Benefits of Windows Setup
Time is critical for OEMs and corporations. By reducing deployment and installation time, OEMs can reduce manufacturing costs and corporations can easily deploy Windows Vista throughout their enterprise.
Windows Setup
Windows Setup now includes several new features that facilitate faster and more stable installations.
- Faster installations and upgrades. Because Windows Setup is now image-based, you can install and upgrade Windows faster and more easily. You can perform a clean installation of Windows by deploying the Windows image to destination computers. You can also perform quick and easy upgrades by installing a new image onto an existing installation of Windows. The previous Windows settings are protected during the installation.
- Better stability. Windows Setup uses a new Image-based Setup technology that improves the stability and consistency of a Windows installation. It uses a file-based image for installation, called a Windows image (.wim) file.
- Improved Windows image management. Windows Vista images are now stored in a single .wim file. A .wim file can store multiple instances of the Windows operating system in a single, compressed file.
- Streamlined installation. Windows Setup is optimized to enable the manufacturing and deployment scenarios used by OEMs and corporations. As a result, installation takes less time, with fewer tasks to finish before using Windows Vista.
