System builders, or small custom PC makers, still don't have access to Windows 7 OEM Preinstallation Kits (OPKs), designed for automating the installation and customization of Windows and other ...

On October 12, Microsoft provided system builders with the Windows 7 OEM Preinstallation Kit (OPK) tools and related documentation they need to preload and customize Windows 7 on multiple new PCs.

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Microsoft is making availble to select OEMs and system builders a kit to allow them to "silently" preinstall Skype on new PCs. The new Skype OEM Preinstallation Kit (OPK) -- about which I first ...