Building a Common Image with Microsoft Windows 7 on HP Pro and Elite Desktop PCs 2012 Commercial Managed IT Models - Techical White Paper

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Building a Common Image with Microsoft

Windows 7 on HP Pro and Elite Desktop

PCs

2012 Commercial Managed IT Models

Technical white paper

Table of contents

Executive summary ............................................................................................................................... 2

System requirements and prerequisites ................................................................................................... 2

Supported models ............................................................................................................................ 2

Common Image ................................................................................................................................... 3

Advantages of a Common Image ....................................................................................................... 3

Limitations of a Common Image ......................................................................................................... 3

Customizing the Preinstalled Image ........................................................................................................ 3

Choosing a Base Image .................................................................................................................... 3

Customizing the Image ..................................................................................................................... 4

Removing Preinstalled Software ......................................................................................................... 4

Adding software .............................................................................................................................. 4

Adding Hardware/Drivers ................................................................................................................ 4

Clean Installing the OS, drivers, and enhancements ................................................................................. 5

Drivers and enhancements ................................................................................................................ 6

Building a common image .................................................................................................................... 8

Appendix A: Using HP SoftPaq Download Manager .............................................................................. 10

Using HP SoftPaq Download Manager to update the current platform .................................................. 10

Using HP SoftPaq Download Manager to download SoftPaqs for multiple platforms ............................... 12

Appendix B: Sample Sysprep.inf files ................................................................................................... 17

Example of Windows XP SYSPREP.INF ............................................................................................. 17

Example of Windows 7 SYSPREP.XML .............................................................................................. 18

Appendix C: Glossary of Terms ........................................................................................................... 20

References ........................................................................................................................................ 21

For more information .......................................................................................................................... 21

Summary of content (21 pages)

