Microsoft is trying to address a key reason business customers are skipping over Windows upgrades by including a new tool in the next version of Windows that simplifies the deployment of the operating system.
The new tool, the Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK), will be included in Windows Vista, which is expected to be available toward the end of 2006.
According to Greg Sullivan, a group product manager in the Windows Client Division at Microsoft, the tool is designed to help corporate IT professionals deploy Windows on new hardware. It also will help original equipment manufacturers and system builders deploy Windows on PCs they sell to customers, he says.
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