I'm using WDS/Server 2008 R2 to deploy Windows 7 in a small organization. I have WDS configured to respond to all PXE clients, but require administrator approval.
When I PXE-boot a client, it sees the WDS server and begins to boot, then pauses awaiting for the admin approval. On the WDS server, the machine shows up as 'pending approval'. Everything as you;d expect.
The problem comes when approving the client request. If I pick either 'Approve' or 'Name and Approve', then WDS gives an error "The parameter was not correct".
If I configure the server to respond and automatically accept all requests, then everything works.
I can't find anything in the Internet about this issue, so over to you guys…. any ideas?
Best Answer
I found this rather old question while searching for a solution to this myself. For the record just in case someone else ends up here in the future:
The WDS server's computer account needs to be granted rights to create computer accounts in the AD. If you haven't specified a specific target OU in your WDS configuration - this would be the domain default computers OU.
The rights needed are listed in the task named "Prestage a computer" on this page: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc754005(WS.10).aspx