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Deployment Tips

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BCD: Boot Configuration Database Notes: Date - Apr 29, 2009; Rating - 4; Author - Nirmal Sharma; This article explains the new feature added to the Windows Boot process in Windows Server 2008.
Creating a default network profile: Date - Apr 15, 2009; Rating - 4.7; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to create a default network profile in Vista.
Securing Windows images using permissions: Date - Mar 04, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Customized Windows images may contain sensitive or proprietary information. Here's a tip on how to secure your images using permissions when using Windows Deployment Services.
Prepping Windows PE for capture: Date - Jan 20, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Prepping a Windows PE build environment removes any components that are present in the component store but have not been installed.
Installing updates on Windows PE: Date - Jan 15, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; You can install updates on your Windows PE build environment using the peimg command.
Adding device drivers online to Windows PE: Date - Jan 08, 2009; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; You can add device drivers to dynamically when running Windows PE by using the drvload command.
Adding device drivers offline to Windows PE: Date - Dec 17, 2008; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; You can add device drivers to an offline Windows PE build environment by using the peimg command.
Copying applications into Windows PE: Date - Dec 16, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; You can copy applications into your Windows PE build environment by using the xcopy command.
How to Migrate XP to Vista When Using EFS: Date - Oct 23, 2008; Rating - 5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; If you have dozens or more XP workstations that use the Encrypting File System (EFS) to safeguard data, and you need to migrate these machines to Vista without losing your EFS keys and certificates, then what should you do?
Importing a language pack into Windows PE: Date - Sep 29, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; You can customize your Windows PE build environment by importing additional components such as language packs.
Specifying MAK Keys in Answer Files: Date - Sep 16, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Where do you specify a MAK key in an answer file for automating installation of Vista?
UI for creating answer files for Vista: Date - Sep 02, 2008; Rating - 3.5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Here’s an online site you can use to create answer files for installing Vista
Using Audit Mode for Sysprep: Date - Aug 26, 2008; Rating - 1.5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Here’s the who, the why and the how to use audit mode in Sysprep.
Turning on Windows features during an unattended install: Date - Jul 24, 2008; Rating - 2.5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to turn on Windows features during an unattended install of Vista.
Migrating unattend.txt to unattend.xml: Date - Jul 23, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Here is a quick tip for migrating your XP answer files to Vista.
Specifying your name and organization during an unattended install of Vista: Date - Jul 22, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; You can configure your answer file to specify your name and organization during an unattended install of Vista.
Specifying the target partition for unattended install of Vista: Date - Jul 15, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Here is a tip on specifying the target partition when performing an unattended install of Windows Vista.
Moving user profile location in Windows Vista: Date - Jul 08, 2008; Rating - 1.8; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to move the location where user profiles are stored in Windows Vista.
How to tell if a computer has been sysprepped.: Date - Jul 02, 2008; Rating - 5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Here’s an easy way how you can tell if a computer has been sysprepped.
Preparing a disk for an unattended install of Vista: Date - Jun 18, 2008; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Here’s a tip for preparing a disk for an unattended install of Windows Vista.
Adding comments to answer files: Date - Jun 12, 2008; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; You can add comments to your XML answer files to keep track of what your answer files are used for.
Three more things you shouldn’t do with Sysprep: Date - Jun 05, 2008; Rating - 3.3; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Three more things you shouldn’t do when running Sysprep on a Windows Vista computer.
Three things you shouldn’t with Sysprep: Date - May 29, 2008; Rating - 4.7; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Three things you should not do when running Sysprep on a Windows Vista computer.
Breaking into audit mode: Date - May 21, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to break into audit mode during a manual install of Windows Vista.
Changes to Sysprep switches in Vista: Date - May 08, 2008; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Differences between Sysprep options for Vista compared with XP
Implicit answer file search order for Vista: Date - May 06, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How Vista searches for an answer file when you don't tell it where to look
Troubleshooting Vista Installs: Date - Apr 29, 2008; Rating - 2; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to troubleshoot Vista installs using Setup logs.
Breaking into a command prompt in Windows PE: Date - Apr 24, 2008; Rating - 5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to open a command prompt during the Windows PE phase of Windows Setup for Vista.
What state is Vista Setup currently in?: Date - Apr 22, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to determine what state Windows Setup is in when installing Vista.
Vista’s Setup configuration passes for admins who deploy XP: Date - Apr 17, 2008; Rating - 3.5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Vista’s Setup configuration passes for admins who deploy XP.
Where is Sysprep in Vista?: Date - Apr 15, 2008; Rating - 5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Where can you find the Sysprep.exe utility in Vista?
Important Log Files for Deploying Vista: Date - Apr 10, 2008; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Five log files you should know about for troubleshooting Vista deployment problems.
Create Menus in Windows PE: Date - Mar 06, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; A tool for easily creating menus in Windows PE
ImageX with a GUI: Date - Mar 05, 2008; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to get a GUI for the imagex.exe command.
Edit the Registry of a Vista Image: Date - Feb 27, 2008; Rating - 4.5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to edit the registry of a captured image.
Essential Steps for Upgrading to Vista: Date - Feb 21, 2008; Rating - 5; Author - Mitch Tulloch; What you need to do before upgrading to Vista.
Upgrade Advisor’s Big Brother: Date - Feb 19, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to check a whole network of XP computers to see whether they can be upgraded to Vista.
Error Capturing Image of Reference Computer: Date - Feb 14, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to resolve an error that may occur when capturing an image using imagex.exe
Adding Boot Critical Drivers During Unattended Installation of Vista: Date - Feb 13, 2008; Rating - 1; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to add Boot Critical drivers during Unattended Installation of Vista
Using Multiple Answer Files with Windows Deployment Services: Date - Feb 06, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to use multiple answer files for the Windows DS client.
More Sysprep Errors with Vista: Date - Jan 31, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Resolving other errors that can occur when sysprepping a Vista computer.
Sysprep Error with Vista: Date - Jan 30, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; Resolving an error that can occur when sysprepping a Vista computer
Check Hardware Before Upgrading to Vista: Date - Jan 23, 2008; Rating - Not Rated; Author - Mitch Tulloch; How to check if your computer hardware will support upgrading from XP to Vista.
The Windows Automated Installation Kit: Date - Oct 25, 2007; Rating - 2; Author - Chris Sanders; Deploying workstations is something that can be very time consuming. Microsoft has recently released its Windows Automated Installation Toolkit to aide in this process.
Opening a command prompt during Setup: Date - Feb 21, 2007; Rating - 4; Author - Mitch Tulloch; You can open a command prompt during Setup if you need to, here's how.