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WAIK for Vista SP1 and Server 2008 and XP SP3 Dates

Hopefully you have heard by now that Vista SP1 and Server 2008 went RTM on Monday . But can you use these with OSD or MD? Well of course you can with the new version of WAIK. Also it is being reported that Vista SP1 goes live on Feb 18th or 19th and Windows XP SP3 goes live on March 23rd or 24th. Download details here direct download here (1.1 GB). Overview The Windows Automated Installation Kit (Windows AIK) is designed to help corporate IT professionals customize and deploy the Windows Vista and...  ... Read the full post or  be the first to comment. Filed under: SMS 2003, Vista, News, OSD, WAIK, Windows PE, BDD, OSD Plus Pack, ConfigMgr, Server 2008, Microsoft Deployment, Downloads, PXELite

Top Ten Events in Systems Management During 2007

First of all, Happy New Year, and may everyone find that in 2008 that your glass is more than half full, you and your loved ones are all very healthy and overly happy, that your careers are very prosperous, and that you gain all that you desire and more. As we welcome another year and reflect on the year ending it is always nice to note what was the highlights of the year. So below is my personal top ten of 2007 when it comes to Systems Management. 10. Thursday, October 23rd, System Center Partner...  ... Read the full post or  the first comment. Filed under: SMS 2003, et. all, System Center, Vista, News, TechNet, Microsoft, myITforum, SCOM, MMS 2007, Blog, OSD, SoftGrid, ConfigMgr

New SMS and Vista Virtual Labs

Deploying Windows Vista with SMS 2003 After completing this lab, you will be better able to: Install the SMS 2003 OS Deployment Feature Pack Update. Install USMT 3.0 to capture and restore user state information. Create an Image Capture Wizard CD. Image a Windows Vista client computer. Import the Windows Vista image into an SMS 2003 image package. Deploy the Windows Vista image to upgrade a Windows 2000 client computer. Windows Vista Image Engineering This lab is intended for IT professionals responsible...  ... Read the full post or  the 3 comments. Filed under: SMS 2003, Vista, OSD, Virtual Labs, WAIK

Building and Deploying Vista from an Image

Aaron has put together a great list of resources for building a Vista image. If you have not used Vista, or read about it, the install process as well as how the OS is built is different than XP and prior OS’s. In addition with the new OSD FP/USMT we move to .xml files, but probably the most interesting technology so far is WAIK. WAIK will allow you to edit an image without having to lay it down on a system and then recreate the image. You for got a driver, want to add that new company standard...  ... Read the full post or  the 3 comments. Filed under: SMS 2003, Tools, Vista, SCCM 2007, OSD