Enterprise Deployment for Windows

Windows XP DVD image

The deployment image is for a clean installation of Microsoft Windows to a PC. The purpose of the image is to consolidate all the various required software (from different media) to one central source. This elimilates disc swapping and makes automated/unattended installation possible, thus minimizing installation time and human attention. The image shall be updated at least every 6 months.

DVD contents

• Microsoft Windows XP Professional (32bit), VLK, SP3-integrated
  • customized with nLite deployment tool for unattended installation
  • injected with printer (HP Color LaserJet 4600, Lexmark T630, Lexmark T640) drivers
  • injected with device (LAN and Mass Storage mostly) drivers for most of our various platforms
  • injected with post-SP3 hotfixes
  • plus tons of more goodies that only administrators get to know ;)
• Sassafras K2 Keyserver Client
  • customized MSI package with pre-configured settings
• McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8
  • Scripted install?
• Miscellaneous software utilites
  • 7Zip
  • Sun Microsystems JDK
  • .NET 3.5 Update
  • Mozilla Firefox
  • WSUS script (registry update)
  • Windows Installer 4.5
• Latest graphics card drivers
  • ATI Catalyst 9.1 (for all ATI graphics cards)
  • nVidia 175.19 (for legacy cards like GeForce 3, GeForce 4, FX5x00, etc.)
  • nVidia 182.06 (for new cards from GeForce 6 and newer)
  • DirectX 9.0c (for games)
• more to add later

Windows 7 DVD image

This section will be updated as we migrate to Windows 7 (64bit). Stay tuned.

Removing unused device drivers

• Press 'Windows'+'Break' to bring up the System Properties dialog box.
• Select the Advanced tab, then click Environment Variables.
• Click New. In the Variable Name box type: devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices, and in the Variable Value box type 1.
• Click OK, and go to Device Manager (under the Hardware tab in System Properties).
• Expand the different branches of devices. A faded icon means the device driver is unused.
• To remove a device driver, right click the icon and click Uninstall.