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Building a Common Image with Microsoft Windows 7 on HP Pro and Elite Desktop PCs 2012 Commercial Managed IT Models Technical white paper Table of contents Executive summary............................................................................................................................... 2 System requirements and prerequisites ................................................................................................... 2 Supported models ....................................................
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Executive summary This white paper provides instructions for creating the Microsoft® Windows® 7 Professional with applicable HP drivers and applications for select HP Elite and HP Pro Business Desktop PC models. Instructions are provided for creating a common image across HP Compaq Elite 8300 and HP Compaq Pro 6300 business desktop models. HP recommends using the HP Elite 8300 preinstalled image as the basis for development of a customized common image.
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IMPORTANT Make sure you have the latest compatible versions of drivers and enhancements (Table 1). In addition, you must have a Microsoft operating system license for each system on which you install Windows 7 Professional. Deploying Windows images requires special license provisions from Microsoft. For more information please visit www.microsoft.com/licensing/. Common Image Advantages of a Common Image Creating a common image has several advantages.
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applications” option and accept the default prompts. The “HP Backup and Recovery Manager” PC Recovery will restore the factory preinstalled image to the system. If the factory preinstalled image has already been removed from the hard drive, you can restore that image using the System Recovery Restore DVD created from the Recovery Manager / Recovery Disk Creation application on a system with the preinstalled image or from HP technical support.
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Clean Installing the OS, drivers, and enhancements This section provides guidelines for users performing a clean installation of Windows on a supported HP business desktop PC. For more information on installing Windows, refer to the Microsoft website at http://windows.microsoft.com/help. IMPORTANT Follow the installation instructions in the order provided. Failure to complete these steps in the proper order can result in an unsuccessful or unstable installation.
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Appendix A: Using HP SoftPaq Download Manager. Drivers and enhancements Table 1 lists minimum recommended drivers and enhancements for Windows 7 Professional. The table also includes dependencies on .NET Framework (if applicable). Required drivers will vary depending on hardware configurations deployed in your environment.
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Table 1. Minimum recommended software versions Name Version Win 7 x86 Win 7 x64 Priority .NET Required Required 3.0 Optional N/A Required N/A Required 3.5 SP1 Required N/A Required 3.5 SP1 Required 3.0 Required 3.0 Required N/A Required N/A Required N/A Required N/A Required N/A Required N/A Required N/A Required 3.5 SP1 Driver – Audio Realtek High-Definition Audio Driver HP SRS Premium Sound 6.0.1.6582 A X X 1.12.76.
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NOTE Building a common image Instructions are provided for building Windows 7 Professional images. Windows 7 Professional 1. Install Windows 7 Professional on a supported platform. 2. Copy all device drivers to the %SystemDrive%\DRV folder. 3. Run Windows System Image Manager to create the sysprep.xml file. 4. As shown in Figure 2, make the following changes to the sysprep.xml file: – In the Microsoft-Windows-PnpCustomizationsNonWinPE component – Set the PnP driver search path.
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Figure 2. Example of sysprep.xml file 5. Copy sysprep.xml to % SystemDrive%\Windows\System32\Sysprep. 6. Run the following command: sysprep /generalize /audit /shutdown /unattend:sysprep.xml 7. After shutting down the system, use hard-drive duplication software to deploy the common image.
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Appendix A: Using HP SoftPaq Download Manager Using HP SoftPaq Download Manager to update the current platform 1. Boot the Windows OS. 2. Open Microsoft Internet Explorer. 3. Download and install HP SoftPaq Download Manager from www.hp.com/go/sdm. 4. Launch SoftPaq Download Manager. 5. When prompted, select Show software for this model only (Figure A-1).
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Figure A-2. Available SoftPaqs list 8. After selecting the desired SoftPaqs, the following options are available in the Downloaded SoftPaqs window: Download Only, Download and Unpack or Download and Install (Figure A-3). Figure A-3. Downloaded SoftPaqs window  Download Only – this option will download all selected SoftPaqs to “C:\ProgramData\HP\HP SoftPaq Download Manger\SWDownload”.
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Using HP SoftPaq Download Manager to download SoftPaqs for multiple platforms 1. Download and install HP SoftPaq Download Manager from www.hp.com/go/sdm on any Windows based system. 2. Launch HP SoftPaq Download Manager 3. When prompted, select Show software for all supported models (Figure A-4). Figure A-4. SoftPaq Download Manager menu 4. Select the respective platforms in the Product Catalog window. 5.
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6. Prior to downloading the SoftPaqs, set your download preferences in the Configuration Options window (Figure A-6) accessed from the Tools menu (Tools -> Configuration Options). Figure A-6. Download tab in Configuration Options window 7. Additional customizations are available through the Unpack tab (Figure A-7).
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Figure A-7. Unpack tab in Configuration Options window  Unpack Directory – this field allows the user to change the location where the SoftPaqs will be unpacked once they are downloaded.  Unpack Folder Options – Legacy Behavior – this option will unpack all selected SoftPaqs in the Download Directory established on the Download tab (above). Unpack directory field will be locked. – Separate by SoftPaq IDs – this option will unpack all selected SoftPaqs in the folder designated in the Unpack directory.
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Figure A-8. Example of folder structure separated by SoftPaq IDs – Separate by SoftPaq Names – this option will unpack all selected SoftPaqs in the folder designated in the Unpack directory. Individual SoftPaqs will be unpacked in a unique folder based on SP Name (i.e. HP Universal Camera Driver) according to SoftPaq category (Driver – Video, Driver – Audio, etc.). Figure A-9 shows an example of this folder structure. Figure A-9. Example of folder structure separated by SoftPaq Name 8.
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Figure A-10. Downloaded SoftPaqs window  Download Only – this option will download all selected SoftPaqs according to the settings established in the Download tab in the Configuration Options dialog. Default is Single Folder set to “C:\SoftPaqDownloadDirectory”.  Download and Unpack – this option will download all selected SoftPaqs according to the settings established in the Unpack tab in the Configuration Options dialog.
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Appendix B: Sample Sysprep.inf files Example of Windows XP SYSPREP.INF [Unattended] OemSkipEula=No OemPnPDriversPath = "Drv\Video;Drv\Nic;Drv\Audio;Drv\Modem;Drv\Misc1;Drv\Misc2;Drv\Misc3;Drv\Misc4;Drv\Misc5;Drv\ Chipset;Drv\KBD;Drv\MSD;Drv\USB;Drv\Network" InstallFilesPath = "C:\i386" [GuiRunOnce] Command0=c:\Drv\install.
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Example of Windows 7 SYSPREP.XML PAGE 19
xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchemainstance"> Audit false * PAGE 20
xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchemainstance"> 1 net user administrator /active:yes PAGE 21
References HP Client Catalog for SCCM  http://h20331.www2.hp.com/Hpsub/cache/561194-0-0-225-121.html HP Client Management Interface  www.hp.com/go/hpcmi Microsoft .NET Framework  http://www.microsoft.com/net/ System Preparation Tool and Answer File Usage  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314460 Windows Automated Installation Kit (AIK) Download  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.