xml file.
Windows System Image Manager
The Windows SIM is part of the Windows AIK. Although not part of WDS, SIM is a critical
tool in developing unattended installations. You can still create an unattend.xml file
using nothing but Notepad, but that process is error-prone. Using SIM makes it a lot easier
not only to configure the options you want to set but also to explore other available
options??”for example, customizing Internet Explorer as part of your Windows Server
2008 or Windows Vista installation. The Windows SIM also has the added advantage
that it can verify the validity of your unattend.xml file as it??™s created. Just like a compiler,
it will display error messages and warnings to indicate if you have entered invalid data
or warn you if you have included options but not specified any values. Windows SIM is
also context-sensitive, so the options available in the answer file vary depending on the
type of Windows image you have loaded.
Open the Windows SIM, and you will see that it is divided into five distinct panes
(Figure 5-14): Distribution Share, Windows Image, Answer File, Properties, and Messages,
as follows:
?–? Distribution Share Create or select a distribution share; each share contains
additional software and third-party drivers you may want to load as part of
a Windows installation. A distribution share contains three folders: $OEM$
Folders, Out-of-Box Drivers, and Packages.
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