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Deploying and Administering Windows Vista ® Bible Bob Kelly Danielle Ruest Nelson Ruest 01_180211-ffirs.indd iii01_180211-ffirs.indd iii 8/20/08 9:24:08 PM8/20/08 9:24:08 PM 01_180211-ffirs.indd ii01_180211-ffirs.indd ii 8/20/08 9:24:08 PM8/20/08 9:24:08 PM Deploying and Administering Windows Vista ® Bible 01_180211-ffirs.indd i01_180211-ffirs.indd i 8/20/08 9:24:07 PM8/20/08 9:24:07 PM 01_180211-ffirs.indd ii01_180211-ffirs.indd ii 8/20/08 9:24:08 PM8/20/08 9:24:08 PM Deploying and Administering Windows Vista ® Bible Bob Kelly Danielle Ruest Nelson Ruest 01_180211-ffirs.indd iii01_180211-ffirs.indd iii 8/20/08 9:24:08 PM8/20/08 9:24:08 PM Deploying and Administering Windows Vista ® Bible Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc. 10475 Crosspoint Boulevard Indianapolis, IN 46256 www.wiley.com Copyright © 2008 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana Published simultaneously in Canada ISBN: 978-0-470-18021-1 Manufactured in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning or otherwise, except as permitted under Sections 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without either the prior written permission of the Publisher, or authorization through payment of the appropriate per-copy fee to the Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, (978) 750-8400, fax (978) 646-8600. 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We hope you find it useful and that it saves you time and effort every day. —DR and NR 01_180211-ffirs.indd v01_180211-ffirs.indd v 8/20/08 9:24:09 PM8/20/08 9:24:09 PM 01_180211-ffirs.indd vi01_180211-ffirs.indd vi 8/20/08 9:24:10 PM8/20/08 9:24:10 PM About the Authors Bob Kelly has been working in the IT field for 18 years with a focus on application deployment, script- ing, and the automated distribution of Windows systems and is a Microsoft MVP for Setup and Deployment. Bob served in the U.S. Navy for eight years, ending his service as Systems Administrator for the White House Communications Agency. He spent the next several years as a consultant support- ing various commercial and government agencies in the Washington DC area as a systems architect. Bob currently works as Senior Product manager for KACE ( www.kace.com) where his primary focus is support of the AppDeploy.com online community and its integration with the KBOX Systems Management Appliance. Bob founded AppDeploy.com ( www.appdeploy.com) in September of 1999 as the premier destina- tion for administrators seeking application and systems deployment expertise and has been writing for the website ever since. He has produced several hours of free videos on deployment related topics as well as several product reviews. Bob is author of The Definitive Guide to Desktop Administration as well as Start to Finish Guide to Scripting with KiXtart. He has gone on to speak at events like the Microsoft Management Summit and has written several articles, white papers, and books on the topics of scripting and desktop management. For more on Bob, visit www.bkelly.com. Danielle Ruest and Nelson Ruest are both enterprise IT architects with over 20 years of experience in migration planning and network, PC, change management projects, and server infrastructure design. Danielle is a Microsoft MVP for Virtual Machines. Nelson is an MCSE, Microsoft Certified Trainer, and Microsoft MVP in Failover Clustering. Both are very familiar with all versions of Microsoft Windows as well as security, Active Directory, systems management, intra- and extranet configurations, collaboration technologies, office automation, and virtualization solutions. Together they have co-authored The Complete Reference for Windows Server 2008 ( http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Windows- Server-2008-Reference/dp/0072263652 ), The Definitive Guide to Vista Migration (http:// www.realtime-nexus.com/dgvm.htm ) which is referenced on the companion CD, Deploying Messaging Solutions with Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 ( http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/ books/10938.aspx ), as well as Configuring Windows Server 2008 Active Directory (http://www. microsoft.com/MSPress/books/11754.aspx ), and that was just last year. This year they are working on two books on virtualization in the datacenter. Danielle and Nelson work for Resolutions Enterprises Ltd. ( www.reso-net.com), a consulting firm focused on IT Infrastructure and dynamic datacenter design. Resolutions has been offering OS migration solutions for every version of Windows since Windows 2.0. It now has offered virtualization solutions for the past ten years. These solutions range from testing and development support environments to the virtualization of enterprise production systems. Danielle and Nelson have been instrumental in the development of these offerings to meet customer requirements as well as their promotion through multi- ple articles, presentations, and conferences. Bob Kelly, Danielle Ruest and Nelson Ruest have also participated in the production of the documenta- tion for the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit, which was called Business Desktop Deployment (BDD) when Microsoft first prepared it for release in support of Windows Vista deployments. Together, they bring this expertise to this Bible. 