MCSA/MCSE Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-270): Installing ...

Lesson 1 Creating Unattended Installations by Using Windows Setup Manager
Practice: Creating Unattended Installations with Windows
Setup Manager
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In this practice, you extract the Windows XP Professional deployment tools from the
Windows XP Professional CD-ROM you used for program installation, and then you
use the Windows System Manager to create a fully automated unattended answer file.
Exercise 1: Extract the Windows XP Deployment Tools
In this exercise, you extract the Windows deployment tools from the CD-ROM you
used to install Windows XP Professional and copy them to your hard drive.
1. Insert the Windows XP Professional CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive.
2. If the Welcome To Microsoft Windows XP screen opens automatically, click Exit to
close the screen.
3. In Windows Explorer, locate the root of the C drive and create a folder named
Deploy.
The C:\Deploy folder will be used to contain the files extracted from
DEPLOY.CAB on the Windows XP Professional CD-ROM.
4. In Windows Explorer, open your CD-ROM drive and locate the Support\Tools\
folder. In the Tools folder, double-click Deploy.cab.
Note If D is not the correct drive letter for your CD-ROM drive, replace the D with the letter
representing your CD-ROM drive.
Windows XP Professional displays the contents of Deploy.cab.
5. Press CTRL+A to select all of the files listed in Deploy.cab.
6. Press CTRL+C to copy the selected files.
7. In Windows Explorer, locate and open the Deploy folder that you created on the
C drive.
8. In the Deploy folder that you created, press CTRL+V to paste (copy) the files.
9. Double-click Readme.txt.
10. Take a moment to view the topics covered in the Readme.txt file, and then close
Notepad.
Exercise 2: Create an Answer File by Using Windows Setup Manager
In this exercise, you use Windows Setup Manager to create an answer file for a fully
automated unattended installation. At the same time, the Windows Setup Manager
Wizard creates a distribution folder and a .udb file.