riahc3 Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Hello, Im getting a bit tired of formatting and installing so lets do this the right way: A semiautomatic installation. It needs to ask me only the following questions: PC name User name Domain the PC or not* * - With this, a pop screen stating the mac address of all currently connected media would be nice. Some IP addresses get reserved via MAC address so I want to assign itduring setup. All else should be automatic. Also I want to slipstream all possible updates to date to avoid all those restarts. I pretty much know how to do PXE setups since Ive read some tutorials and they look pretty easy. Whats the best way to do this? nLite existed a long time ago but Im not sure if there is better alternatives now... Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Veteran Posted February 10, 2014 Veteran Share Posted February 10, 2014 You could use the Windows Automated Installation Kit. It's available here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riahc3 Posted February 10, 2014 Author Share Posted February 10, 2014 Hello, You could use the Windows Automated Installation Kit. It's available here.Thank you Eric. Ive read about this but Im not sure if it can be customizable to exactly what I want... Im gonna check it out and any doubts Ill post. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grunt Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Could set up WDS on a server and get MDT going as well for LiteTouch Deployment. Then WSUS as well for fun. I'm setting this up at home but more of a lab thing for figuring out issues at work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riahc3 Posted February 10, 2014 Author Share Posted February 10, 2014 Hello, Installed both WAIK and MDT. It seems I have to make a WIM so Im extracting the files from the ISO. It seems I can make a 32 and 64 bit image so Im going that route. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riahc3 Posted February 10, 2014 Author Share Posted February 10, 2014 Hello, Im trying to use the Windows System Image Manager as it allows me to mount a WIM file. Ill have to ask later how to integrate updates. BTW, it asked me, when I mounted the WIM file, what versi?n did I want (Pro, Ultimate, etc). What happens when I want to mount a universal disc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Veteran Posted February 10, 2014 Veteran Share Posted February 10, 2014 I'm not exactly sure. If it didn't install help files you should be able to find that information on TechNet. Their docs do not require an account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riahc3 Posted February 11, 2014 Author Share Posted February 11, 2014 Hello, Hmm...can't seem to get it to work. Windows System Image Manager fails when I try to load a Windows image (WIM). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riahc3 Posted February 20, 2014 Author Share Posted February 20, 2014 Hello, Since I couldnt get it to work, Ill just make a image with Clonezilla after sysprop with everything updated... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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