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Guide: Creating a bootimage with another keyboard layout (winPE 3)

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DISM.exe is a new command line tool included in the Windows Automated Installation Kit (Windows AIK) 2.0. You can use DISM to service Windows images, both WIM and VHD files. This is a useful tool that can be used to add/remove device drivers, OS Packages, hotfixes, etc.

 

 

Here is how to create a custom boot image with diffrent keyboard layout

And if read closly you will learn how to modify the registry and filstructure on a WIM file.

 

1. Make sure you have Windows Automated Installation Kit installed (make sure you have the latest version)

2. Open "Deployment Tools Command Prompt" (Start -> All programs -> Microsoft Windows AIK)

3. Copy base files to c:\winpe (change x86 to amd64 for 64bit)

copype x86 c:\winpe  

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4. Mount imagefile

Dism /mount-wim /wimfile:c:\winpe\winpe.wim /index:1 /mountdir:c:\winpe\mount 

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5. Change to Swedish keyboard layout (or whatever you prefer, make changes to the red parts)

Dism /image:C:\winpe\mount /Set-SysLocale:[color="#ff0000"]sv-SE[/color]

Dism /image:C:\winpe\mount /Set-UserLocale:[color="#ff0000"]sv-SE[/color]

Dism /image:C:\winpe\mount /Set-InputLocale:[color="#ff0000"]sv-SE[/color]

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For the curious, this changes some of the <%mountpath%>\Windows\System32\config\*.* registry hives:

Changes can be viewed by opening regedit, select HKLM and choose file, load hive (for example DEFAULT)

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6. Create a "Tools" folder on this path: C:\winpe\mount (<%mountpath%>)

 

 

7. Input all programs you need into the folder

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8. Edit the following regkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\<filename>\ControlSet001\Control\Session Manager\Environment

Input this value: %SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemDrive%\Tools;

Into the value named "path"

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9. Save the changes

Dism /Unmount-Wim /MountDir:C:\winpe\mount /Commit  

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10. Change format from Windows Image format so we can boot from the file

copy c:\winpe\winpe.wim c:\winpe\iso\sources\boot.wim  

 

 

 

When this is done

This new custome boot image can be added to SCCM: c:\winpe\iso\sources\boot.wim

 

PS don´t forget to add F8 support!! cool.gif

 

Cheers Marcus

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Btw

 

If you want to burn this wim file here is the command for creating the ISO. Run it in the "Deployment Tools Command Prompt"

oscdimg –n –bc:\winpe\etfsboot.com c:\winpe\iso c:\winpe\winpe.iso 

 

Note that the –b switch indicates where the boot sector for the CD will be, and the last parameter tells it where to create the image.

 

When this is done you can just burn the ISO with any burning program.

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"For the curious, this changes some of the <%mountpath%>\Windows\System32\config\*.* registry hives:
Changes can be viewed by opening regedit, select HKLM and choose file, load hive (for example DEFAULT)"

I cannot load "a hive", deafult is in use ...?

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