Deploying Windows 7
Yesterday I began reading up on deploying Windows 7 to our laptops. Wow, what a change from XP’s imaging process. I guess this is what I get for skipping Vista! For XP, we are using a small Sysprep script that changes the machine name, strips the SID, and joins our domain. In order to get the deployment tools for Win7, I had to download a 1.7 GB file with the deployment tools and documentation. Yesterday I spent 3 to 4 hours reading through the documentation, and am really feeling overwhelmed. The Microsoft documentation sucks, and is overly complex.
I’m open to suggestions about better documentation, or a good book to read!
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John – I went through this when figuring out Vista deployment and found a blog that has some outstanding instructions/screen shots. The 3 part series starts here: http://blog.augustoalvarez.com.ar/2008/12/12/installing-and-configuring-wds-windows-deployment-services-full-images-deployment-part-i/
I’ve also put a couple of deployment tips that I’ve run across on my own blog at http://techcoordtips.blogspot.com/.
Forgot to mention – some of the commands for adding drivers, etc have changed in Windows 7, but for the most part things are similar. The technet documentation goes over some of those changes: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd349348%28WS.10%29.aspx
Thanks Mike! This helps a ton!!!