How to use Windows 7 DISM by Muiz. Q : What is DISM? A : Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM) Q : Why this guide? A : Cause there is NO information about this tool out yet.( Till now ) DISM is the replacement for the older deployment tools from Microsoft, like PKMGR and PEIMG WAIK doesnt support this yet, so when you want to use WAIK, use it from a Vista or XP, not from a Windows 7 When you work from Windows 7, you dont need to install DISM, cause its already in it. You can basicly do anything to your image with DISM, even aplly unattended settings to it , so you can use it unattended without XML. How to get DISM? Mount your Windows 7 and go to the System32 folder of the ofline image, and copy the "DISM" folder and "DISM.exe" to your Vista System32 folder. Register the dll's inside(Some cant be registered) Dll's : CbsProvider.dll CompatProvider.dll DismCore.dll DismCorePS.dll DismProv.dll DmiProvider.dll IntlProvider.dll MsiProvider.dll SmiProvider.dll UnattendProvider.dll WimProvider.dll For x64 users, you also have to grab the "SysWOW64" folder and the "DISM.exe" from there. What i did was also added "DISM.exe" to my WAIK folder to make it even more easy to use. Here is a small list with commands and a few examples, what you can do with dism. You can get the example of each command by putting "/?" without the quotes after the command. I did a few in this guide, but you can do this for each command. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Code: DISM.exe [dism_options] {WIM_command} [<WIM_arguments>] DISM.exe {/Image:<path_to_offline_image> | /Online} [dism_options] {servicing_command} [<servicing_arguments>] DESCRIPTION: DISM enumerates, installs, uninstalls, configures, and updates features and packages in Windows images. The commands that are available depend on the image being serviced and whether the image is offline or running. WIM COMMANDS: /Get-MountedWimInfo - Displays information about mounted WIM images. /Get-WimInfo - Displays information about images in a WIM file. /Commit-Wim - Saves changes to a mounted WIM image. /Unmount-Wim - Unmounts a mounted WIM image. /Mount-Wim - Mounts an image from a WIM file. /Remount-Wim - Recovers an orphaned WIM mount directory. /Cleanup-Wim - Deletes resources associated with mounted WIM images that are corrupt. Examples : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /Mount-Wim /WimFile:<path_to_WIM_file> {/Index:<image_index> | /Name:<image_name >} /MountDir:<target_mount_directory> [/readonly] Mounts the WIM file to the specified directory so that it is available for servicing. /ReadOnly sets the mounted image with read-only permissions. Examples: DISM.exe /Mount-Wim /WimFile:C:\test\images\myimage.wim /index:1 /MountDir:C:\test\offline DISM.exe /Mount-Wim /WimFile:C:\test\images\myimage.wim /index:1 /MountDir:C:\test\offline /ReadOnly ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /ScratchDir:<path_to_directory> Specifies a temporary directory to be used for extracting files for servicing. The directory must exist. If not set, the temporary directory will be used. Example: DISM.exe /Image:C:\test\offline /scratchdir:D:\Scratch ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DISM.exe /Image:C:\test\offline /? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IMAGE SPECIFICATIONS: /Online - Targets the running operating system. /Image - Specifies the path to the root directory of an offline Windows image. DISM OPTIONS: /WinDir - Specifies the path to the Windows directory. /SysDriveDir - Specifies the path to the system-loader file named BootMgr. /LogPath - Specifies the logfile path. /LogLevel - Specifies the output level shown in the log (1-4). /NoRestart - Suppresses automatic reboots and reboot prompts. /Quiet - Suppresses all output except for error messages. /ScratchDir - Specifies the path to a scratch directory. For more information about these DISM options and their arguments, specify an option immediately before /?. Examples: DISM.exe /Mount-Wim /? DISM.exe /ScratchDir /? DISM.exe /Image:C:\test\offline /? DISM.exe /Online /? WINDOWS EDITION SERVICING COMMANDS: /Set-ProductKey - Populates the product key into the offline image. /Get-CurrentEdition - Displays the editions of the specified image. /Get-StagedEditions - Displays a list of Windows editions that can be