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Microsoft has released an update to update Windows 8 and Windows 2012 R2 to support KMS host for later versions of Windows such as the soon to be released Windows 10. You can read about the update here https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3058168 Important Do not install a language pack after you install this update. Otherwise, the language-specific changes in the update will not be applied, and you will have to reinstall the update. For more information, see Add language packs to Windows. Method 1: Windows Update This update is provided as an optional update in Windows Update. For more information about how to run Windows Update, see How to get an update through Windows Update. Method 2: Microsoft Download CenterThe following files are available for download from the Microsoft Download Center: Operating system Update All supported x86-based versions of Windows 8.1 Download the package now. All supported x64-based versions of Windows 8.1 Download the package now. All supported x64-based versions of Windows Server 2012 R2 Download the package now. All supported x86-based versions of Windows 8 Download the package now. All supported x64-based versions of Windows 8 Download the package now. All supported x64-based versions of Windows Server 2012 Download the package now. Note The update for Windows RT 8.1 or Windows RT can be obtained only from Windows Update. For more information about how to download Microsoft support files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: cheers niall

While you can image a Window 7 machine with UEFI it's only possible when you can disable things like secure boot in the bios or enable CSM mode (lenovo) is it worth it ? maybe, maybe not, try it and see.

you need to split the wim or split the partitions on the usb media (so first partition is FAT so that UEFI can understand it, and second is ntfs)

oh right, no Configmgr... well forget about that then, why are you using WDS, no MDT ?

what about the smspxe.log like i mentioned, attach it here

do you mean that UEFI network boot works fine for two days and then all of a sudden it fails with that error ? what does the smspxe.log file tell you when you receive that failure ?

with mdt you can boot from lan/usb/media no problem, and it handles uefi as well as legacy easily

from the FAQ - http://blogs.technet.com/b/configmgrteam/archive/2015/05/19/sysctr-2012-configmgr-sp2-and-systctr-2012-r2-configmgr-sp1-faq.aspx Which version of the Windows ADK should I use with System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP2 or System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager SP1? System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP2 and System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager SP1 use the Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit 8.1. This version is required beginning with R2. If your sites currently run System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1, before you run Setup, on the site server and on each computer that runs an instance of the SMS Provider you must uninstall the Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit 8.0, and then download and install Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit 8.1. For more information see Prerequisites For Deploying Operating Systems in Configuration Manager. You can find the latest version of the Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit 8.1 on the Microsoft Download Center. i'm guessing that you are testing something that is compatible with SCCM 2016 (the tp release) which does have windows 10 support baked in, however have you tried modifying your boot wim as i describe in this old post here.. http://www.niallbrady.com/2013/10/09/how-can-i-manually-add-winpe-5-boot-images-to-system-center-2012-configuration-manager-sp1-cu3/

don't capture the image directly from the surface pro 3, use virtual machines instead to build your master image, and capture it from there, as regards customizing the start screen see here > http://www.windows-noob.com/forums/index.php?/topic/8101-using-system-center-2012-configuration-manager-part-13-deploying-windows-8-x64-with-custom-start-screen/ to build and capture windows 8.1 it's the same process as Windows 7 or less (with ConfigMgr) as described here > http://www.windows-noob.com/forums/index.php?/topic/6353-using-system-center-2012-configuration-manager-part-7-build-and-capture-windows-7-x64-sp1/ or use MDT to build your reference image as most people advise, you can setup a quick MDT infrastructure following my guides here > http://www.windows-noob.com/forums/index.php?/forum/74-mdt/ hope that helps ! lastly, have you seen this yet ? CM12 in a Lab - 5 video series on deploying the Microsoft Surface Pro 3 - available now !

MDT is easy, you should get into it sooner rather than later, plenty of videos and guides out there to help you along, if you run my powershell script you'll have a working server up and running in minutes. as regards the video, clearly it's bluescreening but i'm not sure if that's the OS on the computer or otherwise, didn't see how you booted it to the boot image.... (network, usb, whatever)

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are you deploying systems solely with WDS, why not use MDT which is free and well documented (and supported) ?

ok is the disc formatted as GPT or not, when you change hardware to UEFI the disc must be in the right format, can you video the booting process so i can see the errors as they occur ?

can you attach the smsts.log files

for UEFI boot to work, you need the architecture of the boot wim to match the architecture of the UEFI device, does it ? also, what about storage drivers for your hardware, have you added any to your boot image ?

so if you press f8 when it's failing, do you have an ip ? can you ping your mdt server ip address ?

sounds like you havn't got the gigabit network driver in your boot wim, which you would have if you used my PowerShell script, so... are you using my script or not ?

have you seen this ? http://www.niallbrady.com/2012/08/16/migrate-me-to-windows-8/

try a reboot before the step in the task sequence

no idea, which driver pack are you using and can you show me a screenshot of your device manager

can you expand on what you are saying here ? also include logs or a screenshot of the error please

i'd just use one hdd, one large 1tb SSD, i'm not aware of the issue being 'known' or not, you'd have to ask Microsoft.

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A new icon will appear in your system tray as shown here, clicking on it will display the upgrade to Windows 10 message The popup is appearing on some Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 desktops from today onwards and it's shown below. clicking on Reserve your free upgrade set's the ability to get the download and you can also enter your email address to get an email confirmation or click on the hamburger icon for more info or to check if your computer is suitable for the upgrade Why am I seeing the popup ? The popup is due to the following update https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3035583. How can I remove the popup ? You can uninstall the update if you want to remove the popup. As Windows 10 is nearing it's end-goal, and bug squashing is continuing, I'd expect a lot of users will want to move to Windows 10 when it's finished. What about Enterprise users ? There will be no popup on machines running the Enterprise SKU, machines that are domain-joined, or machines that are MDM-managed. Is there a registry key for disabling this ? Yup, here it is, create the folllowing to prevent the Get Windows X ability [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Gwx]"DisableGwx"=dword:00000001 Related reading http://venturebeat.com/2015/05/31/microsoft-starts-prompting-windows-7-and-windows-8-users-to-reserve-their-free-windows-10-upgrade/ http://www.infoworld.com/article/2906002/operating-systems/mystery-patch-kb-3035583-for-windows-7-and-8-revealed-it-s-a-windows-10-prompter-downloader.html

what version of Configuration Manager are you running exactly ?