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Add the ability to change the install media for scripted installs

It would be cool if I could change the install media out for my scripted installs w/o rebuilding each depolyment. When microsoft releases service packs ti would be handy to upload the new OS then replace the old version with the new.

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  • Eugene Yu commented  ·   ·  Report

    Where is this at? We're over a year from the status of "started".

  • Chris Soukas commented  ·   ·  Report

    soooo about that release? in the lifespan of windows xp please!

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    MDT could do this from the start. Not having this feature requires wasted effort and time recreating scripted installs, performing kludges and harnessing lots of patience because we must do things "the long way."

  • Paul D'Amore commented  ·   ·  Report

    Well, four years later....It is really not fun having to rebuild scripted installs because you cannot change the media.

  • Paul D'Amore commented  ·   ·  Report

    So glad they started this. I have been waiting for this for years! Now I am really looking forward to the next release.

  • Raphael BIOLLUZ commented  ·   ·  Report

    I really need this implementation : I work with 30+ scripts for which I have to upgrade a Win7 media source every month or so... that's a pain in the *ss to have to recreate a new script for each old one !

  • Dustin commented  ·   ·  Report

    Will this also include WIMs?

  • Gilles commented  ·   ·  Report

    Excellent ! Thank you!

  • Robert Odum commented  ·   ·  Report

    How is this still under review? We have like 5 different scripted installs. It would benefit allot if we could update the source and then just switch it out on the scripted installs. Instead of rebuilding each scripted install from scratch.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    Please - do it quickly. Nowadays the update process of windows 7 takes ages! I'd like to have a ability to slipstream updates to the source media.

  • Jørn-Stian commented  ·   ·  Report

    I agree to both of the suggestions below - allow replacing both the install.wim-file or the iso.

  • Dave King commented  ·   ·  Report

    Yes, Please add this feature, when we have many saved deployment options to account for the various job dunctions, it is difficult/time consuming to say the least to have to recreate them all rather than have the simple option of pointing to the new Media source.

  • Dennis Devore commented  ·   ·  Report

    Another thought would be if we could just update the .WMI file for the media. I currently keep a VM for each source, I take a snapshot of it prior to sysprep. Right now I simply restore the snapshot, update windows and anything else then create a new WMI. Then I have to recreate about 25 scripted installs. This process would be awesome if I could kill off the last step.

  • £udovic commented  ·   ·  Report

    It should be great if we could change the source of a duplicate deployments script. In my case, just for changing the language.

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