2. Deploying Windows XP

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2. Deploying Windows XP

• Thomas Lee
• Chief Technologist QA plc

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Agenda

• Windows XP Setup Improvements
• Three Types of Automated Setup
• Scripted Install
• Sysprep
• RIS

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Windows XP Setup

• Improvements
• Windows Welcome
• Dynamic Update
• Compatibility Checker
• Uninstall
• SysPrep - Factory

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Setup Design Goals

• Enhance user experience
• Enable OS serviceability
• Improve system stability
• Unblock deployments

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Setup Agenda

• Unattended setup
• WinPE
• Imaging
• RIS
• Setup Tools

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Why not use OEM Build?

• Breaks the license ?
• SysPrep is different
• Lots of OEM Stuff
• Product Keys

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Automated Installations

• Unattended setup
• Scripted automated Windows Setup
• Used to build Master PC
• Imaging
• Uses SysPrep and 3rd Party Disk Imaging products
• Copies Master PC to many PCs
• Remote Installation Services
• Unattended Setup from Server
• Imaging from Server (without 3rd party products)

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Unattended Setup

• Most flexible deployment option
• Starts and runs Windows XP Setup on each computer
  individually
• What you need
• Winnt.exe, Winnt32.exe or CD (BIOS must support
  bootable CD)
• A distribution share with Setup files or Windows
  XP CD
• An answer file (text file) or winnt.sif if
  running unattended from CD

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Unattended Installation
Manual Setup
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Starting Unattended Install

• From DOS/Windows 3.x
• winnt.exe /ultanswer filegt /s ltsource sharegt
• Make sure you have smartdrv.exe loaded
• From Windows 9x/NT/WinPE
• winnt32.exe /unattendltanswer filegt /s ltsource
  sharegt /tempdrivelttarget drivegt
  /syspartlttarget drivegt
• From CD (computer supports CD boot)
• Place winnt.sif file on a floppy disk, boot Setup
  from CD and insert the floppy when Setup starts

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Install Windows XP
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WinPE

• Windows XP PreInstallation Environment
• 32-bit Bootable environment
• Replacement for DOS
• Supports all Windows XP devices
• Limited availability!

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Prep the disk

• Script DiskPart
• 2 partitions
• OS
• Imaging

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Show me

• Building unattended text files
• Diskpart.exe

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Distribution Share/Folder

• Directory that contains installation files -
  Windows XP, device drivers, any additional files
• Structure (OEM can be moved in unattend.txt)

\i386
Windows XP files
\OEM
Contains all OEM files
\Textmode
Contains Txtsetup.oem, SCSI and HAL files
Maps to systemroot
\
\1
Maps to systemdrive.
\ltdrivers_dirgt
Contains PnP drivers and infs
\ltdrive_lettergt
Maps to a drive on the computer. E.g. E\
\ltdrive_lettergt
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Installing Windows XP

• Windows XP
• Copy i386 folder from XP CD ROM
• Windows XP SP1
• Run XPSP1.EXE /Sd\winxp(see support\tools\spdep
  loy.htm)
• Let SUS/WU add the rest
• SP2 due in Summer

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Customising the Build

• OEM copies files to local disk
• Cmdlines.txt executes commands at the end of
  setup
• Cmdlines.txt is run synchronously
• Commands in cmdlines.txt execute asynchronously
• Use start /wait to call a CMD file
• Use start /wait for each command in the CMD file
• Cmdlines.txt has no user environment and no
  network access useful only for OEM
• Cmdlines.txt cannot install MSI packages
• Use GUIRunOnce
• Use GUIRunOnce for network app installs

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Customising the Build

• Adding support for PnP hardware
• Drivers must be available during GUI mode setup
• Place files in OEM\1\Drivers
• Create sub-folders (audio, net, etc)
• Unattend.txt
• Unattend
• OEMPnPDriversPathdrivers\audiodrivers\netdrive
  rs\etc
• Setup prepends systemdrive to each path

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Whats new In XP Setup

• Windows Welcome
• Dynamic Update
• Compatibility Checker
• Uninstall

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Setup User Experience

• Plain English
• Batch questions
• Estimate Setup time
• Hide Text mode

• Warm colors
• Unified branding
• Billboards
• Windows Welcome

Reduce Setup Anxiety
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Windows Welcome (Out Of The Box Experience)

• Engaging new look at installation
• Animations
• Simplified language
• Adopted new Windows XP Visual Design
• Smart Internet detection
• Display pages appropriate to hardware
• Use detected Internet to register
• Highlights key consumer features
• User accounts
• Auto-configure Home Network
• OOBEINFO.INF
• Used to customize the setup routines
• OOBE ASP pages can also be customized.

