Question

I am using a Domain Admins account to run the console and the service is running under local system. I try approve Requests from Pending devices, then I got notice Access Denied, (Windows Server 2003 R2). And why Architecture x64, clients are x86? Is that the reason and how to fix it? A. Open WDS and right click on the server and select properties. Then click on the tab "PXE Response settings" and select respond to all (known and unknown) client. And also select the little checkbox below. B. You need to grant permissions on the OU in which you want to create machine accounts for the WDS Server Machine Account. C. To grant permissions to approve a pending computer. Open Active Directory Users and Computers. Right-click the OU where you are creating prestaged computer accounts, and then select Delegate Control. On the first screen of the wizard, click Next. Change the object type to include computers. Add the computer object of the Windows Deployment Services server, and then click Next. Select Create a Custom task to delegate. Select Only the following objects in the folder. Then select the Computer Objects check box, select Create selected objects in this folder, and click Next. In the Permissions box, select the Write all Properties check box, and click Finish. D. Define the OU path to add systems in WDS. Delegate Computer object create or greater rights to the WDS server for the OU. Delegate computer object create rights to your account or simply use a domain admin account to logon.

Answer 1

To fix the 'Access Denied' error when trying to approve Requests from Pending devices on Windows Server 2003 R2, you need to grant permissions on the OU where you want to create machine accounts for the WDS Server Machine Account. Follow the step-by-step instructions provided in the answer to delegate the necessary permissions.

Step-by-step explanation:

To fix the 'Access Denied' error when trying to approve Requests from Pending devices on Windows Server 2003 R2, you need to grant permissions on the Organizational Unit (OU) where you want to create machine accounts for the Windows Deployment Services (WDS) Server Machine Account. Here are the steps:

1. Open Active Directory Users and Computers.
2. Right-click on the OU where you are creating prestaged computer accounts and select 'Delegate Control'.
3. On the first screen of the wizard, click 'Next'.
4. Change the object type to include computers.
5. Add the computer object of the WDS server.
6. Select 'Create a Custom task to delegate'.
7. Click 'Next'.
8. Select 'Only the following objects in the folder'.
9. Select the 'Computer Objects' check box.
10. Select 'Create selected objects in this folder' and click 'Next'.
11. In the Permissions box, select the 'Write all Properties' check box and click 'Finish'.

This will grant the necessary permissions to approve pending computers in the WDS environment.