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Windows 7 can be installed without user intervention by placing a specially formatted XML file on a USB drive or floppy disk before booting from the installation DVD. The file's name is either Autounattend.xml (my preference) or Unattend.xml. The file ...
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Part 1 of a video that walks the viewer through installing Windows Server Codename Longhorn and creating a bootable Windows PE disk with ImageX included. It then shows how to use the Windows PE image to boot up and create a file based image (WIM) of th ...
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Every time I shut down the computer ; no mater how often; it always comes up " installing 1 of 1 '
support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/971058
Use this Fixit to Automatically reset Windows Update components and fix the error where windows keeps installing the same updates over and over again.
support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/254078
This article describes the steps to add Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM)-supplied drivers to Windows installations. This article only includes drivers that are typically installed during graphical user interface (GUI)-mode Setup or after Setup by ...
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The following procedure demonstrates how to use the Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM) tool to add a device driver (.inf) to an offline Windows® PE image. Before you can run a DISM command, you must first mount the Windows P ...
forum.driverpacks.net/viewtopic.php?id=4676
I have been reading that injecting the drivers via dism increases the size of the image (it is no very important), the problem i have seen, after the system is installed, all the drivers are stored in the folder "C:\Windows ...
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We’ve covered it before but it’s worth taking another look at the little-known version of Windows that is used to run the Windows Vista installation process: Windows PE 2.0.
It’s available as a standalone streamlined operating ...
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Welcome to DriverPacks Tutorial.
desktopguy.com/2011/03/04/inject-pnp-drivers-in-windows-7-po...
If you need a process to find and install drivers post process (after Windows or later as an update)
texhex.blogspot.co.uk/2009/10/installing-windows-7-drivers-f...
If a Windows 7 PC with “unknown” (aka Driver missing) will simply connect to Windows Update, check if a matching driver is found and install it. This works fine when using this at home, but it does not work if you are inside a corporate net ...
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Read the step-by-step instructions written by an IT pro in the how to: SYSPREP a Windows 7 workstation for imaging
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Tutorial on doing a complete Sysprep on a Windows 7 Machine from start to finish; copyprofile=true, automatically activating windows, etc.
www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/286053-system-preparation-tool...
This tutorial is a short introduction to the wonderful world of Sysprep.
The built-in Windows Category:Sysprep
support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2795190
When you examine the size of the C:\Windows folder, you may notice that the C:\Windows\winsxs directory seems to use lots of disk space.
blogs.technet.com/b/askcore/archive/2008/09/17/what-is-the-w...
A commonly asked question among people looking at a Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 installation is “why is the WinSxS folder so big?!” To answer that question I need to first describe componentization, and how components are managed i ...
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In Windows 7 and Windows 8, there is a new folder under C:\Windows called WinSxS, which basically stores dll and component files. It also stores older versions of all dll and component files and can grow to be quite large. In addition to that, a lot of ...
mikemstech.blogspot.co.uk/2011/12/how-to-perform-offline-sys...
This article primarily applies to Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008 R2.
Various system issues can prevent a system from booting properly and can be fixed through an offline f ...
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The sfc command checks Windows files for issues and replaces them if necessary. The sfc command is also referred to by its full name, System File Checker.
System File Checker is a very useful tool to use when you suspect issues with protected W ...
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We are trying to attempt to fix a Windows 2008 start up problem. We boot the machine from a Windows 2008 CD and go to the repair tool - command prompt.
When we do the command sfc /scannow, we are getting
"Windows Resource Protectio ...
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