Overview
Use of HII for Windows 7 will require you to change your sysprep answer file (unattend.xml). Traditionally, Windows 7 images designed for deployment are syspreped into oobe (out of box experience) mode. This prepares the image in the same way a new computer would arrive from Dell. The user may be prompted for usernames, computer name, time zone, and other settings (all of which are configurable.
To use HII, the computer must be syspreped to audit mode. Audit mode is used to customize the OS before it is prepared for use.
A computer configured for HII will:
- After the computer is imaged in WinPE, Landesk copies the drivers for that machine into a folder on the hard drive.
- The computer boots into audit mode, installs the drivers, then syspreps the computer into oobe mode.
- The computer should now boot up normally in oobe mode and continue the process as normal.