A long, long time ago, before Windows Vista, techies preferred clean installing the latest release of Windows to upgrading. They knew that there was a lingering problem specific to upgrades that never really went away, long after application compatibility and driver issues had been resolved. This frustrating problem was simple: upgrades left ...

In previous episodes of Dr. Unattend, you learned how Windows Vista's setup can be automated using unattend answer files. You also learned how to create and validate a simple unattend answer file using Windows System Image Manager (WSIM) that pumps support information into the System Control Panel. Now you must be wondering: “This is ...