Customized Windows Installation CDs

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http://live.pirillo.com/ – I used to literally pull an all-nighter when I had to reinstall Windows. Customizing it and getting things the way I wanted was a pain. I should have listened to some of the advice I’ve been given about making my own customized Windows installation CDs.

By using a program called nLite, you can make yourself a customized Windows XP installation disc. This has been around a while, and is tried and true. It works. Simply point and click. Choose the things you want to install, decide what you want and how you want it to look, and save it. It will create an .iso image for you that you can burn to a CD and use as your installation disk.

Similarly, you can also use the newer vLite to make a customized Windows Vista installation disk. This one has not been tested as much. Vista already has enough bugs and problems that I’m not completely sure whether a customized install would be helpful or not.

What other tips and tricks do you have to make the nightmare of reinstalling an operating system go away? Are there other programs you may use to slipstream this process? We always want to hear from you.

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