Windows Automated Installation Kit
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| Developer(s) | Microsoft Corporation |
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| Initial release | 13 February 2007 |
| Stable release | 3.0 / 18 February 2011 |
| Development status | Active |
| Platform | IBM PC Compatible |
| Size | 1.66 GiB |
| Available in | English, Arabic, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish |
| License | Freeware |
| Website | Microsoft.com → TechNet → WAIK |
Windows Automated Installation Kit (Windows AIK or WAIK) is a collection of tools and technologies produced by Microsoft designed to help deploy Microsoft Windows operating system images to target computers or to a VHD (Virtual Hard Disk). It was first introduced with Windows Vista. Microsoft has since superseded it with the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit.[1]
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[edit] History
Windows AIK Version 1.0 was released with Windows Vista. New or redesigned tools and technologies included Windows System Image Manager (Windows SIM), SysPrep, ImageX, and Windows Preinstallation Environment (WinPE) v2.0.[2]
Windows AIK Version 1.1 was released with Windows Vista SP1 (and Windows Server 2008). A number of new tools were introduced, including PostReflect and VSP1Cln. The new WinPE 2.1 could be more customized.[3]
Windows AIK Version 2.0 was released with Windows 7 beta. Significantly, a single new tool, DISM, replaced several earlier tools including PEImg and IntlCfg, which were deprecated. The new WinPE 3.0 has AeroSnaps—a Windows 7 feature. The User State Migration Tool (USMT) was added to this WAIK.[4]
Windows AIK version 3.0 is exactly the same as 2.0. The hash values of the ISO images are exactly the same:
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- CRC32: 9008BC2A
- MD5: 1E73B24A89ECEAB9D50585B92DB5482F
- SHA-1: 793F4CC4741EBAD223938BE0EEEE708EDA968DAA
- The version number has only been updated to correspond with the release of Service Pack 1 for Windows 7.[5] Microsoft has also released a Windows Automated Installation Kit Supplement for Windows 7 SP1. Windows Automated Installation Kit Readme references the WAIK Supplement, which optionally adds WinPE v3.1 to a previously installed, compatible WAIK.
The Sysprep tool is not included with WAIK, but is instead included on the Operating System installation media (DVD).
- WAIK 1.0—v6.0.6000.16386—Released with Vista
- WAIK 1.1—v6.0.6001.18000—Released with Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008
- Supported operating systems include:
- Windows Server 2008,
- Windows Vista, Windows Vista SP1,
- Windows Server 2003 SP1 with KB926044, Windows Server 2003 SP2 and
- Windows XP SP2 with KB926044.
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- Filename: 6001.18000.080118-1840-kb3aikl_en.iso
- Version: v936330AIK – Released: 4/9/2008–1375.9 MB
- WAIK 2.0 - v6.1.7000.0—Released with Windows 7
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- Filename: KB3AIK_en.ISO
- WAIK 2.0 RC: 6.1.7100.0—Released with Windows Vista
- Supported operating systems include:
- Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2,
- Windows Vista SP1,
- Windows Server 2008 family,
- Windows 7 family and
- Windows Server 2008 R2 family of operating system.
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- Filename: KB3AIK_en.ISO
- Win7 WAIK: 6.1.7600.16385 Includes DISM.exe, same version number
- Supported operating systems include:
- Windows Server 2008,
- Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2,
- Windows Vista SP1,
- Windows Server 2008 family,
- Windows 7 family, and
- Windows Server 2008 R2 family.
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- Filename: KB3AIK_en.ISO
- Version: v1.0—Released: 8/6/2009—1706.6 MB
[edit] Features
[edit] Preinstallation environment
WAIK includes Windows Preinstallation Environment, a lightweight version of Windows that can be booted via PXE, CD-ROM, USB flash drive or external hard disk drive and is used to deploy, troubleshoot or recover Windows environments. It replaces MS-DOS boot disks, Emergency Repair Disk, Recovery Console and Automated System Recovery boot disks. Traditionally used by large corporations and OEMs (to preinstall Windows client operating systems to PCs during manufacturing), WinPE is now available free of charge via the Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK).
[edit] User state migration
WAIK for Windows 7 includes User State Migration Tool v4.0, a command-line interface tool for transferring Windows user settings from one installation to another as part of an operating system upgrade or wipe-and-reload recovery, for example, to clean out a rootkit. USMT v4.0 can transfer the settings from Microsoft Windows XP or later to Microsoft Windows Vista and later.[6]
[edit] Other features
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[edit] See also
Microsoft Preboot environments
- Windows Preinstallation Environment
- Windows Recovery Environment, an extension of Windows Preinstallation Environment
Alternatives
- Windows To Go
- BartPE
- Reatogo-X-PE, a project based on BartPE
- WinBuilder
- VistaPE, a project based on WinBuilder
Concepts
[edit] References
- ^ http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/w7itproinstall/thread/9028c11d-62e8-4198-b4d5-0f0e15910c5d
- ^ "Download Details: Windows Automated Installation Kit (AIK)". Microsoft Download Center. Microsoft Corporation. 13 February 2007. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=C7D4BC6D-15F3-4284-9123-679830D629F2&displaylang=en. Retrieved 16 November 2009.
- ^ "Download Details: Automated Installation Kit (AIK) for Windows Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008". Microsoft Download Center. Microsoft Corporation. 9 April 2008. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=94BB6E34-D890-4932-81A5-5B50C657DE08&displaylang=en. Retrieved 16 November 2009.
- ^ "Download Details: The Windows Automated Installation Kit (AIK) for Windows 7". Microsoft Download Center. Microsoft Corporation. 6 August 2008. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=696dd665-9f76-4177-a811-39c26d3b3b34&displaylang=en. Retrieved 16 November 2009.
- ^ Bink.nu
- ^ "Download Details: Windows 7 Walkthrough: User State Migration Tool". Microsoft Corporation. 9 January 2009. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e263796c-c7e4-44d6-96dd-32e821c88a25&displaylang=en. Retrieved 16 November 2009.
