Module 1: Installing Windows XP Professional - AsyeaTech

22 Module 1: Installing Windows XP Professional
How to Create and Deploy an Image
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Key points
Use the following information as a checklist to complete the tasks for creating
and deploying an image.
Task Details
Configure a reference computer
A reference computer includes
Windows XP Professional, retail and
custom in-house applications, and network
and computer settings.
Preserve custom user settings
Copy the customized user settings to the
default user profile on the reference
computer. Otherwise, only users who log
on the target computer as Administrator
will receive the customized settings.
Automate the Mini-Setup Wizard
Use an answer file to automate the Mini-
Setup Wizard so that users are not
prompted for configuration information.
1. Install Windows XP Professional.
2. Configure the components and
settings.
3. Install and configure the applications.
4. Test the configuration.
1. Create a new user account.
2. Log on as the new user and customize
the desktop and other user settings.
3. Log on as Administrator and copy the
new user’s profile to the default user
profile.
4. Assign everyone permission to use the
default user profile.
5. Delete the new user account you just
created.
1. Name the answer file Sysprep.inf.
2. Store the file in the Sysprep folder on
the system partition.
Note: Sysprep.exe will use the
information stored in the Sysprep.inf
answer file that it finds in the folder.