IntroductiontoDeployingWin7[1]

Windows 7: Introduction to Deploying Windows 7 Using the Windows Automated Installation Kit


Table of Contents

Windows 7: Introduction to Deploying Windows 7 Using the Windows Automated Installation Kit ......................................................................................................................................... 1

Exercise 1 Create an Answer File ................................................................................................................................... 2

Exercise 2 Distribution Share ......................................................................................................................................... 3

Exercise 3 Add and Configure Welcome Settings .......................................................................................................... 6


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Objectives

After completing this lab, you will be better able to:

Demonstrate new features of the Windows Automated Installation Kit (Windows AIK) tools

Understand new Windows 7 deployment technologies

Scenario

The following labs demonstrate new features of the Windows Automated Installation Kit (Windows AIK) tools. These labs provide a preview of key functions within each technology area of the WAIK to provide an understanding of new Windows 7 deployment technologies. These labs are based on the Beta 1 release of Windows 7 and are subject to change.

Estimated Time to Complete This Lab

45 Minutes

Computer used in this Lab SEA-DC-01

The password for the Administrator account on the computer in this lab is: P@ssword


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Exercise 1 Create an Answer File

Scenario In this step, you will create a new answer file. For this step, a Windows 7 catalog is provided. A catalog file (.clg) is a binary file that contains the state of all the unattended setup settings and the packages in a Windows image. If you do not have a catalog file, you can generate one from a valid install.wim file.

Tasks Detailed Steps

Complete the following task on:

SEA-DC-01

1. Generate a new answer file

a. Start the SEA-DC-01 virtual machine and logon as Woodgrovebank\Administrator

with the password of P@ssword.

b. Click Start | All Programs | Microsoft Windows AIK | Windows System Image

Manager (Windows SIM).

c. Maximize Windows System Image Manager.

d. On the File menu, click Select Windows Image.

e. In the Select a Windows Image dialog box, select Catalog files from the Files of

type list.

f. Browse to the D:\LabSource\Windows7_Ent\sources folder, select

install_Windows 7 ENTERPRISE.clg and then click Open.

g. On the File menu, click New Answer File.


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Exercise 2 Distribution Share

Scenario To support this exercise, a sample distribution share was created on your local hard drive.


Complete the following tasks on:

SEA-DC-01

1. Review the Distribution share

a. In Windows SIM, in the Distribution Share pane, right-click Select a Distribution

Share and click Create Distribution Share.

b. Browse to D:\, create a new folder named WAIK_Distribution, select the folder

and click Open.

c. In the Distribution Share pane, expand D:\WAIK_Distribution. Windows SIM

automatically generates the following folder structure when you use it to create a

distribution share:

C:\MyDistributionShare\$OEM$ Folders

C:\MyDistributionShare\Out-of-Box Drivers

C:\MyDistributionShare\Packages

d. In Windows Explorer, browse to D:\WAIK_Distribution.

e. Review the folder structure.

2. Include core settings in your answer file

a. Switch to Windows SIM.

b. In the Windows Image pane of Windows SIM, expand the Components node to

display available settings.

c. On the expanded list of components, add the following components to your

answer file by right-clicking the component and then selecting the appropriate

configuration pass.

Component Configuration Pass

Microsoft-Windows-

Deployment\Reseal

oobeSystem

Microsoft-Windows-International-

Core-WinPE

windowsPE

Microsoft-Windows-

Setup\DiskConfiguration\Disk\Create

windowsPE


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Partitions\ CreatePartition

Microsoft-Windows-

Setup\DiskConfiguration\Disk\Modify

Partitions\ ModifyPartition

windowsPE

Microsoft-Windows-

Setup\ImageInstall\OSImage\InstallTo

windowsPE

Microsoft-Windows-Setup\UserData windowsPE

Microsoft-Windows-Shell-

Setup\Autologon

auditSystem

d. All the settings that you added appear in the Answer File pane. Select and

configure each setting as specified below.

Component Value


Core-WinPE

InputLocale = en-US

SystemLocale = en-US

UILanguage = en-US

UserLocale = en-US


Core-WinPE\SetupUILanguage

UILanguage = en-US

Microsoft-Windows-

Setup\DiskConfiguration

WillShowUI = OnError

Microsoft-Windows-

Setup\DiskConfiguration\Disk

DiskID = 0

WillWipeDisk = true

Microsoft-Windows-

Setup\DiskConfiguration\Disk\Create

Partitions\CreatePartition

Extend = true

Order = 1

Type = Primary

Microsoft-Windows-Setup

\DiskConfiguration\Disk\ModifyPartiti

ons\ModifyPartition

Active = true

Format = NTFS

Label = WIN7_OS

Letter = C

Order = 1


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PartitionID = 1

Microsoft-Windows-

Setup\ImageInstall\OSImage\

WillShowUI = OnError

Microsoft-Windows-

Setup\ImageInstall\OSImage\InstallTo

DiskID = 0

PartitionID = 1

Microsoft-Windows-Setup \UserData AcceptEula = true


Setup\AutoLogon

Enabled = true

LogonCount = 5

Username = Administrator


Setup\AutoLogon\Password

Value = P@ssword

Microsoft-Windows-

Deployment\Reseal

ForceShutdownNow = false

Mode = Audit


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Exercise 3 Add and Configure Welcome Settings

