Exam Prep 2 [Electronic resources] : Windows XP Professional نسخه متنی

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From My Computer, create a folder in the root of C: named Deploy.

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Insert the Windows XP Professional CD-ROM.

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From the Welcome screen, select Perform Additional Tasks.

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Select Browse This CD to open an Explorer window that displays the folders on the Windows XP Professional CD-ROM.

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Browse to Support\Tools\Deploy.cab, and double-click this file.

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Select all the files, right-click, and choose Extract.

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In the Select a Destination dialog box, expand the directory listing to select C:\Deploy, and then click Extract.

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Close the Deploy.cab window and the Welcome to Microsoft Windows XP Professional window. Leave the My Computer window open for the next exercise. Also leave the Windows XP Professional CD-ROM in the drive.

1.

From the My Computer window, double-click Setupmgr.exe.

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Click Next to bypass the Welcome screen.

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Select Create a New Answer File, and then click Next.

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On the Product to Install page, select Sysprep Install, and then click Next.

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On the Platform page, select Windows XP Professional, and then click Next.

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On the License Agreement page, select Yes, Fully Automate the Installation, and then click Next.

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Type your name and organization, and then click Next.

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In the folder hierarchy that appears on the left side of the Setup Manager Wizard, double-click Time Zone and select your time zone from the list box that appears.

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Click Providing the Product Key and type the product key from the CD-ROM case in the spaces provided.

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Click Computer Names and type Computer2 as the name of the computer to be installed.

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Click Administrator Password and type a strong password of your choice. Select the Encrypt Administrator Password in Answer File check box.

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Click Run Once. Type c:\windows\system32\notepad.exe in the text box provided, and then click Next.

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Click Finish.

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Confirm or modify the path and filename of C:\Deploy\sysprep.inf, and then click OK.

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Close the Setup Manager dialog box.

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From the My Computer window, double-click Sysprep.exe.

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Click OK to accept the message that informs you that Sysprep may modify some of the security parameters of the system.

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Click Reseal to run Sysprep in Reseal mode.

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Click OK to accept the warning message.

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Ensure that the list reads Shutdown, click Reseal, and then click OK again to proceed.

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After Sysprep completes, the computer shuts down. Turn the computer off.

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Turn the computer on. When the Windows XP splash screen appears, insert the floppy disk containing the Sysprep.inf file.

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After a few minutes, the Welcome to Microsoft Windows screen appears. Click Next.

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Click Yes, I Accept, to accept the license agreement, and then click Next.

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Type the product key if requested, and then click Next.

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If you are connected to the Internet, click Help Protect My PC by Turning On Automatic Updates Now. Otherwise, click Not Right Now, and then click Next.

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If you need to modify your computer's name and description, do so in the next screen, and then click Next.

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Type and confirm the administrator password, and then click Next.

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Select No, Don't Make This Computer Part of a Domain, and then click Next.

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Select the appropriate option for connecting to the Internet, and then click Next.

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Type the appropriate values for the computer's IP address, subnet mask, default gateway, and DNS configuration.

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On the Ready to Register with Microsoft screen, select No, Not At This Time, and then click Next.

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Type your name on the Who Will Use This Computer screen, and then click Next.

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Click Finish.

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When the logon screen appears, log on as Administrator with the password you specified in step 7.

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Verify that Notepad opens because you specified this application when creating Sysprep.inf.

What are the purposes of the Unattend.txt file and the uniqueness database file, and how do they differ from each other?

What is the recommended means of creating and modifying answer files, and why?

Besides the RIS server itself, which services must be running on the network for you to use RIS successfully?

Why are the description and help text that you type when preparing an RIS image important?

Name several situations in which Sysprep is not supported.

What is the purpose of the Mini-Setup Wizard?

Judy has run Setup Manager to create an answer file that she intends to distribute to users on a floppy disk that will be used for installing Windows XP Professional from a CD-ROM. She needs to ensure that the answer file has been given the proper name. Which name should this file have?

Norman is a support technician for a large community college that offers courses for aspiring computer technicians and administrators. The computer labs are highly utilized, and Norman needs to reinstall Windows XP Professional on several hundred computers within a few days at the start of each semester. He occasionally needs to reinstall computers at other times when students have misconfigured them. He has chosen to use Sysprep for automating installation of Windows XP.

Which of the following requirements must be met by the source and target computers so that he can use Sysprep to install Windows XP Professional on the target computers? (Choose all that apply.)

Sharon is a network administrator for a company that operates an Active Directory domain. Two Windows Server 2003 computers are domain controllers and run the DNS service. The network also has three member servers running Windows 2000 Server, 30 Windows NT 4.0 Workstation computers, and 75 Windows 2000 Professional computers.

The company receives a shipment of 45 new computers that are to replace the Windows NT 4.0 Workstation computers and provide computers for additional employees expected to be hired in the coming year. Sharon installs RIS on a Windows 2000 Server computer to automate the installation of Windows XP Professional on the new computers. She attempts to install Windows XP Professional on a new computer but is unable to connect to the RIS server from this computer. She then uses the Windows XP Professional CD-ROM to install Windows XP Professional on another new computer and is successful. The new computers are all located on the same network segment.

What should Sharon do so that the new computers can connect to the RIS server successfully?

Jim is responsible for automating the deployment of Windows XP Professional to new companies in his company. He has installed Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2 and a standard set of applications on a reference computer and is now preparing to run Sysprep on this computer. Which of the following parameters should Jim specify to use a Bill of Materials file that automates software installations and upgrades?

Tom is responsible for installing Windows XP Professional on 20 new computers in his company. Using Setup Manager, Tom creates an Unattend.txt file and copies it to a floppy disk. He then starts the installation on a test computer by inserting the Windows XP Professional CD-ROM and inserting the floppy disk after the computer starts. Although Tom has set the user interaction level to fully automated mode, he is prompted for all the required parameters. He wants to ensure that the unattended installation does not prompt the users for input. What should he do?

Kristin is responsible for deploying 85 new computers to her company's network and has decided to use Sysprep to deploy a customized image of Windows XP Professional to these computers, including a couple of proprietary applications. She wants to automate the setup process as much as possible from the time a user turns on a computer; in particular, she wants to ensure that the user does not need to manually enter any responses that are normally required.

Kristin installs Windows XP Professional, Service Pack 2, and the proprietary applications on one of the new computers, and configures additional settings as required by the company. She next creates an answer file with standard responses to questions asked by the setup wizard. What should she do next? (Each correct answer presents a complete solution. Choose two.)

Richard is using RIS to install Windows XP Professional on 275 new client computers. The computers are equipped with network adapter cards that are not PXE-compliant. What does Richard need to do to connect these clients to the RIS server?

Ann is using RIS to perform a rollout of 65 new Windows XP Professional computers. All computers contain PXE-compatible network interface cards (NICs). After installing 41 computers without difficulty, she encounters a computer that displays the message Operating System Not Found when she starts it. She verifies that the NIC is seated properly and restarts the computer, only to receive the same message. What should she do to start the computer and access the RIS server?

You are installing Windows XP Professional on a new computer with only MS-DOS and a network client installed. The answer file is named Unattend.txt and the Windows installation files are located at \\Server1\xpinstall\i386. Which of the following commands should you use?

Harry is the network administrator for a company that operates an Active Directory domain named examcram.com. Besides the domain, there is a workgroup to which computers used by developers belong. Harry receives five new computers to be used by developers, and uses an answer file to install Windows XP Professional on these computers.

Because of an error in the answer file, the new computers were joined to the domain rather than the workgroup. How can Harry correct this error with the least amount of administrative effort?