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Dynamic Update

• Address top PSS/Consumer installation problems
  before setup starts
• Deliver any emergency fixes
• Deliver new device drivers
• Update any Windows file (including setup) after
  RTM

First experience only gets better!
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Dynamic Update hint

• See Windows XP Pro Resource Kit
• See Dynamic Update link on http//www.microsoft.co
  m/windows/reskits/webresources

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Built-in Compatibility Checker

• Scans system and program files
• Compares results against a list of
  known/potential problems
• List view bubbles up top issues
• Device Driver
• Application warnings
• Application Re-Install
• Details button provides further explanation
• Builds list of system files used for uninstall

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Compatibility Checker hint

• Can run
• WINNT32 -checkupgradeonly

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Uninstall

• Enables Restoration to previous OS after
  upgrading to Windows XP
• All hardware devices and applications installed
  prior to upgrade will work
• User data created with new OS will be maintained

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Uninstall

• Included as part of Professional or Personal
  upgrade
• Win98, Win98SE or Millennium upgrades only
• Automatically done as part of upgrade
• User can recover to old OS at any point in Setup
  process
• Uninstall Archive generally 150-300 M
• User reminder to remove back up files after 30
  days to save disk space

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SysPrep

• Creates a deployable image
• SysPrep creates the image
• Use 3rd party tools to deploy/copy images
• Image contains OS, apps, customisation

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Sysprep Installation
SysPrep
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Using Sysprep (1 of 2)
1. Install, Configure Windows XP on a computer

• 2. Install, Configure Applications, SPs, etc
• Templates, File locations

• 3. Run Sysprep.exe
• Setupcl.exe must exist in same folder
• Provide an answer file, sysprep.inf (if desired)
• Shut down the computer

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Using Sysprep (2 of 2)

• 4. Run Image Copying tool to create master image
  
• Xcopy, Norton Ghost, PowerQuest DeployCentre,
  hard disk duplicator, etc.

5. Save master image on network, CD, etc., and
download to target computers

• 6. Boot up computer with duplicated image
• Mini-Setup wizard is displayed
• Can be scripted using Sysprep.inf

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Sysprep - improvements

• Sysprep Factory
• Allows for updated / out of box drivers to be
  picked up by image at install time
• Per machine customizations applied
• Enables audit capabilities
• Takes 1 minute to desktop for auditing vs. 4 in
  Win2k
• Sysprep Mini
• Mini Setup (not Windows Welcome)
• Better cleanup
• Pagefile
• MRU / LRU

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Sysprep sysprep.inf

• Sysprep.inf
• Same format as previous versions
• Tweak file by hand
• Comprehensive reference in deploy.cab help files
• BuildMassStorageSection1
• Allows multiple disk subsystems in one image.
• Sysprep -BMSD
• Sysprep clean
• Cleans mass storage section
• Runs automatically first time Sysprep is run
  after a BuildMassStorageSection1

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SysPrep - Factory

• New mode of SysPrep
• Allows more Windows configuration
• Allows modification of images
• Install new drivers
• Install or uninstall applications.

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WinBOM.ini (Windows Bill Of Materials)

• Drives sysprep factory
• Scriptable audit / OS customization environment
• Allows gathering of files (e.g. drivers, apps)
  from network
• Handles application install
• Applies Per-Machine information
• Identity information
• Machine name
• ISP information

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Remote Installation Service
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Remote Installation Service

• Remote Installation provides an easy way to
  install the base OS onto a PC
• Remote Installation provides a way to create an
  Image of a PC and store the image on a server
• Remote Installation can be used for machine
  replacement with other IntelliMirror features
• Remote Installation does not mirror the hard disk
  to the server (not a back-up tool)

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Remote Installation Services