Scenario In this exercise, you define answer file settings to automatically configure user interface (UI) pages in Windows Welcome. In addition, you must create a custom content file called oobe.xml. The customizations include:

Windows Welcome (oobe.xml)

System Properties (Shell-Setup component)

Performance Information and Tools (PerfCenterCPL component)

Internet Explorer (IE_InternetExplorer component)

Desktop Background (Shell-Setup component)

OEM Welcome Center (Shell-Setup component)



SEA-DC-01

1. Add additional settings

a. In the Windows Image pane of Windows SIM, on the expanded list of

components, add the following components to your answer file by right-clicking

the component and then selecting the appropriate configuration pass.

Component Configuration Pass

Microsoft-Windows-IE-

InternetExplorer\FavoritesList\FavoriteItem

Specialize


InternetExplorer\SearchScopes\Scope

Specialize


InternetExplorer\StartPages\StartPage

Specialize

Microsoft-Windows-

PerfCenterCPL\WindowsExperienceIndexOemInfo

oobeSystem

Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup\OEMInformation Specialize


Setup\OEMWelcomeCenter

Specialize

b. In the Answer File pane, navigate to Microsoft-Windows-IE-

InternetExplorer\StartPages\StartPage.


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c. Right-click StartPages and click Insert New StartPage.

d. All the settings that you added must appear in the Answer File pane. Select and

configure each setting as specified below.

Component Value


InternetExplorer\FavoritesList\F

avoriteItem

FavID = Favorite1

FavTitle = Woodgrove Bank

FavURL = http://www.woodgrovebank.com


InternetExplorer\SearchScopes\

Scope

ScopeDisplayName = Wikipedia

ScopeKey = Scope1

ScopeURL =

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?

search={searchTerms}


InternetExplorer\StartPages\Star

tPage

StartPageKey = Home page 1

StartPageURL =

http://www.woodgrovebank.com


InternetExplorer\StartPages\Star

tPage

StartPageKey = Home page 2

StartPageURL = http://www.wikipedia.com

Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup

\OEMInformation

HelpCustomized = false

Manufacturer = Woodgrove Bank

SupportHours = 9am-5pm

SupportPhone = 555-5555

SupportURL =

http://support.woodgrovebank.com

Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup

\OEMWelcomeCenter

Link=C:\WoodgroveBank\Welcome\Welcome

.lnk

Microsoft-Windows-

PerfCenterCPL\WindowsExperie

nceIndexOemInfo

HardwareUpgradeURL = http://support.woodgrovebank.com

Logo =

c:\Windows\System32\OOBE\Info\WGB_ico

n.bmp


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2. Review the Oobe.xml Note: In this step you will review an Oobe.xml file. Oobe.xml is a content file that you can use to collect text, images, and settings for customizing Windows Welcome, the out-of-box experience for Windows 7. The Oobe.xml file can also be used to define custom specified images for the first user tile and for the desktop background. Using a text editor, like Notepad, create a file called Oobe.xml.

a. In Windows Explorer, browse to D:\LabSource\Samples\Info and open oobe.xml.

b. Review the following text and then close Internet Explorer.

WoodgroveBank

C:\Windows\System32\OOBE\Info\WGB_logo.png

WGB_eula.rtf

true

C:\Windows\System32\OOBE\Info\WGB_usertile.bmp

WGB01

1033

39

16393

00000409

Hawaiian Standard Time

false

true

true

c. Close Oobe.xml.

d. Open Command Prompt and execute the following command:

md "D:\WAIK_Distribution\$OEM$ Folders\$$\System32\OOBE"

e. Open Windows Explorer and copy the \Info folder to the location you just

created in your distribution share (D:\WAIK_Distribution\$OEM$

Folders\$$\System32\OOBE).


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Exercise 4 Add a language pack

Scenario In this step, you will enable support for multiple languages by adding language packs to your reference installation.

During deployment, you can set the default user interface (UI) display language, remove unwanted language packs

or leave the language packs and allow the end user to choose. In this lab, English (en-US) is your base language.

This lab provides the following language packs: German (de-DE), Spanish (es-ES).



