Windows Automated Installation Kit (Windows AIK) User's Guide

• Windows Automated Installation Kit (Windows AIK) User's Guide
  • New Features
  • Supported Platforms
  • Overview
  • Walkthroughs
• Windows Automated Installation Kit Scenarios
  • Scenario: Deploy from Media
  • Scenario: Deploy from a Network
  • Scenario: Deploy from a Server
  • Scenario: Service an Offline Image
  • Scenario: Service an Online Image
  • Scenario: Service an Image Using Windows Setup
• Preinstallation Phases
  • Phase 1: Planning Your Deployment
    • Introduction
    • Process Overview
    • Methods
    • Concepts
      • Images
      • Distribution Shares and Configuration Sets
      • Answer Files
      • Language Packs
        • Multilingual Deployments
        • Available Language Packs
        • Default Values
        • Default Input Locales
      • Disk Partitions
        • BIOS-Based Disk-Partition Configurations
        • UEFI-Based Disk-Partition Configurations
      • Windows 7 Footprint for Solid State Drives
      • Virtual Hard Disks with Native Boot
      • Audit Mode
      • Application Preinstallation
      • Device Drivers and Driver Ranking
      • Windows Recovery
      • Battery Life and Power Plans
      • BitLocker Drive Encryption
      • Servicing Strategies
      • Upgrade and Migration
      • Failures and Log Files
  • Phase 2: Building Your Deployment Environment
    • Building a Technician Computer
    • Building a Lab Environment
    • Network Considerations
    • Security Considerations
    • Work with Windows PE
      • Booting Windows PE
      • Building an Image
      • Walkthroughs
        • Create a Bootable CD-ROM
        • Create a Bootable USB Flash Disk
        • Create a Bootable Hard Disk
        • Boot Windows PE from CD-ROM
        • Boot Windows PE from a BIOS-based Hard Disk
        • Boot Windows PE from a UEFI-based Hard Disk
        • Create a Custom Image
        • Create an Optimized Image
        • Add Multilingual Support to Windows Setup
      • Customize a Windows PE Image
        • Add Device Drivers on an Offline Windows PE Image
        • Add Device Drivers on an Online Windows PE Image
        • Include a Custom Script
        • Add an Application
        • Add a Package
        • Add a Language Pack
        • Add an Update
        • Add Input Method Editor (IME)
        • View Current Packages
        • Configure IPSec Support
        • Customizing Windows RE
  • Phase 3: Preparing and Customizing Your Windows Image
    • Build a Configuration Set
    • Create or Open a Windows Image or Catalog
      • Open a Windows Image or Catalog File
      • Create or Recreate a Catalog
    • Create or Open a Distribution Share
      • Create a Distribution Share
      • Open a Distribution Share
      • Explore Distribution Shares
    • Work with Answer Files
      • Build an Answer File for BIOS-based Computers
      • Build an Answer File for UEFI-based Computers
      • Best Practices
      • Settings to Use for an Unattended Installation
    • Work with Product Keys and Activation
    • Configure International Settings in an Answer File
    • Create a Distribution Share for a Multilingual Image
    • Create Hard-Disk Partitions
      • Create BIOS-based Hard-Disk Partitions
      • Create UEFI-based Hard-Disk Partitions
    • Custom Commands and Scripts
      • Add a Custom Command to an Answer File
      • Add a Custom Script to Windows Setup
    • Customize Windows in Audit Mode
    • Enable and Disable the Built-in Administrator Account
    • Applications, Drivers, Packages, Files, and Folders
      • Add Files or Folders to a Distribution Share
      • Remove Files or Folders from a Distribution Share
      • Add Files and Folders by Using $OEM$ Folders
      • Add an Application
      • Change a Default Client Application
      • Add Out-of-Box Drivers to a Distribution Share
      • Add Device Drivers by Using Windows Setup
      • Add Packages to a Distribution Share
      • Add a Package to an Answer File
    • Configure Other Windows Options
      • Windows Welcome
        • Customize Windows Welcome
        • Automate Windows Welcome
      • Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE)
        • Create a Windows RE Image
        • Create a Windows RE Recovery Media
      • Power Plans
      • Windows Firewall
      • Windows System Assessment Tests Scores
      • Help and Support
      • Remote Desktop
      • Server Roles
      • SAN Policy
      • Deploy to a Remotely Controlled Computer
      • Message Queuing
      • Windows Backup
      • Wake on Wireless LAN (WoWLAN)
    • Build Configuration Sets or Data Images
      • Create a Configuration Set
