Make the following Changes in the WDS server

Chang TFTP size to 1024

uncheck “enable variable window extension”

Problem:

In the server, you see the following error in the WDS log file:

                The Following Client failed TFTP Download:   ErrorCode: 13

At the client computer, you see the following error screen:

                Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be the cause.  Status:0xC0000001

Solution:

Make the following changes on WDS server

Open tab “TFTP” and change the maximum block size to e.g. 1024.

Uncheck “enable variable Window Extension”

If the wds server and the client machine are located in different networks, add  ip helper-address in the switch.

ip helper-address x.x.x.x   (WDS server's ip address)

Solution 2: add the drivers to the install image package.

1 Download the latest laptop/desktop network card driver and add the driver package.

Add driver packages to the Install Image

Problem:

Windows Deployment Services cannot be located on the specified server. The server might be down, there might be problems with the network, Windows Deployment Services might not be installed, the installation might be corrupt or you might not have permission to access the server.

How to fix:

On the WDS Server run the following commands in an Elevated Command Prompt:

wdsutil /uninitialize-server
wdsutil /initialize-server /reminst:{RemoteInstallFolder}   (example: WDSUTIL /Initialize-Server /RemInst:D:\RemoteInstall)

Active directory, two domain controllers, one is at 192.168.0.0/24  Vlan 1, the other is at 172.16.0.0/24 Vlan 20.

Problem: DNS Manager can not access the remote DNS server by using its ip address.

However, DNS manager can access the remote server by using its FQDN.

Solutions: 

After checking the firewall, user account permission, and DNS settings, etc,  everything looks fine. I have googled and could not find a solution.

Here is the trick to fix this issue:  Add the remote server’s reverse lookup zones, and let the domain controllers sync.  See the picture below.

The DNS manger can access the remote server by using its IP address after the active directory synced.

Run powershell

Install-WindowsFeature Server-Gui-Shell, Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra

From the command prompt type “netdom query fsmo” and hit “enter”.