Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Windows Package Manager

A Windows Vista command-line tool which can used on offline Windows Image to install, remove, or update Windows packages and can install only .cab files.

Benefits of Package Manager

* Install or uninstall hotfixes provided by Microsoft.
* Install language packs.
* Add out-of-box drivers to the driver store.
* Enable or disable Windows features.
* Accept an answer file as input (offlineServicing settings only).
* Add packages to an offline Windows image.
* Install or uninstall multiple packages with one command string.

Limitations

* Remote installation over the network is NOT possible.
* Do not use Package Manager to install Windows PE.
* Do not use Package Manager to service a Windows image (.wim file) on which the Out Of Box Experience (OOBE) has already been run

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