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Did you sysprep as generalize before capturing the image?

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I had an idea but was wondering if it makes any sense, and/or if it would be beneficial to do. I have already seen the benefit of using a USB flash drive with ReadyBoost in Windows 7. Now, if I were to get a small SSD I was wondering if it could be used for a performance gain. If so, which of these would be better to use an SSD for: 1. Page File 2. ReadyBoost However, I do not even know if it possible to use an SSD for ReadyBoost. What do you guys think?

Maybe this will be helpful: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314054

Someone might know in the customization section. I'll move this there. Also take a look at those topics, you might find it.

To use OPK materials you need to sign NDA with Microsoft! You definately need to go through the Partner channel to get help using it. If you do not know who your TAM is, your Partner rep should be able to get you in contact with him/her. While the Windows OPK is very similar to the public WAIK, there are some differences! You can see a run-down of COAs here: http://www.microsoft.com/howtotell/content.aspx?displaylang=en&pg=coa The non-OEM (it is still called OEM and creates some terminology confusion in the channel) is on that page listed as "Small Manufacturer Pre-Installed Windows COAs". Those are from the type of media you can buy from a distributor that comes in the plastic case that says "For use with a system only" or "system builder version" or something like that. The Large Manufacturer COAs are for people like Dell or HP or Lenovo. I would be very careful when using the OPK to create a recovery partition or the ability to reinstall a Large OEM OS, as it may not be legal. Check with your Partner rep on the specific related MS policies in your country. For the Acronis thing, they have a feature called "Secure Zone" which creates the recovery partition. I haven't played with it. Other companies that sell recovery solutions is Phoenix and SoftThinks. Probably others but those are the only ones I know about.

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If by "OEM Preinstallation" software you mean disty or DSP, you can try creating a recovery partition (with Windows RE) but you may run into the problem of the OS not being activated. If Windows is not activated, the repair option will not appear or work properly. It's always been a rule for me to never create a recovery partition for OEM/DSP media type installations. I am not certain what options you would have if you are a recognized System Builder with Microsoft. You should contact your Microsoft/Partner account rep and find out what kind of options you have. As far as making "Recovery Media" you are not allowed to do it on your own. Microsoft requires that all recovery media (like DVDs) can only be made by authorised replicators. There are some other programs that can make a recovery partition for you. I know that Acronis sells a product that can accomplish this, but I haven't had the chance to try it out yet.

I always wondered about those kinds of classes...

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It is all in the WAIK documentation, but here is a starting point: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd744341%28WS.10%29.aspx

The only thing I know about the recycle bin is that you need an equal amount of space on the drive to the amount of files in the Recycle Bin in order to delete from there. For example, I had a system where I had 100MB free on C, and had 650MB files in the Recycle Bin. For some reason I could not empty from the Recycle Bin! I had to restore the files out of the Recycle Bin and then delete them with the DOS prompt.

Yes that is the file that creates the partition, or sets it if it already exists. This file will be somewhere on your system, you can open it and read it. If you read it, you will see near the bottom where it sets the volume ID.

You may be able to find out more info using Process Explorer and Process Monitor. You can set ProcMon to use filters and enable extra information.

I'm not sure about using a USB drive. In theory it should work. Make sure you are using the correct drive letters. In my HTA I have replaced the functions of the capture and append buttons because I did not want our regular technicians to have the ability of changing the images. All of my images are stored on a file share. I do all my capture/append/delete work using the command prompt button. Oh I have also seen there are some instances where imagex does not like capturing and saving the WIM file to the same physical hard disk. I ran into this problem when trying to create recovery with WinPE 2 on netbooks for XP.

I remember making this mistake when I tried to make Vista install via PXE.

On some notebooks, those special or Fn keys are controlled by a program on the OS. For example, the keys on MSI notebooks will only work if you have the SCM installed. Even a whitebook (barebone) notebook is made by someone. See if you can track down who that is and see if you can find this software.

I don't know if the Recovery DVD will put the recovery partition back on. From looking at my Vista WinRE info, it appears there may only be 2 reasons why it does not give the option anymore: 1. The drive ID number has been changed. 2. The volume GUID has been changed. Unfortunately I can only give these reasons and not be able to assist you in fixing it.

I removed your attachment because you had your product key in it. That path is a protected folder. You normally shouldn't have access to it. It is for system level use. What kind of changes did you make to your base image? Did you move the profiles to another location besides the default?

Well be at ease that your admin decided to go the right way. A lot of times people in companies don't care about their products or service enough to follow rules in license agreements and policies. I guess it all comes down to how much you could possibly lose if you got caught. Anyways, there is always another way to do things. I've learned a lot here myself.

You'd have to test this. i do not know if this works. I adapted your code into an existing AutoIT script I made to pull different info. #include <file.au3> Global $sWMIService, $objWMIService, $colItems, $sName, $oItem $sWMIService = "winmgmts:\\" & @ComputerName & "\root\CIMV2" $objWMIService = ObjGet($sWMIService) IF IsObj($objWMIService) Then $colItems = $objWMIService.ExecQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_BIOS") If IsObj($colItems) Then For $oItem In $colItems $sName = $oItem.Manufacturer Next EndIf This is an incomplete function. This code doesn't do anything but get the Manufacturer and store it as a variable $sName. I also just declared everything a global. Probably don't need everything but $sName needs to be a global in order for the rest of the script to access it. So now that you have your result stored in $sName, you could verify it with this: MsgBox(64, "Win32_BIOS Item", "manufacturer = " & $sModel) So then now you have this as a global variable, you can do other things with it besides show it in a messagebox. While you can do the multiple IF/Then statements, you should probably use a Switch statement instead.