[nfbcs] Creating a Silent Automated Windows 7 Installation for Use with DVD or USB Drive

[John Heim]

I do eyes-free installs with just the tools Microsoft supplies. If you want 
to try it, I wrote a wiki page on doing an eyes-free Win7 install using the 
Windows Automatic Installation Kit. Its on the wiki of the International 
Association of Visually Impaired Technologists. See

http://wiki.iavit.org/index.php/Installing_Windows_7

Once I understood what Microsoft wants you to do, I had no problems. It took 
me a while to figure out how to use the tool that creates the unattended xml 
file but once I understood it, it was fairly easy.  The Windows Automatic 
Installation Kit has some accessibility problems and the wiki entry attempts 
to explain how to over come them.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mika Pyyhkala" <pyyhkala at gmail.com>
To: <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 4:54 PM
Subject: [nfbcs] Creating a Silent Automated Windows 7 Installation for Use 
with DVD or USB Drive


> Greetings,
>
> I wonder if anyone has had success with creating a silent automated
> Windows 7 installation which would then typically be burned to a DVD
> or saved to a usb drive.
>
> I did some google searches, and came across a utility called
> RT 7 Lite
> which appears to do exactly what is needed, however, the utility has
> crashed several times running Jaws 13 on a 64bit system, and does not
> appear to be very accessible or stable.
>
> There is also a Microsoft Automated Installation Kit AKE (similar
> name) and I wonder if anyone has used this?
>
> In the end I want to create a usb drive that I can use in a system to
> completely repartition, format, and do a fresh clean Windows 7 install
> without the prompts (as screen reading technology would not be
> avaialble while the installer ran.)
>
> I would be using a Windows 7 enterprise ISO file with SP1 to create
> the installation.
>
> Thanks,
> Mika Pyyhkala
> @pyyhkala
>
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