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System Preparation for Windows Server 2003 R2
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You may read the AIK documentation and set many more options that suit your deployment.
The steps above are the minimum needed to make Windows unattended setup work.
8. Save the answer file as unattend.xml. You can ignore the warning messages that appear in the
validation window.
9. Copy the unattend.xml file into the c:\windows\system32\sysprep directory of the Windows 2008
R2 Virtual Machine
10. Once you place the unattend.xml file in c:\windows\system32\sysprep directory, you run the
sysprep tool as follows:
cd c:\Windows\System32\sysprep
sysprep.exe /oobe /generalize /shutdown
The Windows 2008 R2 VM will automatically shut down after sysprep is complete.
13.10.2. System Preparation for Windows Server 2003 R2
Earlier versions of Windows have a different sysprep tool. Follow these steps for Windows Server
2003 R2.
1. Extract the content of \support\tools\deploy.cab on the Windows installation CD into a directory
called c:\sysprep on the Windows 2003 R2 VM.
2. Run c:\sysprep\setupmgr.exe to create the sysprep.inf file.