In this guide, the installation process will skip asking for product key (so that trial version for 30 days evaluation is installed) and bypass attempt to automatic activation.Īs earlier guide has shown instructions for x86 Vista, this guide will take this opportunity to provide step-by-step instructions with illustration to make bootable ISO image for Windows Vista 圆4 edition instead. With vLite, it’s possible to further customize the final DVD ISO image to user’s likings. vLite is a freeware application to customize Windows Vista installation to create customized Windows Vista DVD media before actually installing Windows Vista.
Now, this guide will make use of vLite to build the ISO image from WIM archive files. WIM format and extension, which can be made into a bootable ISO DVD image of Windows Vista setup disc. In fact, anybody can use the leaked direct download links to download the Windows Vista installer directly from Microsoft to ensure the copy is clean, unmodified and untampered with.
Microsoft provides genuine users who purchase license and product key online to download the setup package directly from its content delivery partner’s server.