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The Windows Automated Installation Kit from Microsoft aids in building automatable OS deployment images

The Windows® Automated Installation Toolkit (AIK) is a collection of tools and documentation designed to help IT Professionals deploy Windows.

The Windows AIK is ideal for highly customized environments. The tools in the AIK enable you to configure many deployment options, and they provide a high degree of flexibility. The corporate deployment environment varies from one company to another. Depending on your business needs and resources, you may choose to use all or parts of the resources available in the AIK.

From http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd349343(WS.10).aspx

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SCVMM Error 10644 - Missing WAIK files in the GAC

I cannot create a new SCVMM VM from a template. The creation fails with: Error (10644) Virtual Machine Manager cannot access the WAIK (Windows Automated Installation Kit) Image Manager DLLs. Recommended Action Install WAIK and ensure that…
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Working with WDS

I work with WDS on Windows Server 2008-R2. I need to create some WIM images. For creating images i need the ImageX utility it is member of WAIK. Can i download the ImageX separately from the WAIK? Also i need articles to create images with ImageX …
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Creating Answer File For Windows 7 Deployment

We use Dell Computers here and we are wanting to create a standard Desktop Image for Deployment. We only have the OEM copy of Windows 7 Professional that ships with each system. I understand about using the AIK to create the answer file but my…
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Adding drivers to a non bootable drive

I have a server 2008 installation with a faulty motherboard. I have changed the motherboard and Windows blue screens on boot up. It is caused by the SATA drivers. I'm trying to find a method of installing the drivers manually without booting…
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When using the Windows Automated Installation Kit do I need install.wim?

I've prepared an unattended install answer file using the Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK) so I can sysprep a Windows 2008 image. This obviously required install.wim from the Windows source DVD for the purposes of creating a catalogue. Do I…
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Display add user screen in Windows Server OOBE

I am currently making system images for deployment to our production hardware. I am creating both 32-bit Windows Standard 8 Embedded and 64-bit Windows Server 2012 images. What I am trying to do is make the OOBE process as consistent as possible…
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Windows 7 Bootloader installs to wrong drive when installing from secondary hard drive

I have set up an unattended installation of Windows 7, but my setup causes the bootloader to be installed to the wrong drive. Here is the setup: Drive 0 (OS Drive): This is the drive that the OS gets installed to. This is also the drive I want the…
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I will create a master Windows 7 Ultimate Edition image, but there are missing object blocks while configuring answer file. How can i find it?

I will create a master Windows 7 image, but there are missing object blocks while configuring answer file. Is it about windows7 Ultimate? I thought like that because blogs includes explanation about windows7 Enterprise For example: 1 Windows PE…
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I need to run a program after the Windows Vista Installer Completes. (Windows AIK)

How can I run a program after the Windows Installer? I know how to mount and commit .wim files. This must be done using the Windows Automated Installation Kit. Is there a default registry hive where I can create a entry under…
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Can you use the Windows 7 WAIK and procedure to image Vista?

Can you use the Windows 7 WAIK and procedure to image Vista?
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Creating WINPE boot disc for IA64 architecture

Following the steps in the Windows Deployment Services getting started guide to create bootable media. After running Copype.cmd ia64 c:\winpe there is no equivalent of etfsboot.com in the c:\winpe\iso\boot\ folder. So as per…
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