Installing Microsoft Windows on an HP ProBook or EliteBook Notebook PC and creating an image 2011 Business Notebook Models - White Paper

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Installing Microsoft Windows on an HP

ProBook or EliteBook Notebook PC and

creating an image

2011 Business Notebook Models

Technical white paper

Table of contents

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

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

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

Installing the OS, drivers, and enhancements .......................................................................................... 3

Drivers and enhancements ................................................................................................................ 4

Building a common image .................................................................................................................... 6

Windows XP Professional .................................................................................................................. 7

Windows Vista Business / Windows 7 Professional ............................................................................. 7

Appendix A: Using HP SoftPaq Download Manager ................................................................................ 9

Using HP SoftPaq Download Manager to update the current platform .................................................... 9

Using HP SoftPaq Download Manager to download SoftPaqs for multiple platforms ............................... 11

Appendix B: Sample Sysprep.inf files ................................................................................................... 16

Example of Windows XP SYSPREP.INF ............................................................................................. 16

Example of Vista / Windows 7 SYSPREP.XML ................................................................................... 17

References ........................................................................................................................................ 20

For more information .......................................................................................................................... 20

Summary of content (21 pages)

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Installing Microsoft Windows on an HP ProBook or EliteBook Notebook PC and creating an image 2011 Business Notebook 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 installing the Microsoft® Windows® 7 Professional, Microsoft Windows XP Professional and Windows Vista® Business operating systems (OSs) along with applicable HP drivers and applications on select HP EliteBook and HP ProBook Notebook PC models. Instructions are also provided for creating a common image for 2011 HP Business Notebook PCs. Target audience: This white paper is intended for IT staff.
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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 XP Professional, Vista Business or Windows 7 Professional. A Vista Business license allows you to use either XP Professional or Vista Business. The Windows 7 Professional license allows you to use Windows 7 Professional, Windows XP Professional or Windows Vista Business.
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require manual installation. (NOTE: The Universal Audio Architecture (UAA) Bus driver is integrated into Service Pack (SP) 3 and does not need to be installed separately). 5. Install the desired patches from www.microsoft.com/windowsupdate or contact your network administrator for additional updates. Reboot the system after these patches have been installed. – For Windows XP, you must install Microsoft DirectX 9 and possibly Microsoft .NET Framework. For more information on .
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Appendix A: Using HP SoftPaq Download Manager. IMPORTANT To prevent possible data loss, HP recommends you adjust your power management settings prior to using the notebook. Drivers and enhancements Table 1 lists minimum recommended drivers and enhancements for Windows 7 Professional, Windows XP Professional and Vista Business. The table also includes dependencies on .NET Framework (if applicable). Table 1. Minimum recommended software versions Name Version XP Vista Win 7 Priority .
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Name Version XP Vista Win 7 CP5850060 0_CL33412 X X X Synaptics Touchpad Driver 15.2.16.5 X X X Validity Fingerprint Driver 4.3.126.0 X X X X X HP Universal Camera Driver Priority .NET Required Required N/A Required N/A Required N/A Required N/A Required N/A Required 3.0 or greater Required 3.0 or greater Required N/A Required N/A Required N/A Required N/A Optional N/A Required N/A Required N/A Required 3.
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Name Embedded Security for HP ProtectTools Version XP Vista Win 7 6.0.100.257 2 X X X X X X 6.0.0.831 Privacy Manager for HP ProtectTools Priority Recommended .NET Required N/A Recommended 3.5 SP1 Required N/A Required N/A Required 3.5 SP1 or greater Recommended N/A Recommended N/A Recommended N/A Software - Solutions HP 3D DriveGuard 4.1.2.1 X HP 3D DriveGuard for XP 1.20.3.1 X HP Software Framework 4.0.90.
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– 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.
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– In the Microsoft-Windows-PnpCustomizationsNonWinPE component – Set the PnP driver search path. – In the Microsoft-Windows-Deployment component – Following the pass=”auditUser” phase, set Reseal in OOBE mode. NOTE Figure 2 does not show the complete sysprep.xml file. Figure 2. Example of sysprep.xml file 6. Copy sysprep.xml to % SystemDrive%\Windows\System32\Sysprep. 7. Run the following command: sysprep /generalize /audit /shutdown /unattend:sysprep.xml 8.
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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 Softpack 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 sofpaqs, 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 Vista / 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/ Description of the Windows XP Corporate Deployment tools and documentation  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321880 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.