Installing Microsoft Windows on an HP ProBook or EliteBook Notebook PC and creating an image

Priority Key

Required

Mandatory for optimal hardware support

Recommended

HP recommends installing for optimal system performance

Optional

Value-add software for desired solution

NOTE

Some deliverables may have direct dependencies on other

deliverables that may require .NET.

Building a common image

Instructions are provided for building Windows XP Professional and Windows 7 Professional images.

Windows XP Professional

1. Install Windows XP Professional on a supported platform.

2. Install the following and then reboot the system:

– Essential System Updates for Windows XP

– System Default Settings

– Microsoft Universal Audio Architecture (UAA) High Definition Audio class driver (not required for

XP SP3)

– Microsoft .NET (refer to Table 1 for .NET version requirements)

3. Copy the i386 folder from the Windows XP installation DVD to the root of %SystemDrive%.

4. Extract deploy.cab from the SUPPORT\TOOLS\ folder of the install DVD to the

%SystemDrive%\sysprep folder.

5. Copy all device drivers to a common folder location (i.e. %SystemDrive%\DRV).

6. Run setupmgr.exe from the %SystemDrive%\sysprep folder to create a sysprep.inf file.

7. As shown in Figure 1, make the following changes to the sysprep.inf file.

– In the [Unattended] section –

Change InstallFilesPath to %SystemDrive%\i386.

The OemPnPDriversPath should include paths for all .inf installed drivers.

– In the [SetupMgr] section –

Change DistFolder to %SystemDrive%\i386

NOTE

Figure 1 does not show the complete sysprep.inf file.