 2017

Hi Greta,

 

I assume you mean MDT 8443, which was released in November?
I have used that MDT, with the ADK 10.1.14393 to create the Windows 10 1703 images we use in our organisation, so the answer would be yes.

 

The new MDT is not yet released, but I recommend ou follow this blog:
https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/msdeployment/

 

The ADK, however, is released for 1703, and can be found here:

https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/ausoemteam/2017/04/06/download-windows-adk-for-windows-10-version-1703/

  • Tony Fleming's avatar
    Tony Fleming
    Copper Contributor
    May 03, 2017

    Agreed, I have also completed capturing and deploying a Win10 x64 1703 reference image using the same configuration but I found that when I deploy it to a physical device (vs. virtual machine) at the beginning of the STATERESTORE Property phase/ZTINextPhase (Component) I hear "All right, you're connected.  Now we'll check for any updates".  I'm assuming this is the network adapter configuration as it is not uniquely identified in the deployment logs.

     

    I would like to disable it but I can't find any documentation indicating its presence.  I didn't know if controlling it might be a feature in ADK 1703.  Has anyone else seen this behavior?

    • Peter McDaniel's avatar
      Peter McDaniel
      Copper Contributor
      May 14, 2018

      It is Cortana. Made me jump the first time it happened (A SurfacePro on which the volume defaults to 100%) It can be disabled by adding this to the Unattend.xml, in Pass 4, Deployment Neutral, under Run SynchronousCommand:

      Reg Add HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\OOBE /v DisableVoice /d 1 /t REG_DWORD /f

    • Deleted's avatar
      Deleted
      Nov 18, 2017
      Hi Tony,

      I'm seeing that you were able to capture an image of Windows 10. I have installed MDT 8443 and the latest Windows 10 AIK (v1709). I'm encountering a problem when I'm trying to capture the image. Please see the URL below where I have provided some screenshots. I'm not sure what the problem can be and I hope you can help me with this. Thank you in advanced.
      https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/2089949-windows-server-2016-wds-having-trouble-to-login?page=1#entry-7386427
    • Julian Delaney's avatar
      Julian Delaney
      Copper Contributor
      Sep 26, 2017

      Michael Niehaus just mentioned a method for disabling the cortana voice prompts during deployment.

      https://twitter.com/mniehaus/status/910963167894814720

       

      "Set value "DIsableVoice" under HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\OOBE to 1 (DWORD) and Cortana will stop talking..."

      "The tricky part is how to set that. You can add a RunSynchronous command in the unattend.xml to set that before OOBE."

       

      Worth mentioning a comment further down in the thread:

      "You will want to make a note about turning it back on again though. Turning off disability assistance features will be an issue in some orgs"

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