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3-4 Chapter 3 Deploying Windows XP Professional
How to Find the Windows XP Deployment Tools
Windows Setup Manager is one of the Windows XP deployment tools included on the
Windows XP Professional installation CD-ROM. The tools that concern this chapter are
as follows:
■ Deploy.chm A compiled Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) help named
“Microsoft Windows Corporate Deployment Tools User’s Guide” that provides
detailed information on using all the deployment tools
■ Setupmgr.chm Compiled HTML help file for using Windows Setup Manager
■ Setupmgr.exe The Windows Setup Manager Wizard tool
■ Sysprep.exe The System Preparation Tool (covered in Lesson 2, “Deploying
Windows XP Professional by Using Disk Duplication”)
To extract the Windows XP deployment tools to your hard disk, use these steps:
1. Insert the Windows XP Professional CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive.
2. If the Welcome To Microsoft Windows XP screen is displayed automatically, click
Exit to close that screen.
3. In Windows Explorer, create a folder to hold the deployment tools.
4. In Windows Explorer, locate the \Support\Tools folder on the Windows XP
Professional CD-ROM.
5. In the \Support\Tools folder, double-click the Deploy.cab file to open it.
Windows XP Professional displays the contents of Deploy.cab.
6. Select all the files listed in Deploy.cab, and then copy them to the folder you
created on your hard disk.
Tip To select all the files in any folder quickly, press CTRL+A.
7. Open the folder you created on your hard disk to view the contents and access the
deployment tools.
What Windows Setup Manager Does
Windows Setup Manager provides a wizard-based interface that allows you to
quickly create an answer file for an unattended installation of Windows XP Professional.
Windows Setup Manager (see Figure 3-1) enables you to create scripts to perform
customized installations on workstations and servers that meet the specific
hardware and network requirements of your organization.