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 Search www.microsoft.com for the Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK). The WAIK autorun page contains links to the other Application Compatibility and Deployment toolkits. Windows Licensing Notice This document does not provide a license to create and/or distribute an operating system image. This document is intended to be a technical resource for those who have the proper license to deploy Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7 operating systems. The operating system license shipped with HP PC's does not grant re-imaging and deployment rights. Before using the document to deploy an image, please contact your Microsoft licensing representative to obtain the proper license agreements. HP cannot be held liable if a customer uses this document to create or deploy an image that violates Microsoft license agreements. Definition of Terms This document will detail processes that use the following terms. Product Family-A product family is defined as a set of form-factor types within a numerically-defined series. For example, the dc7900 product family consists of the convertible mini-tower, small form factor, and ultra-small form factor. While the ultra-small form factor machines are considered to be within a product family, their size could dictate some hardware differences including possible chipset components. These differences in hardware components do not negate the possibility of a common image; however, they do add risk and complexity. Common Image-For the purposes of this paper, a ―Common Image‖ is defined as an operating system image that works across multiple hardware platforms such as the dc7900, 8000 Elite and 6000 Pro products. Identical Image-An ―Identical Image‖ is an operating system image that is deployed across machines of a single product line, all using the exact same hardware options, or configuration. If you are creating an ―Identical Image‖, you can disregard the section entitled ―obtaining drivers for the product family‖. Driver Support-Driver support in a common image includes the functionality that can be obtained via an INF-based install of the driver by the operating system. This includes device recognition and basic functionality; however, any functionality that is normally achieved by running a setup program will not be available. For information on adding setup application processing, please see the section entitled ―extending the process‖. Reference Machine-The Reference Machine is the term used to describe the system that is being used to perform work to pool drivers, customize software and set OS options and parameters. This will be the machine from which the image is captured. ImageX-This is a Microsoft command-line tool for capturing, servicing, and applying Windows Imaging Format (WIM) files, which are file-based Windows disk images used by Windows Vista. This, in addition to other tools documentation and samples to enable the IT professional to perform automated deployment of the Windows Vista or Windows 7operating system, is available in the Microsoft