Phase 5: Managing and Servicing Your Windows Image
Applies To: Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2
Note
This content applies to Windows 7. For Windows 8 content, see Windows Deployment with the Windows ADK.
This section provides information about servicing an existing Windows® image. You can add or remove language packs or drivers, and you can update an existing offline or online image when new software and hardware become available. Offline servicing is updating an image that has been mounted or applied, but is not currently installed and running. Online servicing is updating the image on a running installation of the Windows operating system.
In This Section
Describes best practices related to servicing a Windows image. |
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Describes how to get information about an online or offline image and how to get information about the components in an image. |
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Describes how to modify or service a Windows image entirely offline without booting it first. |
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Describes how to modify or service a running operating system. |
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Describes how to service and prepare a Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE) image. |
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Explains what local packs are and describes how to add, remove and configure local packs. |
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Describes how to modify or service a Windows Vista® with Service Pack 2 (SP2), Windows Vista with SP1 or Windows Server® 2008 image and the limitations that apply. |
See Also
Concepts
Windows Preinstallation Phases
Deployment Image Servicing and Management Technical Reference