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Back to basics - Understanding Unattend.xml automation in Windows 7
Johan has a nice blog post over his blog I just noticed today, it’s back from October, so shame on me for not reading it until now .  Here is a snippet...
Deployment Walkthrough Videos Now Fully Posted
REALLY great post by Richard Smith over on The Deployment Guys Blog. Read the full post here and view the videos. I would highly recommend you watch some...
You cannot use the ImageX.exe tool as a backup tool on a Windows Vista-based computer
This article describes the reasons why you cannot use the ImageX.exe tool as a backup tool on a Windows Vista-based computer. The ImageX.exe tool ships...
Automatically remove computers from a collection and reset the last PXE advertisement flag after a Deployment has finished
Maik Koster posted a nice blog discussing the removal of computers from a collection after OSD has completed. This is especially handy if you are using...
Improving Your Image: Sector-Based, File-Based, and Sysprep - What Makes the Most Sense? Part 3: Deploy-time Build Automation and Recommendations
Jeremy Chapman has created the third blog in a series on the benefits of using package based imaging tools. Read the third post here. “This is the third...
Improving Your Image: Sector-Based, File-Based, and Sysprep - What Makes the Most Sense? Part 2: The Pros and Cons.
Jeremy Chapman has created the second blog in a series on the benefits of using package based imaging tools. Read the second post here. “Welcome to blog...
Improving Your Image: Sector-Based, File-Based, and Sysprep - What Makes the Most Sense? Part 1: Terms and Windows Tools Primer
Jeremy Chapman has created the first blog in a series on the benefits of using package based imaging tools. Read the first post here. “Welcome to blog...
Windows XP – Sysprep – Default profile settings
If you want your administrator profile on the reference image to apply as the default profile for all users, you will need to set the “UpdateServerProfileDirectory...
Combining multiple images into a single .wim file – Part 1 – Capturing the Image(s)
This information is provided as is, this can be a complicated process, so you do so at your own risk. I am also unsure of what level of “supported-ness...