OK geeks, let's do this:
TF Live Workshop - Create a Custom Windows 10 Creators Update ISO
A live
Skype Event on
Saturday, March 25th 2017 at 17:00 (5 PM) UTC. You can check the time in your time zone here:
TF Live Workshop - Create a Custom Windows 10 Creators Update ISO
The above link opens a page showing you event start time in UTC (left) and your local time (right), in screenshot example it shows that event starts at 18:00 (6 PM) my local CET. The local time is based on current location of your computer, in 12 H format where it applies:
The Skype Event is open to anyone to join, you do not need to be a Ten Forums member, you do not need a Skype or Microsoft Account, you can join completely anonymously as guest. Of course it is recommended that when asked for event screen name you use your Ten Forums username.
The event is estimated to take 90 minutes.
Naturally you can just follow the demonstration and participate in discussion, but to get most of this event I recommend you to prepare for it as follows:
1.) Download and install
Windows ADK Insider Preview (Assessment and Deployment Kit). The latest version at the moment of writing this is build
15052 (ADK builds are not same than W10 builds):
Download
Download is a 2.8 GB ISO image, save it first then mount the ISO (double click), run
adksetup. You can of course install every component if you so wish but for our workshop only the component
Deployment Tools is required:
That includes the
Windows SIM (System Image Manager), the tool we will need to build an answer file.
2.) If you don't have a recent
Windows 10 Insider Preview ISO image (15025 or later), download one for your preferred edition. Latest available for direct download at the moment is build 15058:
Download
3.) Last download, a so called
catalog (.clg) file we need in order to be able to create an answer file with Windows SIM. Select one for edition you will work with on our event:
4.) One more optional step: install Windows 10 on a new virtual machine in your selected virtualisation platform. I recommend of course Hyper-V, see
tutorial. When Windows setup after last restart arrives to region selection, shut down the VM. Do not select anything, just shut down or turn off the VM. We will continue from that point on Saturday.
A nice way to shut down from OOBE Region selection is to press
SHIFT + F10 to open Command Prompt and enter command
shutdown -s -t 0 -f:
In any case do not continue beyond Region selection!
See you geeks on Saturday! I promise you, however complicated this with ADK and SIM and catalog files and answer files looks, it really is quite easy, logical and simple :)
Link to event will be posted in this thread about half an hour before start.
Kari