add a custom background to MDT

Goal

Add a custom background to MDT, to achieve a more corporate look and or to customise the look of MDT to fall in line with your branding.

Solution

Once you have your Background.bmp file created you will need to overwrite the current existing file C:\Program Files\Microsoft Deployment Toolkit\Samples with your image.

You will then need to completely regenerate the boot image and then replace the boot image on WDS

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Once complete you can now boot via PXE into MDT and you will see your new background displayed.

Prerequisites

A BMP image file sized 800×600 pixels named Background.bmp such as the one below

Background

Internal Links

Installing And Configuring MDT For Windows 10 Minimal Touch Deployments (theictguy.co.uk)

How To Add Drop Down OU Selection Boxes To MDT – The ICT Guy

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