Hi everyone, I just want to run this by the experts here as I havent done this before: I want to build and capture a windows 7 .wim file with some customisations in place, here is what I am going to do can anyone tell me if this is correct? 1) build a windows 7 reference computer using an unattend.xml file (and include the copyprofile setting) 2) customise the windows 7 installation 3) build the capture media 4) run the capture media on the machine (which should sysprep the machine automatically?) 5) use my newly captured .wim file in a task sequence to deploy windows 7 Thank you for any help

yes you can do that, or you could automate the whole process (recommended) using the build and capture task sequence documented for you here My step by step SCCM Guides I'm on Twitter > ncbrady

Customization leads to support headaches and problems. Skip the customization (or at least automate it using a script) and use a build and capture task sequence. Manually doing anything is un-IT.Jason | http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/jsandys | Twitter @JasonSandys

Thank you both for the input. I see the benefit now of automating this; it completely removes the possibility of introducing human error into the mix which is obviously very bad! Cheers Wayne