Installing the Windows AIK 2.0

Windows PE 3.0 ships with the Windows AIK 2.0, which is available from the Microsoft Download Center at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads. Install the Windows AIK on your Windows PE build system from the installation DVD. (Microsoft provides the Windows AIK as a downloadable .iso image.) Installing the Windows AIK 2.0 is a requirement for installing and using MDT 2010. Therefore, a build server containing MDT 2010 already has the files necessary to build and customize Windows PE images. For more information about installing MDT 2010 and the Windows AIK, see previous tutorial, "Planning Deployment." Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 already contain all of the software prerequisites for the Windows AIK 2.0.

To install the Windows AIK, perform the following steps:

1. From the Windows AIK media or a folder containing the Windows AIK, run waikplatform.msi, where platform is either x86 or amd64.
2. Accept the end-user license agreement (EULA) and choose the default location for the installation files. You must use the default installation location if you're using MDT 2010. The examples in this tutorial are based on a default Windows AIK installation.
3. Complete the installation wizard to install Windows AIK.

Note The Windows Installer file Waikplatform.msi includes the Windows AIK tools. The file Winpe.cab actually includes the Windows PE source files. To install Windows PE, Winpe.cab must be in the same folder as the .msi file.