Configuring Windows Vista Automated Installation Settings

BackBy — November 15, 2007

These questions are based on Microsoft exam #70-624 − TS: Deploying and Maintaining Vista Client and Office System 2007 Desktops.

Objective: Configuring Windows Vista Automated Installation Settings
Sub-Objective: Managing Windows Vista Catalogs

Single Answer, Multiple Choice

You are a desktop support technician for your company. You are in the process of deploying the Windows Vista operating system on all client computers in the company. You create a Windows Vista image to deploy Windows Vista on the target computers. You need to add one or more language packs to an existing offline Windows Vista image.

Which utility you should use?

1. the Windows System Image Manager (SIM)
2. the ImageX command-line utility
3. the Package Manager utility
4. the INTLCFG.EXE utility

Answer:
C. the Package Manager utility

Tutorial:
To add one or more language packs to an existing offline Windows Vista image, you should use the Package Manager utility. Using this utility, you can add one or more language packs to a Windows Vista image. You can use Package Manager to install, uninstall, configure and update Window Vista features. In addition, you can also use an unattended installation file to update Windows Vista features on an offline Windows Vista computer.

Windows SIM will not help you add language packs to or remove language packs from an existing Windows Vista image. Windows SIM is used to create an answer file for Windows Vista unattended installations. The SIM is also used to generate a new catalog of settings after you edit an existing image.

The ImageX command-line utility will not help you add language packs to or remove language packs from an existing Windows Vista image. The ImageX command-line utility is run from the command prompt or from the Windows Preinstallation Environment (PE) and is used to capture a volume image to a Windows Imaging (WIM) Format file.

The INTLCFG.EXE utility will not help you add language packs to or remove language packs from an existing Windows Vista image. When you add or remove language packs in an existing Windows image, you use the INTLCFG.EXE utility to recreate the LANG.INI file. This file includes the list of available language packs included in a Windows image.

Reference:
Microsoft TechNet > Windows Vista Technical Library > Windows Vista: Deployment > Windows Automated Installation Kit (Windows AIK) > Windows Preinstallation Phases > Phase 3: Preinstallation Customization > Customization How-To Topics > Manage Language Packs for Windows > Add a Language Pack to a Windows Image > Install a Language Pack to an Offline Image > To use Package Manager to install a language pack

Microsoft TechNet > Windows Vista Technical Library > Windows Vista: Deployment > Windows Automated Installation Kit (Windows AIK) > Deployment Tools Technical Reference > Package Manager Technical Reference > Package Manager Command-Line Options