Prestaging computers from Windows 7

By default, one cannot prestage a computer object for PXEboot from a Windows 7 machine. While you can create a new computer object, it does not provide you the options for setting it as a managed object and inputting a GUID. Currently there is no official fix for the issue, but there is a workaround.

Note: Currently this only works for Windows 7 x64, as the x86 version of the files needed are not available.

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1. First, be sure you have the management tools installed.
   • Go to Microsoft.com and download the Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 7 and install them.
   • Open Control Panel > Programs and Features, then click on "Turn Windows features on or off".
   • Expand "Remote Server Administration Tools" > "Role Administation Tools" > "AD DS and AD LDS Tools" > "AD DS Tools"
   • Check "Active Directory Administrative Center" and "AD DS Snap-ins and Command-line tools".
   • Click OK to install the necessary features.
2. Go to \\wolftech.ad.ncsu.edu\deployment\Staging\Other Files\Windows 7 RemoteInstall DLLs
3. Copy imadmui.dll to %SystemRoot%\system32
4. Copy imadmui.dll.mui to %SystemRoot%\system32\en-us
5. Open a command prompt as an administrator, navigate to %SystemRoot%\system32, and run the command:
   • regsvr32 imadmui.dll
6. You should now be able to prestage objects to PXEboot.