• Requirements
• Ability for a user to wipe a Computer clean and
  install selected OS or Image
• Ability for non-technical staff to install OS
  without staging
• Admins can control which Images the user has
  access to
• Benefits
• Reduced cost of deploying new hardware
• Basic disaster recovery ability
• Reduce the size of Images on the server
• NB Requires Active Directory PXE

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RIS Installation
RiPrep
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RIS Server Set-up

• Install RIS
• Run RISetup
• Configures server
• Installs W2K/WXP Professional image
• Installs Admin Property pages
• Ensure DHCP server is accessible to clients
• Authorise RIS servers in DHCP admin
• If RIS was installed at system install this is
  also accessible via Configure your server

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RIS Server Services

• BINL (Boot Information Negotiation Layer)
• The boot server service interacts with the
  ADand other boot servers to remote install a
  client
• TFTPD (Trivial File Transfer Protocol Daemon)
• Protocol used to transfer files needed to remote
  install, maintain and troubleshoot a client
  machine
• SIS (Single Instance Storage)
• Runs on NTFS partition to reduce disk space
  usage by removing duplicate files from RIS images

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Creating RIS OS Install

• Configure RIS Server as mentioned
• Creates a default CD-based image
• Configure client computer names and locations
• Configure client installation options
• Modify installation using answer file
• Set permissions on image - set ACLs on .sif files
  (or templates folder)

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Creating a RiPrep Image

• Install and configure OS
• (Windows 2000/XP professional)
• Configure components and settings
• Install and configure applications
• Remove all unnecessary data
• User profiles, user data
• Test the configuration of the operating system
  and all applications
• Modify the Default User profile
• Run Riprep.exe \\ltrisservergt\systemroot\system32
  \reminst

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RIS Hints

• Must have Windows 2000 SP2 on server
• Must have new RISETUP.EXE
• See Q287546
• Must copy new files from .NET server
• RIPREP.EXE
• IMIRROR.DLL
• SETUPCL.EXE
• RIPREP.INF

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Setup Tools

• Deploy.cab
• Setup Manager
• Unattend.txt
• Sysprep
• Factory
• Sysprep.inf
• Winbom.ini

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Windows XP SP2

• What is it?
• Whats new and different
• Why does it matter?

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XP SP2 is. . .

• A LOT More than just a service pack
• A new security baseline for our client OS
• The start of Springboard . . .
• NOT XP reloaded

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What is Springboard

• Get secure and stay secure with less cost, less
  stress and less effort
• Impacts many products
• XP SP2 (where it starts!)
• Windows update V5, update.exe
• Windows Installer 3 (.msp/.msi)
• Windows Update Services
• Windows Server Server SP1
• Big changes in functionality baseline security
  level for Microsoft products

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SP2 Security Enhancements
Network
Help protect the system from directed attacks
from the network
Email/Web
Enable safer Internet experience for most common
Internet tasks
Memory
Provide system-level protection for the base
operating system
Updates
Ensure that when updates are necessary, they are
easier to deploy quickly
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Network Enhancements

• Windows Firewall
• Enhanced and turned on by default
• All ports are closed except when they are in use
• Enterprise administration of Windows Firewall
  through Group Policy
• Reduce RPC attack surface
• DCOM tightened up

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Email and Web Services

• Safer web browsing
• Internet Explorer will be enhanced to
• Provide improved protection against harmful web
  downloads
• Significant changes to the IE engine
• Locking down the Local Machine zone
• Pop-up (Manager) blocker
• Manage plug-ins

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Memory

• Enhanced memory protection
• Core Windows components recompiled to reduce
  buffer overruns potential
• Hardware-Enforced "no execute" (NX) on CPU
• 64bit and K8 Intel Itanium

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Other XP SP2 Features

• Automatic Update
• Easier to download
• Doenload and install critical updates
  automaticaly
• WUS Client
• Improved over SUS client
• Downloads restartable

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Still More XP SP2 Features

• Media Player 9
• Security scrubbed
• More robust security settings
• No execute of scripts by default
• DirectX 9.0b
• Bluetooth Update
• Improved wireless client

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How do I get SP2?

• XP SP2 Technical preview program
  http//www.microsoft.com/SP2Preview
• SP2 newsgroups
• msnews.microsoft.com
• MSDN subscriber downloads
• Technet
• Etc

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Well show me then
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3 types of install
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Questions