Compaq Guide to PC Deployment: Network Installation of Microsoft Windows 95 on Compaq Armada Series of Personal Computers Using Microsoft Tools

White Paper
Preliminary
June 1999
PRT/007A/0699
Prepared by Custom Solutions
Development
Compaq Computer Corporation
Contents
Assumptions................................3
High level overview of the
process.........................................3
Conventions.................................3
References to Microsoft
Documentation ............................4
Hard Drive and Hardware
Preparation...................................4
Base OS Layout...........................4
Operating System File
Layout ........................................4
Machine Specific Information.....5
Integrating Video Drivers............5
General Process ........................5
Specific Errata............................6
Integrating NIC Drivers................6
General Process ........................6
Integrating Audio Drivers............7
General Process ........................7
Specific Errata............................7
Integrating Modem Drivers
(US Only) ......................................8
General Process ........................8
Specific Errata............................8
Integrating Agents
(Intelligent Manageability
and Remote Services).................9
General Process ........................9
Specific Errata............................9
Other Compaq Software
(WinDiags, Safety & Comfort
Guide, etc)....................................9
General Process ........................9
Appendix A.................................10
Sample MSBATCH.INF File.....10
Compaq Guide to PC
Deployment
Network Installation of Microsoft Windows 95 on
Compaq Armada Series of Personal Computers
Using Microsoft Tools
Abstract: This Guide provides information useful to departments
charged with initial deployment of Microsoft Windows 95 over a
network connection to Compaq Armada Series of Personal
Computers. Many of the deployment strategies explained in this
Guide are also useful in a more general sense