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Step #1

I am assuming you have captured your image already and are ready for deployment. Go ahead and boot up your image deployment software (WinPE 2.0 or WinPE 3.0).

Step #2

In my other articles I describe how to use DiskPart and also avoiding the hidden partition before deploying a new image. I suggest reading them.

Step #3

After you have deployed your non-sysprepped image you need to run the following commands: (I have a batch file I use to do this).

bcdedit /set {default} device partition=c:
bcdedit /set {default} osdevice partition=c:
bcdedit /set {bootmgr} device partition=c:

Step #4

This will fix the BOOTMGR problem when deploying a non-syprepped image in Vista or 7. Enjoy!

* Windows Vista: C:\Users\\AppData\LocalLow\Sun\Java\jre1.6.0_12
* Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\\Local Settings\Application Data
* Windows 2000 C:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data

Copy the contents out of that folder to where you are keeping your msi distribution packages. The folder should look like the picture below without the install.bat which is my batch file.

Java Directory Contents

Here is the command I used for a quiet install for multiple users:

msiexec /i "jre1.6.0_12.msi" SETMULTIUSER=1 /qb"

Works fine for multiple users under windows 2000, XP, and Vista. More MSI package instructions coming tomorrow along with some tutorials on ImageX/Sysprep for Vista.

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for /f “tokens=2-4 delims=/ ” %%g in (‘date /t’) do (
set mm=%%g
set dd=%%h
set yy=%%i
)

if exist “\\IPADDESS\c$\Users\Administrator\Documents\My Laptop Backups\%mm%-%dd%-%yy%” (
rd /S /Q “\\IPADDRESS\c$\Users\Administrator\Documents\My Laptop Backups\%mm%-%dd%-%yy%”
)

xcopy “C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\Thunderbird\Profiles”
“\\IPADDRESS\c$\Users\Administrator\Documents\My Laptop Backups\%mm%-%dd%-%yy%” /s /i