Steps to removed the VLK from SQL media ISO on a Windows system.

1. Create a prep area on your hard drive,e.g., C:\ISO_PREP\.

2. Create a subdirectory that will contain only content that will be in the new ISO.
    E.g., C:\ISO_PREP\ISO_CONTENT

3. Download oscdimg.exe to the root directory of your prep location,i.e., C:\ISO_PREP\.
    http://rax.mirror.rackspace.com/sql/iso_prep/oscdimg.exe

4. Mount the SQL ISO you wish to modify. Usually this is done by just double-clicking it.

5. Copy all the content of the mounted ISO to your prep location,e.g., C:\ISO_PREP\ISO_CONTENT

6. Locate the DefaultSetup.ini in the \x64 directory in the root of your copied content,i.e., C:\ISO_PREP\ISO_CONTENT\x64.

7. Edit the DefaultSetup.ini with a text editor and remove the PID= line. Save the DefaultSetup.ini in place

6. Adjust the ISO creating command line below to fit your needs and execute.

 _________A___________  _________B____________           _________C__________  ___________________D____________________
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C:\ISO_PREP\OSCDIMG.exe -lSQL2022_x64_ENU_NOKEY -n -d -m C:\ISO_PREP\ISO_CONTENT C:\ISO_PREP\NEW_NOKEY_ISO\sql2022_x64_enu_alleditions_nokey.iso

A: Path to OSCDIMG.exe
B: The LABEL that will show up on the new CD/DVD drive letter when the new ISO is mounted.
    Must be 32 characters or less.
C: The content to create the new ISO from.
D: The new ISO location and filename.