Windows Automated Installation Kit - Unattended Vista installation

Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK) lets you install, customize, and deploy the Microsoft Windows Vista. It lets you perform unattended installations of Windows, create Windows Images with ImageX and create Windows PE images. This is basically like vLite (Windows Vista Configuration Tool), but, well.. official :-).

Download the Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK) User's Guide for Windows Vista here.

Download the Windows Automated Installation Kit (AIK) here.

Deploying Windows Vista TechNet.

You may also want to look at Business Desktop Deployment 2007 for Windows Vista and Office 2007 deployment scripting and tools.

Download Business Desktop Deployment 2007 here.

More tools and ways for Enterprise mass Windows deployment here.

For UNIX deployment tools and procedures go here.