Lab: Windows Embedded Industry 8.1 Using Windows® System Image Manager (Windows SIM) create an sysprep ’s answer file(unattend file)

Step 1、Install Windows ADK 

You can download the tool from the URL：

http://www.microsoft.com/zh-tw/download/details.aspx?id=39982

How to setup it, please reference following：

http://embedded-easy.blogspot.tw/search/label/Windows%20Embedded%208.1%20Industry

Step 2、To use Windows® System Image Manager (Windows SIM) creates an answer file

1、To get the Windows image file

• copy ” install.wim” from Windows Embedded Industry 8.1 OPK DVD，the path is \sources\install.wim

• copy ” install.wim” to any directory path on your technician computer.

2、On the technician computer, open Windows SIM.

3、Select Windows Image

• On the File menu, click Select Windows Image.

• browse to a Windows image file

• Select what version OS you want to create a answer file.

l   Click “yes”. Don’t care the notification message.

Because the catalog file (.clg) has not been created, it will be created later.

• Click “yes”. Don’t care the notification message

• Windows SIM prompts you to create the catalog file.

• The catalog will show on Windows SIM.

• You can see the catalog file (.clg) Windows SIM created.

Note：If you direct load the “install.wim” from DVD, you will see the error message. Because of the catalog file would not be created to DVD.

4、To create a new answer file

• On the File menu, click New Answer File.

• In the Answer File pane, you will see some contents in answer file.

Step 3、Configure Components and Settings in an Answer File

1、Add Sysprep component and Configure it

• Select  Sysprep component and click it to add to answer file

• Configure Sysprep component

2、Add Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup component to Pass 4 specialize(4),then Configure it

• Add Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup component

• Set  PID.

3、Add Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup component to Pass 7 oobeSystem(7),then Configure it

• Add Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup component

• Set Registered Organization name

Step 4、Save the answer file

l   On the File menu, click Save Answer File.

• Give a path and file name to save the answer file.

Step 5、Open notepad.exe and Write a bath file to run the sysprep.exe to clone, then save as “Win8.1_Industry_SYSPREP.BAT”

The content as follows：

< sysprep.exe path>  /generalize /oobe /shutdown /unattend:<unattend file path>

For wxample：

Step 6、To run sysprep.exe to clone your OS.

1、To copy your unattend file (answer file) and bath file to the path on the same directory with sysprep.exe.

• Find the sysprep.exe on the path, c:\windows\system32\sysprep

• Copy your unattend file (answer file) and bath file to the path on the same directory with sysprep.exe.

2、To run the bath file to run sysprep.exe

3、The system will run cleanup process and generalize process as following, then the pc will go to shut down.

Step 7、Restart the pc. The system will run into welcome screen. After , you will get a new SID.