      • Create a Data Image
  • Phase 4: Deploying Your Windows Image
    • Best Practices
    • Deploy Windows by Using Windows Setup
      • Booting from a DVD
      • Using a Configuration Set
      • Using a Custom Image
      • Installing Windows to an EFI-Based Computer
    • Capture and Apply Images
      • Deploy from a Network Share
      • Capture Images
        • Prepare to Capture an Image for Deployment (Generalize)
        • Manage the Activation Clock
        • Capture Images of Hard Disk Partitions by Using ImageX
        • Mount and Modify an Image
        • Split an Image
        • Create Spanned Media
      • Apply Images
        • Manage Multiple BIOS-based Disks
        • Manage Multiple UEFI-based Disks
        • Understanding Disk Location Paths
        • Apply Images by Using ImageX
        • Deploy a System Recovery Image
    • Using Windows Deployment Services
    • Deploy Windows on a Virtual Hard Disk with Native Boot
      • Deploy a Virtual Hard Disk for Native Boot
      • Add a Native-Boot Virtual Hard Disk to the Boot Menu
    • Other Deployment Options
      • Deploy an Image by Using PXE
      • Modify the Boot Configuration Data Store
  • Phase 5: Managing and Servicing Your Windows Image
    • Best Practices
    • Take Inventory of an Image or Component
    • Offline Servicing
      • Drivers
      • Windows Features and Packages
        • Windows Features
        • Packages
      • Language Packs
      • Change the Windows Image to a Higher Edition
      • Service a Mounted Windows Image
      • Service an Applied Windows Image
      • Service a Virtual Hard Disk Image
    • Online Servicing
      • Add Language Interface Packs
      • Add a Language Pack
      • Add or Remove System MSIs or Packages
      • Enable or Disable Windows Features
      • Add a Driver
    • Service a Windows PE Image
    • Add and Remove Local Packs
    • Service a Windows Vista or Server 2008 Image
• Deployment Tools Technical Reference
  • Windows Setup
    • What Is Windows Setup?
    • How Windows Setup Works
      • Installation Process
      • Methods for Running Windows Setup
      • Configuration Passes
        • How Configuration Passes Work
        • auditSystem
        • auditUser
        • generalize
        • offlineServicing
        • oobeSystem
        • specialize
        • windowsPE
      • Log Files
      • Cross-Platform Deployment
    • Command-Line Options
  • ImageX
    • What Is ImageX?
    • How ImageX Works
    • Command-Line Options
    • Windows Imaging File Format (WIM)
    • Create a WIM for Multiple Architecture Types
    • Create a Configuration File
    • Append a Volume Image to an Existing Image
  • Oobe.xml
    • What Is Oobe.xml?
    • How Oobe.xml Works
    • Settings
  • Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM)
    • What Is DISM?
    • How DISM Works
    • Command-Line Options
      • Windows PE Servicing Commands
      • Unattended Servicing Commands
      • Driver Servicing Commands
      • Operating System Package Servicing Command-Line Options
      • Languages and International Servicing Commands
      • Windows Edition-Servicing Commands
      • Application Servicing Commands
    • OCSetup Commands
  • Sysprep
    • What Is Sysprep?
    • How Sysprep Works
    • Command-Line Syntax
    • Support for Server Roles
  • Windows PE
    • What Is Windows PE?
    • How Windows PE Works
    • Tools
  • Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE)
    • What Is Windows RE?
    • How Windows RE Works
    • REAgentC Command-Line Options
  • Windows System Image Manager (Windows SIM)
    • What Is Windows SIM?
    • How Windows SIM Works
      • Terminology
      • Architecture
      • User Interface
      • Windows Image Files and Catalog Files
      • Settings and Properties
    • Work with Answer Files
      • Create a New Answer File
      • Open an Answer File
      • Add a Component
      • Customize a Setting
      • Validate an Answer File
      • Hide Sensitive Data
      • Add a List Item
      • Find a Component, Setting, or Package
      • Add a Device Driver Path
  • Command-Line Tools
    • BCDboot Commands
    • Bootsect Commands
    • Drvload Commands
    • Expand Commands
    • Intlcfg Commands
    • Lpksetup Commands
    • Oscdimg Commands
    • Tzutil Commands
    • Winpeshl.ini Files
    • Wpeinit Commands
    • Wpeutil Commands
  • Server Manager
    • Server Manager Extension Schema
• About This User's Guide
  • Document Conventions
  • Accessibility Features and Options
  • Printing the Documentation
• Technical Support for Windows AIK
• Windows AIK Glossary

• English-to-Russian translation