Compaq dc7900 Building a Common Image - Developing a common software image for - Page 1

Developing a common software image for the HP dc7900, 8000 Elite, and 6000 Pro desktop models November 2009 Table of Contents: Introduction ...2 Windows Licensing Notice 3 Definition of Terms 3 Advantages of a Common Image 4 Limitations of a Common Image 4 Choosing a Base Image 5 Customizing the Image 5 Removing Preinstalled Software 5 Adding software 5 Matrix of Common Hardware 6 Additional customization 8 Obtaining drivers for the product family 8 Pooling the drivers on the reference machine (Windows XP 10 Extending the process (Windows XP 10 Extending hardware support in the image 10 Supporting non-bundled hardware devices 10 Supporting setup.exe installations 11 Using SYSPREP.exe 11 Creating SYSPREP.inf 11 Required SYSPREP.inf settings for Windows XP 11 cmdlines.txt 13 oobeinfo.ini (Windows XP 13 Running SYSPREP (Windows XP 13 Creating a Common Image for Windows Vista / Windows 7 14 Example SYSPREP.xml (unattend.xml) Answer file 16 Frequently asked questions 19