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Dock-to-Desk: PC Deployment Practices

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Dock-to-Desk: PC Deployment Practices

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    1. Dock-to-Desk: PC Deployment Practices HDI Austin May 11, 2004

    2. How long does it take you… To build a PC?

    3. Considerations Whether the users are upgrading from an existing operating system or performing clean installations The number of computers in the deployment Whether users can install the operating system themselves, or whether to perform unattended installations The amount of required customization The types and configuration of hardware available Whether the installation uses Active Directory

    5. Range of Technologies Manual Build Disk Imaging Ghost PowerQuest Unattended / Network Install Automated Desktop Systems LanDesk SMS Altiris

    6. Manual Build Check List D600 Installed Windows XP Professional w/SP1. Installed Security Update (824146). Installed Intel mobile chipset driver. Installed Notebook System Software. Installed video driver. Installed audio driver. Installed internal NIC driver. Installed wireless NIC driver. Installed modem driver. Installed Digital Line Detect. Installed touchpad driver. Installed smartcard bus controller driver. Installed DVD Sentry. Joined SOUS domain. Set desktop like Windows 2000. Set folder options. Set power options. Enter WEP key for internal wireless card. Disable Desktop Cleanup. Enabled Remote Desktop. Disabled automatic updates. Turned off Display List of Operating Systems option. Installed Windows Media Player 9. Installed all Windows XP patches Windows Update site. Installed DirectX. Installed complete version of Office XP Professional. ( w/out Front Page) Installed Office XP Service Pack 1. Installed Office XP Service Pack 2. Install all Office XP patches from Office Update site. Launched Word and set to show full menus. Removed User Information from Word. Set Office Task Pane to never startup. Set language bar preferences. Uninstalled Dell Resource CD. Uninstalled MSN Explorer. Uninstalled Outlook Express. Uninstalled Windows Messenger. Installed WinDVD. Installed Easy CD Creator. Launched Easy CD Creator and accepted license. Installed Zimmer screensaver and wallpaper. Installed Acrobat Reader 6.0. Launched Acrobat Reader and accepted license. Disabled automatic updates. Deleted PrintMe Internet Printing group. Installed preconfigured eTrust antivirus software and updated .dat files. Installed LanDesk client. Set home page in Internet Explorer to http://home.zimmer.com and add my.zimmer.com to favorites. Set proxy settings to automatically detect the proxy server. Disable script debugging in Internet Explorer. Enabled download with prompt of unsigned ActiveX controls on internet security zone. Installed Oracle JInitiator and copied shortcut. Cleaned up All Users group. Removed Remote Assistance icon from Program group. Setup icons on toolbar. Clear temporary internet files and history in Internet Explorer. Clear recent files. Disconnect network drives. Reboot and login as local administrator and verify correct date and time. Copy profile to default profile. Delete profile. Registry modification for XP desktop cleanup. Disjoin from domain. Reboot and login as local administrator. Remove UniqueID registry key in HKLM\software\landesk\common api. Defragment hard drive. Release IP address. Run sysprep. Use mini-setup. Reseal.

    7. Manual Build Pro’s Personally built one of a kind. Con’s Very time consuming. High labor costs. Not practical for multiple PC’s. Requires human intervention. Human error factor.

    8. Unattended / Network Install Setup runs with minimal or no user interaction. Install can be automated and customized to include: The operating system. Productivity applications, such as Microsoft Office. Custom applications. Support for multiple languages. Service Packs for Windows. Hardware device drivers. Current patches and bug fixes.

    9. Unattended / Network Install Pro Data compression, segmenting. Data is stored on network server. Scripted install runs at off hours. Multicast protocol, optimized for the LAN environment. Scripts save time and money. Con Network bandwidth, latency. Source availability.

    10. Which Imaging Software? Ghost PowerQuest SMS LanDesk Altiris Others?

    11. Disk Imaging Unique Features General and Versatile Does not require knowledge of file system. Can replace one filesystem type with another. Robust Old disk contents irrelevant. Fast Can be deployed to multiple PC’s simultaneously.

    12. Disk Imaging Tasks

    13. Disk Imaging Convenient and fast tools for. Saving, transferring, and installing entire disk images. Make disaster recovery significantly easier. How Much to Include? Basic OS / Patches Common Applications Everything you can(

    14. Disk Imaging Pros Rapid and reliable PC deployment. File systems types can be replaced. Includes OS and applications. Bootable CD/DVD does not require network connection.

    15. Other Processes / Practices Checklist PXE Boot Windows PE Vendor Imaging Custom logon scripts System Restore Tools Roxio GoBack Deep Freeze Windows XP System Restore _____

    16. PXE Boot Preboot Execution Environment

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