inside panther troubleshooting the windows setup engine
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Inside Panther Troubleshooting the Windows Setup Engine
Johan ArwidmarkChief Technical ArchitectKnowledge Factory
WCL401
Agenda
The Windows 7 Setup EngineImage Based Setup and AutomationConfiguration PassesComponent Based Servicing
Device Drivers in Windows 7Image ServicingDevice Driver Ranking
Troubleshooting Logfiles
Demo Environment
Hyper-V R2, 16 GB RAM, 256 SSD
DC01DC and DNS
MDT01MDT 2010WDS, WSUS and DHCPSQL 2008 Express SP1
DC02DC and DNS
CM01MDT 2010SQL 2008 SP1 WDS, WSUS and DHCPConfigMgr 2007 SP2
Windows 7 Setup
Setup is exclusively image-based32- or 64-bit executableAutomated via unattend.xmlNew boot from VHD optionOne image can support all hardware
WinPE 3.0 drives the DeploymentUsing Setup or Imaging Utility
Windows 7 Setup, continued.
Larger imagesBranch Office scenarios
Windows Recovery Offline ServicingBitlocker
XP x86 W7 x86 W7 x640
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
Image Size (GB)
Automating the Setup
Unattend.xml is the key…WSIM (from WAIK 2.0) it’s creator…
WIM Files and Catalog FilesDistribution ShareAdding PackagesAdding Drivers
Windows 7 Configuration PassesWindows PE Windows Setup Sysprep
WindowsPE Windows PE Generalize
offlineServicing
Specialize
OobeSystem
AuditSystem
AuditUser
Offline Servicing
Before or during DeploymentUsing Deployment Imaging and Servicing (DISM)Adding PackagesAdding Drivers
Component based servicing
Component Based Servicing (CBS) Component Servicing
Infrastructure (CSI)
Driver Management and Install (DMI)
Component Management Infrastructure (CMI)
Systems Management Infrastructure (SMI)
Kernel Transaction Manager (KTM)
Windows 7 Setup Logfiles
Locations depend on the setup phaseLocations (See KB 927521 for details)
C:\WINDOWS\C:\WINDOWS\PANTHER C:\WINDOWS\INFC:\$WINDOWS.~BT\Sources\PantherX:\$WINDOWS.~BT\Sources\Panther
Windows 7 Setup Logfiles, cont.
Key LogfilesSetupact.logsetuperr.log setupapi.dev.logsetupapi.app.log
Windows 7 Device Drivers
DirectXThe Windows 7 Driver Store
PNP ServiceDriver rankingDevice Driver signing
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