You have an offline virtual hard disk (VHD) that contains an installation of Windows 7 Home Premium.
You need to upgrade the installation to Windows 7 Ultimate by using the minimum amount of administrative effort.
What should you do?
A. From a computer that runs Windows 7, attach the VHD. Run Imagex.exe and specify the /apply parameter.
B. From a computer that runs Windows 7, attach the VHD. Run Dism.exe and specify the /set- edition parameter.
C. Deploy the VHD to a new computer and upgrade the computer to Windows 7 Ultimate. Run Dism.exe and specify the /image parameter.
D. Deploy the VHD to a new computer and upgrade the computer to Windows 7 Ultimate. Run Imagex.exe and specify the /capture parameter.
Correct Answer: B
Explanation/Reference:
Explanation:
Dism
Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM) is a command-line tool used to service Windows® images offline before deployment. You can use it to install, uninstall, configure, and update Windows features, packages, drivers, and international settings. Subsets of the DISM servicing commands are also available for servicing a running operating system. Windows 7 introduces the DISM command-line tool. You can use DISM to service a Windows image or to prepare a Windows PE image. DISM replaces Package Manager (Pkgmgr.exe), PEimg, and Intlcfg in Windows Vista, and includes new features to improve the experience for offline servicing.
You can use DISM to perform the following actions:
- Prepare a Windows PE image.
- Enable or disable Windows features within an image.
- Upgrade a Windows image to a different edition.
- Add, remove, and enumerate packages.
- Add, remove, and enumerate drivers.
- Apply changes based on the offline servicing section of an unattended answer file.
- Configure international settings.
- Implement powerful logging features.
- Service operating systems such as Windows Vista with SP1 and Windows Server 2008.
- Service a 32-bit image from a 64-bit host and service a 64-bit image from a 32-bit host.
- Service all platforms (32-bit, 64-bit, and Itanium).
- Use existing Package Manager scripts.
Use the /Set-Edition option without the /ProductKey option to change an offline Windows image to a higher edition. Use /Get-TargetEditions to find the edition ID. Use the /Set-Edition option with the /ProductKey option only to change a running Windows Server® 2008 R2 operating system to a higher edition.
