To indicate that the current running image is to be serviced, specify the /online parameter in the DISM command.įor example, the following DISM command enumerates a list of installed out-of-box device drivers on a running Windows 7 system. In addition, any changes made to the driver store (for example, by adding or removing a device driver) are committed immediately when a DISM command is executed to service an online image. Servicing an online Windows image, however, does not require mounting or unmounting the image because the operating system is already running.

Unmount the image and commit the changes. To service an offline Windows image using a technician computer on which Windows AIK 2. ■ Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) or later versions exe can be used to service images in the following versions of Windows:

exe can be used to service both online (running) and offline Windows images by adding or removing device drivers, hotfixes, and operating system packages configuring international settings and upgrading a Windows installation to a different edition, such as from Business to Ultimate. exe) is included both in a default install of Windows 7 and in the Windows AIK 2.0.

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