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Novell's Zenworks imaging is not yet ready for Windows 7. I want to deploy Windows 7 images today.

What tool should I use to create and deploy Windows 7 images?

What pitfalls should I watch out for, and how can I steer clear?

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I'd recommend Microsoft's own WDS right now. There is a great technet article which outlines the changes in deployment for Windows 7. Although it talks a bit about the beta release, the information is applicable to a retail install.

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Not just WDS, I would also use the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 that works with WDS and allows you to have a fine grained control over the process. technet.microsoft.com/en-us/solutionaccelerators/dd407791.aspx The MDT is more for install/customization than imaging though, so that way you don't have to have images per system type, but one base image that uses information you provide to figure out what to install, and how to configure it. (based on user, computer, the DN of either, IP subnet, etc.) – Joshua Dec 2 '09 at 15:46
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