Windows 7 Lite Touch installation with MDT 2010 – Part 2
In a previous article we discussed a very basic Lite Touch Installation (LTI). For the second part we will modify the MDT configuration files to make our installation more unattended.
The two configuration files we need to modify are CustomSettings.ini and Bootstrap.ini. Use this method to view and modify them; In DeploymentWorkBench right-click your Deployment Share and choose Properties and hit the Rules tab. This is the CustomSettings.ini file. To view and modify Bootstrap.ini hit the Edit Bootstrap.ini-button at the bottom.
CustomSettings.ini file we will be using:
[Settings]
Priority=Default
Properties=MyCustomProperty
[Default]
OSInstall=Y
SkipPackageDisplay=NO
SkipApplications=NO
SkipAppsOnUpgrade=YES
SkipCapture=YES
SkipProductKey=YES
SkipComputerBackup=YES
SkipBDDWelcome=YES
SkipAdminPassword=YES
AdminPassword=Pa$$w0rd
SkipDeploymentType=YES
DeploymentType=NEWCOMPUTER
SkipUserData=YES
SkipDomainMembership=YES
SkipComputerName=NO
ComputerName=PC-xxxx
SkipTimeZone=YES
KeyboardLocale=0813:00000813
UserLocale=nl-be
TimeZone=105
TimeZoneName=Romance Standard Time
_SMSTSOrgName=The D Spot
SkipBitLocker=YES
SkipSummary=NO
You can adapt these settings to your needs. For example join a domain, skip the summary and so one.
Our Bootstrap.ini file:
[Settings]
Priority=Default
[Default]
SkipBDDWelcome=YES
DeployRoot=\\Servername\DeploymentShare$
UserDomain=DOMAINNAME
UserID=SERVICEACCOUNTNAME
UserPassword=PASSWORD
KeyboardLocalePE=0813:00000813
This file will be injected in the WinPE ISO file, to connect to the Deployment Share. After a modification to this file you need to perform a Deployment Share Update. To regenerate the LiteTouchPE_x64.iso & LiteTouchPE_x86.iso files.
With these configuration files in place, our LTI will ask for a Task Sequence and Computername only.
If your environment has computer names based on MAC Addresses you can get the computer name out of a SQL Database. But in most companies a technician will choose the computer name based on the label attached on the computer case, I choose this just to have an example.
Next time we will go further with user data migration.
Please find other parts here:
Windows 7 Lite Touch installation with MDT 2010 – Part 1
Windows 7 Lite Touch installation with MDT 2010 – Part 3
Windows 7 Lite Touch installation with MDT 2010 – Part 4
Hi,
I’ve got a little question about multicasting, we’d like to use multicast for reinstalling our computers, because we are reinstalling 40 to 60 computers at the time.
What I’ve noticed is that when we do a multicast with Windows 7, that this is working, if we do it on Windows XP, it isn’t.
Could there be a reason for this strange behavior?
Thanks