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ChAPTeR 1 Windows Server 2008 R2 Deployment Secrets
2. Click New Answer File. When asked if you want to open a Windows image le,
click Yes. Navigate to the install.wim le. Select the image for which you want
to create an answer le. Most of the time this will be install.wim.
3. Click Yes when prompted to create a catalog le. This step takes several minutes.
4. Right-click on a component and then click on Add Setting to Pass. Press F1 to
learn more about the settings available for a specic component.
5. When you have nished conguring all necessary components, click on the
Validate Answer File to perform a check and then save the answer le as
autounattend.xml. This is the le name that the Windows setup routine auto-
matically looks for when you perform an installation.
One could write a whole book detailing all the possible settings to congure for
an unattended installation le. Finding all the settings is primarily a matter of navi-
gating through each of the items in the Windows Image section and conguring an
appropriate setting. Figure 1-5 shows an answer le conguration where the DHCP
server and tools will automatically be installed. This unattended installation le
must be located under the folder you congured for WDS.
FIguRe 1-5: Congure answer le with Windows SIM.
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