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Hmmm, I see the mui files for it in the en-us subdirectory, but no winpe-srt.cab in the folder. Maybe this is Vista snafu all over again, did you try grabbing it from a W8 install. EDIT: Here is link I found, maybe helpful http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh825125.aspx

Do you mean the Automated Deployment Kit - It's called the ADK now. http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30652

Found something new, unattend.xml will allow us control of 24 pre-installed start tiles. Check you unattend.chm for the "Start Tiles" syntax. Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup\StartTiles <StartTiles> <LockScreen> <Badge> <AppId>BadgeAppId</AppId> </Badge> </LockScreen> <WideTiles> <WideTile1> <AppId>AppIdwide1</AppId> <FirstRunTask>BackgroundTaskwide1</FirstRunTask> </WideTile1> <WideTile2> <AppId>AppIdwide2</AppId> <FirstRunTask>BackgroundTaskwide2</FirstRunTask> </WideTile2> <WideTile3> <AppId>AppIdwide3</AppId> <FirstRunTask>BackgroundTaskwide3</FirstRunTask> </WideTile3> </WideTiles> <SquareTiles> <SquareTile1> <AppId>AppIdSquare1</AppId> <FirstRunTask>BackgroundTaskSquare1</FirstRunTask> </SquareTile1> <SquareTile2> <AppId>AppIdSquare2</AppId> <FirstRunTask>backgroundTaskSquare2</FirstRunTask> </SquareTile2> <SquareOrDesktopTile1> <AppIdOrPath>C:\programdata\microsoft\windows\start menu\programs\desktoptile1.lnk</AppIdOrPath> </SquareOrDesktopTile1> <SquareOrDesktopTile2> <AppIdOrPath>C:\programdata\microsoft\windows\start menu\programs\desktoptile2.lnk</AppIdOrPath> </SquareOrDesktopTile2> </SquareTiles> </StartTiles>

Windows 8 - ADK - Unattend.chm - Direct Link Here it is so you don't have to install netfx4 or download the 2.5GB ADK for a single file. Only 17MB. http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/9/F/99F5E440-5EB5-4952-9935-B99662C3DF70/adk/Installers/56e5d88e2c299be31ce4fc4a604cede4.cab Unpack the cab and rename this file 'fil4053e4e2f4605477ef328c27bce92c39' to Unattend.chm - Size = 2,662,271 bytes This snip will handle the downloading and renaming. The file will be in your C:\Temp folder. $colorscheme = (Get-Host).PrivateData $colorscheme.ProgressBackgroundColor = "black" $colorscheme.ProgressForegroundColor = "red" Import-Module BitsTransfer $SRC = "http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/9/F/99F5E440-5EB5-4952-9935-B99662C3DF70/adk/Installers/56e5d88e2c299be31ce4fc4a604cede4.cab" $DEST = "C:\Temp\56e5d88e2c299be31ce4fc4a604cede4.cab" $FILE = "C:\Temp\fil4053e4e2f4605477ef328c27bce92c39" $CHM = "C:\Temp\Unattend.chm" Start-BitsTransfer $SRC $DEST -Description "Go grab a beer." -DisplayName "Downloading Unattend.chm" expand $DEST -f:fil4053e4e2f4605477ef328c27bce92c39 c:\Temp\ Rename-Item -path $FILE -newname $CHM Remove-Item $DEST I'm guessing the other CHM's are in the same cab in case anyone is wondering. ? Thanks to JFX for showing me how this was possible.

I agree with Cluberti, rolling out 44,000 desktops took our team (150 techs) quite a few months of actual work, plus another 18 months of planning. Not worth the risk to use vLite an run Vista, IMO. But wanted to point out that some of the removal can easily be done by any corporate employee worth his salt via the approved methods in 7/R2 and beyond (dism and imagex). Can also be done using pkmgr and imagex in vista, but I do not know of any company that did. We yanked plenty of garbage out of our image and we maintain our support contract through the millions in fee's we are charged. Plus we get these on-site HP / IBM / MSFT employee's who we don't pay, but do whatever we ask of them. One of the perks of being Fortune 500 company. Small mom and pop companies can't afford the service, but MSFT definitely supports certain aspects of gutting the system that are also implemented by vLite. In fact, if not for MSFT built-in tools to remove features, vLite would not even exist.

It would seem that microsoft is applying the pid to the image, ala DISM command. I noticed it on W2012 server when it didn't prompt for one, guess I will have to test this out on my 8x86.

Thanks for the help, but t'was all for nought, as I already grabbed the x86 package names from my iso. Am only missing the package names on W8x64, which I do not yet have the ISO. Then I can update my first post for future readers.

