HOWTO: Making a Windows 7 accelerated Deployment Image (Author: Su Fan)

accelerate deployment of images - Which is what we usually call a system template, usually to improve Windows installation speed, a standardized system with drivers, application software, patches, and custom settings is produced beforehand. This allows us to use the accelerated deployment image after the installation, allowing users to work directly, not only greatly reducing the installation time, but also improve the user experience.

in the Windows XP era, when we finished customizing the system to enable the accelerated deployment of the image for different HAL Computers, we also need to manually perform many complex and tedious operation, and then use Sysprep to perform system encapsulation preparation, and then package the system when finished. If you want to implement automatic installation, you will also need to make a copy of the answer file for Sysprep in advance using setupmgr.

        fromWindows VistaStart,WindowsHas undergone a qualitative change in the installation and deployment of theWindows 7It has been improved and strengthened. Now we useSysprepof thegeneralizeparameter, you can create a set of unaffectedHALa generic image that is restricted. And the auto answer file is rich in more features and settings, and we now needWAIK(Windows Automated Installation Kit) This newWindowsAutomatic Installation Kit to makeWindowsthe answer file. BecauseWindowsimprovements in installation methods, where the fragmented installation files were packaged in an extensionWIMFile, in addition to the file-based storage,WIMnot constrained by disk size, can be easily deployed to different volumes of partition volume, and in the releaseWIMthe files are tightly arranged. This will make it easier for us to maintain or deploy the image.

        becauseWindows 7Some of the new features, such as: SystemOOBEThe stage must create a new user and, after customization, apply the current user profile to the default User configuration, you need toWAIKin thespecializeStage throughcopyprofile=trueto achieve. Cause we can't be like beforeWindows XPCreate a custom accelerated deployment image like that. In theWAIKThe Help documentation provides a standard process for deploying multiple installations, given the constraints of some environmental factors, goxia uses the following process to make An accelerated deployment image of Windows 7.

This test environment was created in Hyper-V with a Windows 7 virtual machine, and the standard installation was directly Mount 's Windows 7 Pro ISOmakes it easy to use virtualization to create an accelerated deployment image. If you intend to implement on a physical machine, you can perform a standardized installation using the installation CD, mobile U -disk, or network installation.

        after the installation is complete, you will first enterOobestage, i.e.Welcomeinterface. BeforeGoxiasaidWindows 7in theOobeStage You must create a user (note: This design is for security reasons, the defaultAdministratorthe account is disabled. ), also if you follow the wizard to completeWelcomeOperation, it is cumbersome to perform the operation of the current user that was created after the system encapsulation. So we call it by callingctrl+shift+f3calledAudit(audit mode) directly into the system so that we canAdministratorcustomized System. Note: This operation restarts the computer once.

in audit mode we can install drivers, install applications, personalize Windows and applications.

        Once the above steps are complete, we can customize the answer file to meet the automation requirements, and use it on the technician computerWAIKCreate an answer file. Because some software does not useMSIinstallation, so shortcuts cannot be applied to users who use computers in the future, and to unify standard user profiles, you must useWAIKenable in an answer fileCopyProfile. To facilitate future installationWindows 7reduces manual intervention, so we also have to pre-define standard settings in the answer file. Here is a well-made answer file,Goxiaas long as theSpecializeand theOobeSystemsection is defined:

CopyProfile only in Specialize phase.

The regional and language options that bypass the Oobe phase (Welcome interface) need to be as microsoft-windows-i Nternational-core_neutral the settings.

set TimeZone in the microsoft-windows-shell-setup_neutral component to bypass time and time zone settings 。

          OOBE components can be set by setting the Hideeulapage=true hidewirelesssetupinoobe=true Skip wireless network settings (if available wirelessly); networklocation=work Skip the network location setting and set the current network location to the working network (if the network is available); protectyourpc=1 skip Windows protection level setting and setting the protection level to the recommended update level.

Copy the created answer file to the Windows 7 virtual machine and execute the sysprep/generalize/oobe/shutdown/unatten D:unattendpath, note the full path to the file where Unattendpath is unattend.xml .

          load contains ImageX tool WinPE tool tray, start the Windows 7 virtual machine into WinPE environment. Contains ImageX tool WinPE The authoring process can refer to the previous Help documentation.

          use ImageX " tool captures the system image and copies the captured image to another location. If you intend to use the Windows 7 flags Windows 7 Setup.exe recognition. The command line reference is as follows:

imagex/capture/compress fast c:f: \ backup \ install.wim "Windows 7 Professional x86"/flags "Professional"

          Install.wim replace Windows 7 SETUPCD Sources Install.wim file RePack Build ISO use it.

At this point, The process of accelerating the deployment of images for Windows 7 is over. The focus of this log is to enter the Audit mode customization system and to create an answer file that contains the copyprofile parameter .

HOWTO: Making a Windows 7 accelerated Deployment Image (Author: Su Fan)