As you might have guessed in my last three posts (1, 2, 3), I love Windows deployment. It’s a fun problem to solve: how do you deploy Windows Vista on thousands and even millions of PCs in an efficient yet controlled manner? One way is to use Windows System Image Manager (WSIM) to edit and validate unattend answer files and use the resulting ...

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 ...

In the first blog post on unattended setup, I showed you how Windows Vista setup can be ‘scripted’ with unattend answer files to suppress UI prompts and perform common deployment tasks. Unattend setup lets you easily deploy Windows Vista on thousands and even millions of PCs. Today, I will give you a walkthrough of creating an unattend ...

This sample Windows Vista unattend.xml file shows you how to automate a prompt in Setup and how to set display parameters, all without ever clicking a mouse

NOTE: Unattended setup is geared at OEMs and corporate customers, and not really at consumers, so you may not be able to download tools and documentation from http://connect.microsoft.com. But read on … this is a really cool Windows Vista feature! My name is Bilal Aslam and I’m Shell’s Deployment Program Manager. I like ...