Custom Windows Install Question

[Hackintoshx]

im 100% noob at this stuff. But i'm wondering is their an easy ish way to make a windows install that will silent install all the programs i want with it.

[Oshino Shinobu]

If you mean install Windows and have programs already installed, there's a built in tool called sysprep that allows you to do this. It's mostly used by businesses to build a gold image that can then be deployed to multiple systems, preventing the need to install updates or applications manually each time. 

 

Bear in mind this requires you to install Windows and set it up how you want at least once. So if you're only wanting to install on one system, this won't save you any time. 

 

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/sysprep--generalize--a-windows-installation

 

EDIT: I personally use sysprep to create base images after installing updates each month so if I ever need to rebuild a VM I can pull the most recent image and not have to worry about applying updates. 

[Hackintoshx]

Yes it's for one system i was just looking for a one click solution kind of thing instead of me having to install each program one by one. ill look in to sysprep Thank you very much

[Oshino Shinobu]

9 hours ago, Hackintoshx said:

Yes it's for one system i was just looking for a one click solution kind of thing instead of me having to install each program one by one. ill look in to sysprep Thank you very much

Sysprep's not what you're looking for then. It's designed to make it easier to deploy the same image to multiple systems. You'll still have to install all your programs one by one before you can create the image. By that point, you've already got it set up so there's no point in using sysprep.

 

You can look around to see if there's an installer with all the programs you want, but I doubt you'll find it. There's ways to do it yourself by putting multiple programs into an MSI installer, but if you're only doing this on one system, it's going to be more work than just installing them all normally. 

[C2dan88]

You can create custom installation image such as preinstall programs/drivers etc look at ntlite.com

[Hackintoshx]

Never heard of ntlite. Thank you both for the response's and the help