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Credentials_ENU.xml Customize this file to change the text displayed in the User Credentials dialog box.
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DeployWiz_Definition_ENU.xml Customize this file to change the text for each page displayed by the Windows Deployment Wizard.
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Summary_Definition_ENU.xml Customize this file to change the text in the Deployment Summary dialog box, which displays at the end of the LTI process.
Summary The new installation architecture first introduced in Windows Vista and deployment tools included in the Windows AIK make deploying Windows 7 in your organization easier than deploying earlier versions of Windows. The new .wim file format makes it possible to deploy highly compressed image files. Windows 7 helps reduce image count by removing hardware and other dependencies from the image. Modularization in Windows 7 makes servicing images easier than with legacy methods, so you no longer have to apply, customize, and recapture an image to update it. The new answer file format, Unattend.xml, provides a more flexible and consistent configuration. Finally, deployment tools in the Windows AIK 2.0 provide a robust way to create, customize, and manage Windows 7 images. Although the Windows AIK 2.0 provides the basic tools for customizing and deploying Windows 7, MDT 2010 provides a more flexible framework for deploying Windows 7 in businesses. MDT 2010 enables you to create and customize multiple image builds. The framework includes automation common to most businesses and is highly extensible to suit any requirements. For example, by using MDT 2010 to deploy Windows 7, you can include custom actions such as installing applications, packages, and drivers that are performed during installation.
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Chapter 3, “Deployment Platform,” includes information about the Windows 7 installation architecture, its key features and technologies, and how the various features interact.
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Chapter 4, “Planning Deployment,” includes information about installing and preparing MDT 2010 for use. This chapter also describes how to use the MDT 2010 documentation.
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Chapter 10, “Configuring Windows Deployment Services,” explains how to install and configure Windows Deployment Services and how to add images to and deploy images from Windows Deployment Services.
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Chapter 11, “Using Volume Activation,” includes more information about Windows 7 product keys and volume activation.
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