[OT] Building multi-role Windows 7 installation DVDs

2011-11-15 Thread noonie
Greetings, We've just received the first of our new developer PCs and I'm looking at options for building an image so that I can deploy Windows 7 for different developer roles. I can have found some information on building a single image from the Volume Licence SKU but what I'd like to do is to

RE: [OT] Building multi-role Windows 7 installation DVDs

2011-11-15 Thread Grant Holliday
multi-role Windows 7 installation DVDs Greetings, We've just received the first of our new developer PCs and I'm looking at options for building an image so that I can deploy Windows 7 for different developer roles. I can have found some information on building a single image from the Volume

Re: [OT] Building multi-role Windows 7 installation DVDs

2011-11-15 Thread noonie
Thanks Grant, I'll look at that for the setup creation. I'm more interested in what installer to create the reference image from. e.g. Can I create the reference image from non-VLK setup media and skip the product key part so that our developers can enter their valid MSDN key after installation?

Re: [OT] Building multi-role Windows 7 installation DVDs

2011-11-15 Thread mike smith
On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 9:17 AM, noonie neale.n...@gmail.com wrote: Greetings, We've just received the first of our new developer PCs and I'm looking at options for building an image so that I can deploy Windows 7 for different developer roles. What spec machines did you get? I can have

RE: [OT] Building multi-role Windows 7 installation DVDs

2011-11-15 Thread Ken Schaefer
-role Windows 7 installation DVDs Thanks Grant, I'll look at that for the setup creation. I'm more interested in what installer to create the reference image from. e.g. Can I create the reference image from non-VLK setup media and skip the product key part so that our developers can enter

Re: [OT] Building multi-role Windows 7 installation DVDs

2011-11-15 Thread noonie
Mike, On 16 November 2011 11:21, mike smith meski...@gmail.com wrote: What spec machines did you get? They're described as High end machines but that would only be true if I were standing in a hole ;-) Core i5 2400 3.1GHz, 4GB RAM, 1 X 1TB HDD, Intel Q67 Express Mobo, Nvidia NVS300, DVD

Re: [OT] Building multi-role Windows 7 installation DVDs

2011-11-15 Thread noonie
. ** ** *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *noonie *Sent:* Wednesday, 16 November 2011 8:05 AM *To:* ozDotNet *Subject:* Re: [OT] Building multi-role Windows 7 installation DVDs ** ** Thanks Grant, ** ** I'll look

RE: [OT] Building multi-role Windows 7 installation DVDs

2011-11-15 Thread Ken Schaefer
] Building multi-role Windows 7 installation DVDs Thanks Ken, Just looking at MDT now. I've go my Infrastructure manager trying to track down the corporate VL media and if that fails I'd use an MSDN retail version as long as I can either skip the product key entry until after deployment (or else