01_180211-ffirs.indd vii01_180211-ffirs.indd vii 8/20/08 9:24:10 PM8/20/08 9:24:10 PM 01_180211-ffirs.indd viii01_180211-ffirs.indd viii 8/20/08 9:24:10 PM8/20/08 9:24:10 PM [...]... areas Until the introduction of the Windows Vista operating system, the deployment process had been essentially the same since at least the release of Microsoft® Windows NT® With the release of Windows Vista and the Windows Server® 2008 operating system, many changes were made deep in the core yielding several benefits requiring we re-examine our old processes and tools and be willing to unlearn some of... need to select a command from a menu, the menu and command are separated by an arrow symbol For example, if we tell you to select a tool from the Start menu, the instructions will say to choose Start ➪ Tool Parts I and II are entirely dedicated to operating system deployment and getting your Windows Vista infrastructure ready Parts III and IV explain how to manage, administer, secure, and protect the computer... ultimate n Features not included with Windows Vista Enterprise: n Parental controls n Windows Ultimate Extras n Themed slide shows n Windows Media Center (recording television, Xbox extensions, HD movie maker, and DVD Maker) n Small Business Resources n Features not included with Windows Vista Business: n Parental controls n Windows Ultimate Extras n Themed slide shows n Windows Media Center (recording television,...  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Selecting Windows Vista Editions 4 Vista Home Basic .6 Vista Home Premium 6 Vista Business 6 Vista Enterprise 7 Vista Ultimate 8 Other options 8 Choosing a Deployment Type .9 Replacing computers 9 Upgrading computers 9 Refreshing computers 10 Deploying new computers... such as the Windows Automated Installation Kit and solution accelerators such as the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2008, Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit, 2007 Office System Security Guide, Data Encryption Toolkit, Security Compliance Management, and Windows Vista Security Guide to help both do-it-yourself shops and services partners Additional resources like this book summarize and bring to... 10 Deploying new computers .10 Understanding Windows Vista Installation 10 Investigating the Windows Imaging format .10 Leveraging Windows PE 14 Automating the installation of Windows Vista 19 Automating Application Installations 21 Customizing application installation commands .21 Creating transform files .22 Repackaging... deployment project (Chapter 7), and finally, working with Windows Deployment Services in support of this and future deployments (Chapter 8) Part III: Administering Windows Vista Part III begins the administration portion of this book by addressing the first two aspects of CASPR: change management (Chapter 9) and administration (Chapter 10) Change management focuses on two core Vista technologies: group policy... and other volume purchasing programs to lower the initial expense of purchasing computers and Windows licenses However, these initial purchase costs can pale in comparison to the cost of deploying the new computer systems Microsoft has provided many tools and capabilities with Windows Vista to help you reduce those deployment costs Microsoft has redesigned its deployment process to provide faster and. .. Developing the Deployment Strategy Selecting Windows Vista Editions The most logical first choice in planning a Windows Vista deployment is to decide which edition or editions of Vista are to be used With Windows 2000 and XP there was not much of a decision to be made — if you wanted to simply operate in a domain environment, Professional was the only choice Vista makes this choice more complicated by... 16GB, and the remaining Business, Enterprise, and Ultimate editions boast support for 128GB or more With such a larger number of features available in the various editions of Windows Vista, it paints a clearer picture to state what you do not get with each edition The list provides a quick summary of the features not included in each edition of Windows Vista: n Features not included with Windows Vista . PM Deploying and Administering Windows Vista ® Bible Bob Kelly Danielle Ruest Nelson Ruest 01_180211-ffirs.indd iii01_180211-ffirs.indd iii 8/20/08 9:24:08 PM8/20/08 9:24:08 PM Deploying and. computers 10 Deploying new computers 10 Understanding Windows Vista Installation 10 Investigating the Windows Imaging format 10 Leveraging Windows PE 14 Automating the installation of Windows Vista. .............................3 Selecting Windows Vista Editions 4 Vista Home Basic 6 Vista Home Premium 6 Vista Business 6 Vista Enterprise 7 Vista Ultimate 8 Other options 8 Choosing a Deployment