Windows Vista OS image creation and deployment guide

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Thanks Bink for the heads up on this article. Windows Vista OS setup is built on an entirely new set of technologies than previous versions of Windows, and as a result the process of creating OS images and creating and using unattend files is different than you might be used to from the past.

If you are planning to create and deploy OS images for Windows Vista, I encourage you to take a look at the Windows Vista deployment step-by-step guide at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvi...3dd53bc3fa.mspx for some helpful information. The following sections are included in the deployment guide:

Tools and technologies - http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvi...mspx#BKMK_TOOLS
Requirements and prerequisites - http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvi...EQS_AND_PREREQS
Step 1: building a lab environment - http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvi...#BKMK_BUILD_LAB
Step 2: building an answer file - http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvi...MK_BUILD_ANSWER
Step 3: building a master installation - http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvi...MK_BUILD_MASTER
Step 4: creating an image - http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvi...MK_CREATE_IMAGE
Step 5: deploying an image - http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvi...MK_DEPLOY_IMAGE

In addition, it is worth reviewing the content of the Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK), which is located at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=53552.

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#1 +accesser on 28 Nov 2006 - 11:06

I got to see some of this stuff in action when I went to the Microsoft Ready Summit in Brisbane very cool (Y)

#2 hardgiant on 28 Nov 2006 - 11:10

Thank God the Image creation process is so easy.

#3 +NeoFlux on 28 Nov 2006 - 12:19

Could I deploy this on my Linux Server? Allowing me to install Vista from the Server rather than going through this whole DVD crap? Network installs are a lot faster for me..

(1 reply) #4 Sn4k36 on 28 Nov 2006 - 14:30

or you can just go to http://www.vlite.net/ and download the program and have it done alot easier... this program is by the same maker of nlite.. but it's for windows vista.

also to let you know it's still an alpha build...

#4.1 RealFduch on 29 Nov 2006 - 06:08

Aha. I heard it even removes "unnecessary" .Net Framework from Vista. Then strangely many apps stop working. But who cares. 40 Mbs are so expensive loss of disk space.

#5 Express on 28 Nov 2006 - 16:46

How do I embed the product in the answer file?

#6 WAR-DOG on 28 Nov 2006 - 20:33

I am waiting for nlite (http://www.nliteos.com/) to update for Vista

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