Windows Image Deployment

A Lite Touch USB boot media is required to boot UEFI systems to the Lite Touch environment. To create a Lite Touch USB boot media, follow the steps below:

1. Using a Windows machine, format the USB flash drive you’d like to use as FAT32.
2. Navigate to the following folder on the Shared drive:

   \\files.uvm.edu\Shared\software\Deploy\LiteTouch_Autopilot

3. Right-click on the LiteTouchAP_PRD_x64 file and select Mount from the context menu.
4. Select all contents of the mounted ISO file (your computer will think it’s a DVD) and copy them to the root of your USB media.
   • It’s important to regularly check the Date Modified on the Lite Touch ISO in the Deploy Shared Drive to make sure that your Lite Touch USB boot media is up to date!

1. Before proceeding, check the following BIOS settings:
   • Legacy boot options are disabled.
   • UEFI and Secure Boot are enabled.
   • The TPM chip is enabled and activated.
   • SATA operation is set to AHCI (change from RAID, which is the default on Dell systems).
2. Connect the machine to the wired UVM network using an Ethernet cable and/or USB adapter.
3. Plug in your Lite Touch USB boot media, power on the machine, and tap the key on your system that brings up boot options (F12 on Dell systems).
4. Select the UEFI USB boot option to boot to the Lite Touch USB boot media.
   • If you’re not seeing the USB Lite Touch device, ensure you’ve followed the requirements in the Step 1, and that you have created your LT USB following these steps. If you still experience issues with the LT USB being detected as a valid boot device, update the machines BIOS and try again.
   • The boot option may be named after the make/model of the USB drive instead of literally “UEFI USB”.
5. When the Lite Touch environment loads, select the most appropriate deployment option for for your situation (likely “Tag – WIN-INDIV-UVM“), then click Next.
   
6. The imaging process will begin and you’ll see an installation progress window similar to the one below, although the Windows version may differ and the background and the running action will change several times:
   
7. The computer will restart multiple times during this process. Eventually, You’ll be prompted to either select your country or enter your UVM NetID@uvm.edu.
   1. If you will be the primary user of this computer, complete the steps shown on the screen. You may have to sign in with your NetID or NetID@uvm.edu multiple times. The process is complete when you see the Windows Desktop.

      Your email address in the format first.last@uvm.edu will not work for this process. If you are prompted to enter an email address, you must enter your NetID@uvm.edu. If you are prompted to enter just a NetID, you must enter just your NetID.

   2. If you are setting this computer up for someone else, hit the Windows Key () on the keyboard 5 times, select Pre-provision with Windows Autopilot, and click Next. When complete, click Reseal to shut down the machine and complete the process.