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Setting Up the Environment

You will need to build an environment for customizing Windows PE images before deployment. Having everything in the appropriate location will simplify the task of creating builds and will help you establish repeatable methods for creating and updating builds.

Create this environment on a technician or lab computer. If you're using MDT 2010 to deploy Windows 7, configure the Windows PE customization environment on the build server. In fact, installing and configuring MDT 2010 installs all of the requirements for building custom Windows PE images.

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In this tutorial:

  1. Preparing Windows PE
  2. Exploring Windows PE
  3. Capabilities
  4. Limitations
  5. New Features of Windows PE 3.0
  6. Setting Up the Environment
  7. Installing the Windows AIK 2.0
  8. Configuring the Build Environment
  9. Removing the Build Environment
  10. Windows 7 Working with PE
  11. Creating Bootable Media
  12. Booting from a Hard Disk Drive
  13. Customizing Windows PE
  14. Automating Windows PE
  15. Automating with Unattend.xml
  16. Adding Images to Windows Deployment Services
  17. Using Windows PE with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit