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13. Reboot For more information about Windows 7, WIM files, or ImageX, see the following Web site: http://www.microsoft.com Scenario 3 - Standalone install for CD or script files For a standalone install for CD or script file, complete the following steps: 1. Use one batch file to silently install the Rescue and Recovery program. 2. Configure BIOS password recovery silently. Scenario 4 - Working with Active Directory and ADM files The following example illustrates how the Administrative Template file (.adm) can be used locally and how the settings can be exported through a registry file and then imported to all intended machines. This example documents how to hide the Advanced menu in the main user interface. 1. Install the Rescue and Recovery program on an image machine. 2. From the Windows Start menu, run gpedit.msc. 3. Right-click Administrative Templates under Computer Configuration. 4. Select Add/Remove Templates. 5. Click the Add button and then select the rnr.adm file. The rnr.adm file can be obtained from the Lenovo ThinkVantage Technologies Administrator Tools Web page at: http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/detail.page?LegacyDocID=TVAN-ADMIN#rnr 6. Click the Close button on the Add/Remove Template dialog box. 7. Click the Administrative Templates tab under the Computer Configuration. A new tab named ThinkVantage is presented. Under the ThinkVantage tab there will be a Rescue and Recovery tab. All the available setting can be configured now for this machine. 8. Go to ThinkVantage ➙ Rescue and Recovery ➙ User Interface ➙ Menus, and double click on the Advanced Menu tab. 9. Select Enabled on the Settings tab of the Advanced Menu Properties dialog box. 10. Select Hide from the Advanced Menu dropdown box. 11. Click OK on the Advanced Menu Properties dialog box. 12. From the Windows Start menu, run regedit. 13. Right-click on the following registry key: HKLM\Software\Policies\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery. 14. Click Export. 15. Type the file name in the File Name field on the Export Registry File dialog box. 16. Navigate to your intended path in the Save As field on the Export Registry File dialog box. 17. Click the Save button. Now, you can create an installation package that will install the Rescue and Recovery program silently and have the package import this new registry key so that all machines will have the advanced menu hidden. This can be used for any of the settings in the ADM file. Corporate Active Directory Rollout For a corporate Active Directory rollout, complete the following steps: 1. Install either through Active Directory or LANDesk. a. Take backups and get reports through Active Directory and LANDesk of who and when they were taken. Chapter 4. Best practices 49

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13. Reboot
For more information about Windows 7, WIM files, or ImageX, see the following Web site:
Scenario 3 - Standalone install for CD or script files
For a standalone install for CD or script file, complete the following steps:
1. Use one batch file to silently install the Rescue and Recovery program.
2. Configure BIOS password recovery silently.
Scenario 4 - Working with Active Directory and ADM files
The following example illustrates how the Administrative Template file (.adm) can be used locally and how the
settings can be exported through a registry file and then imported to all intended machines. This example
documents how to hide the Advanced menu in the main user interface.
1. Install the Rescue and Recovery program on an image machine.
2. From the Windows Start menu, run gpedit.msc.
3. Right-click
Administrative Templates
under
Computer Configuration
.
4. Select
Add/Remove Templates
.
5. Click the
Add
button and then select the rnr.adm file. The rnr.adm file can be obtained from the Lenovo
ThinkVantage Technologies Administrator Tools Web page at:
6. Click the
Close
button on the
Add/Remove Template
dialog box.
7. Click the
Administrative Templates
tab under the
Computer Configuration
. A new tab named
ThinkVantage
is presented. Under the
ThinkVantage
tab there will be a
Rescue and Recovery
tab.
All the available setting can be configured now for this machine.
8. Go to
ThinkVantage
➙
Rescue and Recovery
➙
User Interface
➙
Menus
, and double click on the
Advanced Menu
tab.
9. Select
Enabled
on the
Settings
tab of the
Advanced Menu Properties
dialog box.
10. Select
Hide
from the
Advanced Menu
dropdown box.
11. Click
OK
on the
Advanced Menu Properties
dialog box.
12. From the Windows
Start
menu, run
UHJHGLW
.
13. Right-click on the following registry key: HKLM\Software\Policies\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery.
14. Click
Export
.
15. Type the file name in the
File Name
field on the
Export Registry File
dialog box.
16. Navigate to your intended path in the
Save As
field on the
Export Registry File
dialog box.
17. Click the
Save
button.
Now, you can create an installation package that will install the Rescue and Recovery program silently and
have the package import this new registry key so that all machines will have the advanced menu hidden.
This can be used for any of the settings in the ADM file.
Corporate Active Directory Rollout
For a corporate Active Directory rollout, complete the following steps:
1. Install either through Active Directory or LANDesk.
a.
Take backups and get reports through Active Directory and LANDesk of who and when they were
taken.
Chapter 4
.
Best practices
49