MDT 2012 - Update 1 has been released. Some of the key changes in MDT 2012 Update 1 are: * Added support for Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012. * Support for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1 CTP: Added support in MDT for deploying Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 with Configuration Manager 2012 SP1 CTP, while supporting all new Configuration Manager functionality (offline BitLocker, UEFI, and Assessment and Deployment Kit). * Support for DaRT 8 Beta: Updated MDT to support DaRT 8 for Windows 8 deployments, while continuing to support DaRT 7 for Windows 7 deployments. Added DaRT support for Configuration Manager scenarios. * New “Build Your Own Pages” User-Driven Installation (UDI) feature: Enhanced the UDI wizard and designer to enable IT pros to design their own wizard pages with little effort. * New System Center 2012 - Orchestrator support: Provided the ability to add steps into an OS deployment task sequence to execute Orchestrator runbooks as part of the deployment process. * Other improvements: Added support for Windows PowerShell 3.0, reworked Roles and Features installation logic for Windows 8, improved “boot from VHD” deployment scenarios, and added support for Configuration Manager monitoring. http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?displaylang=en&=tm&id=25175 Links - http://download.microsoft.com/download/b/3/a/b3a89fae-f7bf-4e7c-b208-223b991e9c30/MicrosoftDeploymentToolkit2012_x64.msi http://download.microsoft.com/download/b/3/a/b3a89fae-f7bf-4e7c-b208-223b991e9c30/MicrosoftDeploymentToolkit2012_x86.msi Documentation - http://download.microsoft.com/download/b/3/a/b3a89fae-f7bf-4e7c-b208-223b991e9c30/Optional%20-%20MDT%202012%20Print-Ready%20Documentation.zip http://download.microsoft.com/download/b/3/a/b3a89fae-f7bf-4e7c-b208-223b991e9c30/Release%20Notes.docx http://download.microsoft.com/download/b/3/a/b3a89fae-f7bf-4e7c-b208-223b991e9c30/Whats%20New%20in%20MDT%20Guide.docx

Can someone run this command on an clean install of Windows 8 x64 so I can get the correct Appx package names. FYI, 2012 does not seem to have any Appx installed, so don't need any of this for server. You'll need to run as administrator. The read-out is a long list, so added the 'clip' at the end, which copies the result to the clipboard. It won't actually print anything in your powerskull window, just right click and paste it back here for me. dism /online /Get-ProvisionedAppxPackages | clip

Thanks, that was actually a big help. Here is some links I've found now that might be pertinent. https://chentiangemalc.wordpress.com/2011/11/02/customizing-default-start-menu-in-windows-developer-preview/ ShellTile API - Windows Phone but why not Windows 8 ? http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh202979%28v=vs.92%29.aspx Customized a clone image http://www.techplex.net/postst75059_Customize-Metro-apps-in-a-clone-image.aspx Links to metro developer resources http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/is/windowsdeveloperpreviewgeneral/thread/296cd88b-d806-4a81-a3d0-ea27de4c8b52

open with notepad.exe

I might be mistaken, but that is in the txtsetup.sif file. It's a relatively big text file, search for "Batman" to see where they edited it originally. Should be about halfway through.

I'm wondering about the placement of Metro App tiles on my Start Screen. How do they track the location of tiles, is it in the registry, a config xml hidden somewhere (winning guess), or like quick launch was via shortcuts in a folder location. Normally I'd check the GP ADM template for this info, but apparently it doesn't exist ATM. EDIT: Got an idea, why not just remove the Metro Apps I don't like. This script will remove every Metro app installed in the RTM, alternatively you can run these in offline mode against a mounted wim. Pick and choose what you want to remove. x86 dism /online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:Microsoft.Bing_1.2.0.137_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe dism /online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:Microsoft.BingFinance_1.2.0.135_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe dism /online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:Microsoft.BingMaps_1.2.0.136_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe dism /online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:Microsoft.BingNews_1.2.0.135_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe dism /online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:Microsoft.BingSports_1.2.0.135_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe dism /online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:Microsoft.BingTravel_1.2.0.145_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe dism /online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:Microsoft.BingWeather_1.2.0.135_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe dism /online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:Microsoft.Camera_6.2.8514.0_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe dism /online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:microsoft.microsoftskydrive_16.4.4204.712_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe dism /online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:Microsoft.Reader_6.2.8516.0_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe dism /online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps_16.4.4206.722_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe dism /online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:microsoft.windowsphotos_16.4.4204.712_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe dism /online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:Microsoft.XboxLIVEGames_1.0.927.0_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe dism /online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:Microsoft.ZuneMusic_1.0.927.0_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe dism /online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:Microsoft.ZuneVideo_1.0.927.0_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe x64 dism /online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:Microsoft.Bing_1.2.0.137_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe dism /online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:Microsoft.BingFinance_1.2.0.135_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe dism /online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:Microsoft.BingMaps_1.2.0.136_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe dism /online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:Microsoft.BingNews_1.2.0.135_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe dism /online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:Microsoft.BingSports_1.2.0.135_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe dism /online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:Microsoft.BingTravel_1.2.0.145_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe dism /online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:Microsoft.BingWeather_1.2.0.135_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe dism /online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:Microsoft.Camera_6.2.8514.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe dism /online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:microsoft.microsoftskydrive_16.4.4204.712_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe dism /online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:Microsoft.Reader_6.2.8516.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe dism /online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps_16.4.4206.722_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe dism /online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:microsoft.windowsphotos_16.4.4204.712_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe dism /online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:Microsoft.XboxLIVEGames_1.0.927.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe dism /online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:Microsoft.ZuneMusic_1.0.927.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe dism /online /Remove-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackageName:Microsoft.ZuneVideo_1.0.927.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe It does not work for pre-existing user accounts that already have access to the appx, but accounts created after removing it do not have access.

