New Image Creation

Requirements

• Windows installation ISO

• Hyper-V on Windows

• Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit deployment tools

• ADK Windows PE Addons

Instructions

1. Create Hyper-V VM

2. Set processor to 2 virtual processors

3. Enable TPM security

4. Disable network

5. Enable Guest Integration services

6. Install Windows with ISO

7. Create temp local account

8. Enable local Administrator account

9. Log out of temp local account

10. Login as local Administrator account

11. Delete temp local account

12. Create cleanup script on host machine

13. Open elevated Powershell

14. Run following command on host machine

    • Copy-VMFile "<vm name>" -SourcePath "<host full path>" -DestinationPath "<vm full path>" -CreateFullPath -FileSource Host

15. Run cleanup script on virtual machine

    • Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope LocalMachine

    • Unblock-File -Path <cleanup script path>

    • <cleanup script path>

16. Uninstall unneeded software

17. Shutdown

18. Enable network for the VM

19. Run the following command to export Start menu config:

    • Export-StartLayout -Path <filename>.xml

20. Save the XML file to the following folder

    • C:\Users\Default\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\

21. Create VM snapshot and reboot

22. Run sysprep, generalize, and shutdown

23. Start the DISM (Deployment and Imaging Tools Environment) as administrator and run the following commands:

    • copype amd64 C:\WinPE_amd64

    • MakeWinPEMedia /ISO C:\WinPE_amd64 C:\WinPE_amd64\WinPE_amd64.iso

24. Enable bridged network for VM

25. Boot into WinPE ISO from VM in Hyper-V

26. Run the following commands:

    • diskpart  

    • list disk  

    • select disk 0  

    • list volume  

    • select volume 1  

    • assign letter=C

    • exit

      • This is to exit diskpart

    • net use \\<network location>

    • dism /Capture-Image /Compress:maximum /ImageFile:\\<network location>\<filename>.wim /CaptureDir:C:\ /Name:"<image name>"

27. Import the WIM file into Windows System Image Manager and configure an answer file for this installation

    • The WIM file is a barebones, clean Windows image that can be used with Microsoft Deployment Toolkit to image district computers

    • The answer file is to automate the fresh installation setup options