SEA-DC-01

1. Include Language Packs

a. Switch to Windows SIM.

b. On the Insert menu, select Package(s).

c. Navigate to D:\LabSource\LanguagePacks\de-de\lp.cab.

d. Click Open.

Note: The language pack is added to your answer file under the Packages section.

e. Repeat the previous steps to add the fr-fr Language Pack.

Note: During Windows Welcome, the computer will list all the available languages. The end user can select the default UI display language and locale settings to use on the computer.

2. Add drivers a. In Windows SIM, on the Insert menu, click Driver Path, and then click Pass 1

windowsPE.

b. The Browse for Folder dialog box appears.

Note: You can also add drivers non-boot-critical drivers to the auditSystem pass which will be processed during Audit mode only. For information about using audit mode, see the Customize Windows in Audit Mode topic in the WAIK.chm.

c. Navigate to D:\LabSource\Drivers\IntelDrivers and click Open.

Note The driver path that you selected is added to the answer file under the configuration pass that you selected. Depending on the configuration pass that you selected, the driver path is included as a list item to one of the following components:

Microsoft-Windows-PnpCustomizationsWinPE for windowsPE

Microsoft-Windows-PnpCustomizationsNonWinPE for auditSystem

Only .inf files are added to the driver store during installation. To run an .exe or .msi driver package, you must add a custom command to install the driver package. For more information, see the Add a Custom Command to an Answer File topic in the WAIK.chm.

d. In the Answer File pane, navigate to the Credentials node under

DriversPaths\PathAndCreentials and complete the settings with the following


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values:

Domain WoodgroveBank Password P@ssword

Username Administrator

3. Add an application

Note: In this step, you can optionally add an application to your distribution share and add a custom command to your answer file to install the application after the operating system is installed.

a. Open Command Prompt and execute the following command:

md "D:\LabSource\WAIK_Distribution\$OEM$ Folders\$1\Program Files\WGB\Welcome"

b. Open Windows Explorer and navigate to D:\LabSource\Samples\Start_Menu.

c. Copy the Welcome.exe application into the application folder you just created

(D:\LabSource\WAIK_Distribution\$OEM$ Folders\$1\Program

Files\WGB\Welcome).

d. Switch to Windows SIM.

e. On the Insert menu, point to Synchronous Command, and then click Pass 6

auditUser. The Create Synchronous Command dialog box opens.

f. In the Enter command line text box, type D:\WAIK_Distribution\$OEM$

Folders\$1\Program Files\WGB\Welcome\Welcome.exe.

Note: Welcome.exe can be replaced by your applications setup program. Be sure to include any required arguments.

If you have more than one command to run, enter a number in the Order field to specify in what order multiple commands will run. Enter 1 for the first command, 2 for the second command, and so forth.

g. Click OK. The command is added to the answer file in the selected configuration

pass.

Note: Driver applications (.exe) should be treated as applications and added using Synchronous Command or in Audit Mode.

h. Expand 6 auditUser | x86_Microsoft-Windows-Deployment-neutral |

RunSynchronousCommand | Credentials.

i. Complete the Credentials values with the following:

Domain WoodgroveBank Password P@ssword

Username Administrator


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4. Check your answer file

a. In Windows SIM, click Tools, and then click Validate Answer File.

Note: The setting values in the answer file are compared with the available settings in the Windows image.

b. The answer file validates successfully, with a single warning message appearing in

the Messages pane.

Note: Any error messages appear in the same location.

c. Double-click the warning in the Messages pane to navigate to the empty

ProductKey setting.

Note: The warning concerns a setting that you have defined but you have not changed. You can easily delete any unchanged settings in the answer file.

d. In the Answer File pane, right-click ProductKey and click Delete.

Note that the ProductKey subkey can be deleted while the changes we made to the UserData node remain unchanged.

e. Click Tools, and then click Validate Answer File. The Messages pane will now

show no warnings or errors.

f. On the File menu, click Save Answer File. Navigate to D:\ and save the answer file

as LabAnswerFile.xml.

Note: When you create a configuration set in the next step, the answer file you saved will be copied and resaved as autounattend.xml.

5. Collect files in a single location

Note: In this step, you create a configuration set that will gather all the resource files that you specified in your answer file into one location. You will need to copy all custom resource files to your distribution share before creating a configuration set.

a. In Windows SIM, on the Tools menu, select Create Configuration Set. The Create

Configuration Set window opens.

b. In the Select the target folder for the configuration set box, click the ellipsis ().

c. Navigate to D:\, create a new folder named ConfigSet, select the folder and click

Open.

d. In the Select the folder that you want to copy to $OEM$ (optional) box, click the

ellipsis ().

e. Select $OEM$ Folders and click Open.

f. Click OK.

g. Click OK at the success dialog.

h. In Windows Explorer, browse to D:\ConfigSet and review the files located there.

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