Unattended Deployment of Microsoft Windows 7 on HP Business Desktops with the HP Integrated Device Driver Kit

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4. Unzip the HP Integrated Device Driver Kit to the Out-of-Box Drivers folder in
which you created your Distribution Share.
5. On the technician computer, insert the Windows 7 product DVD.
6. Browse to the \Sources directory on your DVD-ROM drive and copy the
Install.wim and install_Windows[version].clg files from the Windows product
DVD to the computer.
7. On the Windows SIM File menu, click Select Windows Image.
8. In the Select a Windows Image dialog box, browse to the folder in which you
saved Install.wim (in step 6). Select Install.wim and then click Open.
9. On the File menu, click New Answer File.
An empty answer file appears in the Answer File pane.
Building an Answer File
In this step, you define Windows Setup configurations and Windows Welcome
settings.
1. In the Windows SIM Windows Image pane, expand the Components node to
display available settings and then expand it to the lowest child object.
2. On the expanded list of components, add the components in the table below to
your answer file by right-clicking the component and then selecting the
appropriate configuration pass.
This action adds the component to your answer file in the specified
configuration pass, or phase, of Windows installation.
Component Configuration Pass
Microsoft-Windows-International-Core-LiteTouchPE\
SetupUILanguage
windowsPE
Microsoft-Windows-Setup\DiskConfiguration\Disk\
CreatePartitions\CreatePartition
windowsPE
Microsoft-Windows-Setup\ImageInstall\OSImage\InstallTo windowsPE
Microsoft-Windows-Setup\UserData\ProductKey (if needed) windowsPE
Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup specialize
Microsoft-Windows-International-Core oobeSystem
Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup\OOBE oobeSystem
Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup\UserAccounts\
AdministratorPassword
oobeSystem
Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup\UserAccounts\LocalAccounts\
LocalAccount\Password
oobeSystem
All of the settings you added must appear in the Windows SIM Answer File
pane.