removed from the specified image. /Get-TargetEditions - Displays a list of Windows editions that an image can be upgraded to. /Remove-StagedEdition - Removes a staged edition from the image. /Set-Edition - Upgrades the Windows image to a higher edition. UNATTEND SERVICING COMMANDS: /Apply-Unattend - Applies an unattend file to an image. DRIVER SERVICING COMMANDS: /Remove-Driver - Removes driver packages from an offline image. /Add-Driver - Adds driver packages to an offline image. /Get-DriverInfo - Displays information about a specific driver in an offline image or a running operating system. /Get-Drivers - Displays information about all drivers in an offline image or a running operating system. INTERNATIONAL SERVICING COMMANDS: /Set-LayeredDriver - Sets keyboard layered driver. /Set-UILang - Sets the default system UI language that is used in the mounted offline image. /Set-UILangFallback - Sets the fallback default language for the system UI in the mounted offline image. /Set-UserLocale - Sets the user locale in the mounted offline image. /Set-SysLocale - Sets the language for non-Unicode programs (also called system locale) and font settings in the mounted offline image. /Set-InputLocale - Sets the input locales and keyboard layouts to use in the mounted offline image. /Set-TimeZone - Sets the default time zone in the mounted offline image. /Set-AllIntl - Sets all international settings in the mounted offline image. /Set-SKUIntlDefaults - Sets all international settings to the default values for the specified SKU language in the mounted offline image. /Gen-LangIni - Generates a new lang.ini file. /Set-SetupUILang - Defines the default language that will be used by setup. /Get-Intl - Displays information about the international settings and languages. APPLICATION SERVICING COMMANDS: /Check-AppPatch - Displays information if the MSP patches are applicable to the mounted image. /Get-AppPatchInfo - Displays information about installed MSP patches. /Get-AppPatches - Displays information about all applied MSP patches for all installed applications. /Get-AppInfo - Displays information about a specific installed MSI application. /Get-Apps - Displays information about all installed MSI applications. PACKAGE SERVICING COMMANDS: /Add-Package - Adds packages to the image. /Remove-Package - Removes packages from the image. /Enable-Feature - Enables a specific feature in the image. /Disable-Feature - Disables a specific feature in the image. /Get-Packages - Displays information about all packages in the image. /Get-PackageInfo - Displays information about a specific package. /Get-Features - Displays information about all features in a package. /Get-FeatureInfo - Displays information about a specific feature. For more information about these servicing commands and their arguments, specify a command immediately before /?. Examples: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DISM.exe /Image:C:\test\offline /Apply-Unattend /? DISM.exe /Image:C:\test\offline /Get-Features /? DISM.exe /Online /Get-Drivers /? /Apply-Unattend:<path_to_unattend.xml> Applies an unattend.xml file to an offline image or a running operating system. Examples: DISM.exe /Image:C:\test\offline /Apply-Unattend:C:\unattend.xml DISM.exe /Online /Apply-Unattend:C:\unattend.xml\ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /Get-Features [/PackagePath:<path_to_package>] [/PackageName:<name_in_image>] Displays information about all features found in a specific package. If you do not specify a package name or path, all features in the image will be listed. /PackagePath can point to either a .cab file or a folder. Examples: DISM.exe /Image:C:\test\offline /Get-Features DISM.exe /Image:C:\test\offline /Get-Features /PackagePath:C:\packages\package.cab DISM.exe /Image:C:\test\offline /Get-Features /PackageName:Microsoft.Windows.Calc.Demo~6595b6144ccf1df~x86~en~1.0.0.0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /Get-Drivers [/all] Displays information about drivers in an image. Only shows out-of-box drivers by default. Use /all switch to show all drivers in the image. Example: DISM.exe /Image:C:\test\offline /Get-Drivers DISM.exe /Image:C:\test\offline /Get-Drivers /all --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the beginning of a bigger guide, but it will do for now. Author : Muiz Credits : Muiz