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Possible to make an automatic install disk for third-party programs?
I have found tutorials (here and elsewhere) for custom Windows (7/XP/Vista...) install disks, should you wish to tailor your Windows install to your needs. However, I have not found anything relating to my current question.
While I will create one of these Windows disks, what I am wondering right now is: Is it possible to do the same thing with multiple programs from different vendors?
I would like to eventually create a Windows install disk that has been trimmed of all the excesses I do not need, adding drivers, SP1 and some critical updates instead. If there is enough room on the install disk, I would like to add some third-party programs to be installed as well. It may turn out that I would need a Windows disk and an applications/programs disk also (as the programs themselves would be rather numerous and/or bulky).
I know it is possible, since the big OEMs do this, but would it be cost-efficient (read: free), or even possible, for an end user to do?
To make the whole thing even more confusing, I would also like to apply custom settings/automatic registrations to these programs, if possible.
Thanks in advance.
Steve