Thanks for your input, I will do the same for my Windows 7 image. But I don't know if in my case that will work since I like to add French and Spanish LP to all the index, I think I did try that addon once and didn't work and started using Ricktendo's [Slim] .NET Framework 4.6.2 Full x86/x64 with silent swich which work for me at the moment. Anyways I will try it when I have some free time and see how that go.
And how are you going to add the dotnet462 LP's? They can only be installed during setupcomplete (exe) or in audit mode. WU won't offer them.
Ricktendo's [Slim] .NET Framework 4.6.2 has a repack version that I used which is multilingual, that is the only way I know it works for me. It does the installation before the first pre windows login. I just don't like the wait it could take almost 30 minutes to finish. I think the addon version would be better.
Just install it in audit mode, the windows install after going thru audit/sysprep/capture is way faster because all things are already really pre-installed.
I will do that then, once I learn how to work images in audit mode. Is this a good guide? technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd799305 Thanks!
@Enthousiast What's the point of using a partition on a physical drive instead of a normal directory or folder? I've never done that so I'm just asking...
You can't capture a real virtual install using vmware on a vmdk, afaik. On Hyper-V, with vhd's, it should be simpler but i didn't get around trying that, yet. My method just uses VMWare as substitute system to run a real windows on a real hdd which can be captured easily. Murphy78 does it on a real running machine in his explanation and captures it from the original windows install.
After servicing the image online, I run: Code: %windir%\system32\sysprep\sysprep.exe /oobe /generalize /shutdown Next I map the virtual drive (drive Z and then capture the image.
Nope. Admin account (audit mode) except Win8.1 like you correctly said. To MAP the vmdk just runas admin VMware program > Hard Disk (SCSI) > Under Disk Utilities, Map... > Under Volume, select the largest image > Uncheck Open drive in Windows Explorer after mapping > OK Now you can use dism to capture the image...