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Inside Panther Troubleshooting the Windows Setup Engine

WCL401. Inside Panther Troubleshooting the Windows Setup Engine. Johan Arwidmark Chief Technical Architect Knowledge Factory. I live here. Agenda. The Windows 7 Setup Engine Image Based Setup and Automation Configuration Passes Component Based Servicing Device Drivers in Windows 7

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Inside Panther Troubleshooting the Windows Setup Engine

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  1. WCL401 Inside Panther Troubleshooting the Windows Setup Engine Johan Arwidmark Chief Technical Architect Knowledge Factory

  2. I live here...

  3. Agenda • The Windows 7 Setup Engine • Image Based Setup and Automation • Configuration Passes • Component Based Servicing • Device Drivers in Windows 7 • Image Servicing • Device Driver Ranking • Troubleshooting • Logfiles

  4. Demo Environment • Hyper-V R2, 16 GB RAM, 256 SSD DC01 DC and DNS DC02 DC and DNS MDT01 MDT 2010 WDS, WSUSand DHCP SQL 2008 Express SP1 CM01 MDT 2010 SQL 2008 SP1 WDS, WSUSand DHCP ConfigMgr 2007 SP2

  5. Windows 7 Setup • Setup is exclusively image-based • 32- or 64-bit executable • Automated via unattend.xml • New boot from VHD option • One image can support all hardware • WinPE 3.0 drives the Deployment • Using Setup or Imaging Utility

  6. Windows 7 Setup, continued. • Larger images • Branch Office scenarios • Windows Recovery • Offline Servicing • Bitlocker

  7. Following a Windows 7 setup… Johan Arwidmark Chief Technical Architect Knowledge Factory demo

  8. Automating the Setup • Unattend.xml is the key… • WSIM (from WAIK 2.0) it’s creator… • WIM Files and Catalog Files • Distribution Share • Adding Packages • Adding Drivers

  9. Windows 7 Configuration Passes Sysprep Windows PE Windows Setup WindowsPE Generalize Windows PE offlineServicing Specialize AuditSystem AuditUser OobeSystem

  10. Automating the Setup Johan Arwidmark Chief Technical Architect Knowledge Factory demo

  11. Offline Servicing • Before or during Deployment • Using Deployment Imaging and Servicing (DISM) • Adding Packages • Adding Drivers

  12. Component based servicing Kernel Transaction Manager (KTM) Systems Management Infrastructure (SMI) Component Management Infrastructure (CMI) Driver Management and Install (DMI) Component Based Servicing (CBS) Component Servicing Infrastructure (CSI)

  13. Windows 7 Setup Logfiles • Locations depend on the setup phase • Locations (See KB 927521 for details) • C:\WINDOWS\ • C:\WINDOWS\PANTHER • C:\WINDOWS\INF • C:\$WINDOWS.~BT\Sources\Panther • X:\$WINDOWS.~BT\Sources\Panther

  14. Windows 7 Setup Logfiles, cont. • Key Logfiles • Setupact.log • setuperr.log • setupapi.dev.log • setupapi.app.log

  15. Troubleshooting Windows 7 Setup Johan Arwidmark Chief Technical Architect Knowledge Factory demo

  16. Windows 7 Device Drivers • DirectX • The Windows 7 Driver Store • PNP Service • Driver ranking • Device Driver signing

  17. Windows 7 Device Drivers Johan Arwidmark Chief Technical Architect Knowledge Factory demo

  18. Related Content • WCL403 | Troubleshooting Windows 7 Deployments: In Depth • WCL302 | Absolute Offline Servicing Windows OS • WCL316 | Maximizing Windows 7 Performance: Troubleshooting Tips • OSP471-INT | Desktop Deployment Live Gameshow

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