After installing Microsoft Deployment and becoming familiar with the Deployment Workbench, ensure that the following mandatory components are downloaded and installed:

• Windows AIK. Windows AIK is available from the Microsoft Download Center at the download location listed in the section, “Appendix A: Software Download Locations,” later in this guide. Team members can preinstall the component if they have already downloaded Windows AIK. They can also use Deployment Workbench to download and install it.

• MSXML version 6.0. Team members can preinstall this component or use Deployment Workbench to download and install it. The Windows AIK distribution media include the MSXML version 6.0 installation file. Additionally, the installation file can be downloaded from the Web page listed in the section “Appendix A: Software Download Locations,” later in this guide.

Deployment Workbench can download and install components. Complete the following steps to download and install components by using Deployment Workbench:

1. In Deployment Workbench, beneath Information Center, click Components.

2. In the Available for Download section of the components pane, click a component; then, in the details pane, click Download.

   Deployment Workbench displays the download status in the Components pane. When it finishes downloading the component, it moves the component to the Downloaded section in the components pane.

3. In the Downloaded section of the Components pane, click a downloaded component; then, in the Details pane, click Install to install the component or Browse to open the folder containing the component in Windows Explorer.

   Some components do not require installation or cannot be installed automatically by Deployment Workbench. After downloading a component that Deployment Workbench cannot install automatically, open the folder containing the component, and then install the component manually.

   Tip   Check the Internet frequently for updated components. On the Deployment Workbench main menu, from the Action menu, click Check for Updates. On the Check for Updates page of the Check for Updates Wizard, select the Check the Internet option, and then click Check.

   Note   The offline servicing kernel update, available with the Microsoft TechNet article, “When you use Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP to modify a Windows Vista registry hive, Windows Vista registry key flags are removed,” at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/926044, is required when using Deployment Workbench and Windows AIK on Windows XP with SP2 or Windows Server 2003 with SP1.

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