The Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK) is now available for download. It contains all important tools for deploying Windows Vista: ImageX, Windows System Image Manager (Windows SIM), Windows PE, and many more. The DVD image also contains the Windows Deployment Services (WDS) and the WinPE Language Packs.Sometime ago, I mentioned BDD 2007. I wrote that it included these tools, but this was not correct. The beta of BDD 2007 contained WAIK, but now it is available as a separate download. The DVD image has 992 MB and it took almost an hour to download it. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to install the WAIK.

I was able to burn the DVD and also to start the WAIK setup. At the middle of the installation procedure I got this message: “Please insert the disk: Windows Automated Installation Kit CD“. However, the DVD was still in the drive, of course. I tried on to install it on Windows XP SP2 and Windows Vista. I downloaded the file a second time, mounted it in a VM running XP and Vista under VMware Workstation. I always got the same error message.

The documentation of the WAIK is available separately. So maybe you have a look at it first before downloading this huge image. I will report about it here as soon as I get the WAIK running. If you had more success in installing it, please let me know. Somehow I think that it is bug or maybe I am just missing something here.    4sysops.com

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