Please don't double post, I've already started helping you in your own thread.

Synccommands is dummy folder name. you'll have to change it to match your real folder name. "c:synccommands\command2.exe" to something like this C:\Mypathtooffice\Officesetup.exe C:\MyAdobeFolder\AdobeReader.exe or whatever apps you need to run. Good luck.

Most OS now have shadow copy service. Most cloning software uses that. That said, Jaclaz is factually correct, but tends to over-dramatize, also your taking it out of context. Mostly that was being said to a single user who wanted to do something that just couldn't be done. I believe the reason was because a user had wanted to "robocopy" clone his image without using a 3rd party cloning software. and we all know one does not simply file-copy clone Windows XP while the OS is running. It would have worked from WinPE, but not from inside XP. OP couldn't run a live CD because he had to remove his CD drive to caddy his SATA. He had a craptop, not a laptop. I think he ended up removing the HDD and cloning it elsewhere. The user in that post could have simply installed acronis, macrium reflect or what have you, but he made it clear he did not want to install 3rd party cloning software. These companies are not scamming anyone, most of their products work just fine while the OS is running. Make sense ?

Your going to want to look into "First Logon Commands". Try running them from the oobeSystem pass using Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc722150%28v=ws.10%29.aspx <FirstLogonCommands> <SynchronousCommand wcm:action="add"> <CommandLine>c:synccommands\command1.exe</CommandLine> <Description>Description_of_command1</Description> <Order>1</Order> </SynchronousCommand> <SynchronousCommand wcm:action="add"> <CommandLine>c:synccommands\command2.exe</CommandLine> <Description>Description_of_command2</Description> <Order>2</Order> </SynchronousCommand> </FirstLogonCommands> There are other ways (setupcomplete.cmd, etc) but you mentioned your your XML first, so just pop open WSIM and edit them in that way.

Have a read here and let me know if that works for you. http://lifehacker.com/5467758/move-the-users-directory-in-windows-7

Dumb question: Does the OP want to install XP SP3 onto a live installation or slipstream it into an ISO?

I'll assume they do not have AD/Group Policies otherwise he would have used that. Depending on if they are running desktop firewalls, you may or may not have to visit each desktop personally. If their desktops are running XP or 7, here is the syntax for installing printers from the command line, everything you need to know about it and then some. Rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee624057%28v=ws.10%29.aspx How to add printers with no user interaction in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314486 Do it remotely thread http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/eu/w7itprogeneral/thread/50943f6a-e756-4e05-aeb5-78fff0abc7b3 Or maybe you can try NET USE with PSEXEC http://ss64.com/nt/net_use.html NET USE \\MainServer\SharedPrinter

Thanks for the tip, it worked for me. For future readers, when doing this manually, the DISM command must be run in elevated command prompt. You will save about 2-3 minutes per re-installation if you apply it to your offline wim.

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Windows 8 tools might benefit from a re-tooling. The new features in DISM replace IMAGEX so the developers of 8Lite style apps won't need to include any WAIK files (because DISM 8 is in the RTM iso). Also if MSFT is now supporting the removal of files from the WINSXS folder, it likely means that nLite style images (of Windows 8 and 2012 only) might be available for use (and supported) at the corporate level.

Maybe check these guys out. http://winfuture.de/XPIsoBuilder_en Here's what xp-Iso-Builder has to offer: * Integrate user-defined desktop theme

Last thing I used to do that was nLite, you can find it in it's own sub-forum here on MSFN.