Foreword ..................................................................................................................................... xxi Acknowledgments ..................................................................................................................... xxiii Introduction ............................................................................................................................... xxv Part I: Developing the Deployment Strategy . .1 Chapter 1: Planning the Deployment ..............................................................................................3 Chapter 2: Creating Basic Windows Images ..................................................................................43 Chapter 3: Managing Windows Licensing and Activation .............................................................81 Part II: Customizing the Deployment Process . 101 Chapter 4: Working with Windows Installer ..............................................................................103 Chapter 5: Migrating User Data ..................................................................................................141 Chapter 6: Managing Windows Images .......................................................................................173 Chapter 7: Using the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2008 ..........................................................223 Chapter 8: Windows Deployment Services .................................................................................263 Part III: Administering Windows Vista . 293 Chapter 9: Managing Change in Vista .........................................................................................295 Chapter 10: Administering Workstations ....................................................................................341 Part IV: Protecting and Maintaining the System . 397 Chapter 11: Securing the Workstation ........................................................................................399 Chapter 12: Protecting User Data ................................................................................................445 Chapter 13: Recovering Damaged Systems and Lost Data ...........................................................483 Appendix: What’s on the CD-ROM .............................................................................................519 Index .........................................................................................................................COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL .................523 002_180211-ftoc.indd2_180211-ftoc.indd xxii 88/20/08/20/08 99:23:37:23:37 PPMM 002_180211-ftoc.indd2_180211-ftoc.indd xxiiii 88/20/08/20/08 99:23:38:23:38 PPMM Foreword . xxi Acknowledgments . xxiii Introduction . xxv Part I: Developing the Deployment Strategy 1 Chapter 1: Planning the Deployment . .3 Selecting Windows Vista Editions .........................................................................................4 Vista Home Basic .........................................................................................................6 Vista Home Premium ..................................................................................................6 Vista Business ..............................................................................................................6 Vista Enterprise ...........................................................................................................7 Vista Ultimate..............................................................................................................8 Other options ..............................................................................................................8 Choosing a Deployment Type ...............................................................................................9 Replacing computers ...................................................................................................9 Upgrading computers ..................................................................................................9 Refreshing computers ................................................................................................10 Deploying new computers .........................................................................................10 Understanding Windows Vista Installation .........................................................................10 Investigating the Windows Imaging format ...............................................................10 Leveraging Windows PE ............................................................................................14 Automating the installation of Windows Vista ...........................................................19 Automating Application Installations ..................................................................................21 Customizing application installation commands .......................................................21 Creating transform files .............................................................................................22 Repackaging applications ..........................................................................................23 Selecting a Distribution Media ............................................................................................23 DVD ..........................................................................................................................23 USB drives.................................................................................................................24 Network ....................................................................................................................24 Evaluating Hardware Requirements ....................................................................................26 Ensuring Application Compatibility ....................................................................................28 Understanding broken applications ...........................................................................28 Identifying application incompatibilities ...................................................................29 Addressing application incompatibilities ...................................................................32 002_180211-ftoc.indd2_180211-ftoc.indd xxiiiiii 88/20/08/20/08 99:23:38:23:38 PPMM Contents Documenting the Deployment Plan ....................................................................................41 Summary ............................................................................................................................42 Chapter 2: Creating Basic Windows Images . 43 Building a Deployment Server .............................................................................................44 Introducing the Windows Automated Installation Kit .........................................................48 Creating Unattended Answer Files ......................................................................................49 Getting familiar with configuration passes .................................................................50 Navigating the Windows System Image Manager ......................................................53 Building a Reference Computer ...........................................................................................63 Implementing an answer file .....................................................................................64 Walkthrough: Automating Windows Vista installation ..............................................65 Customizing the reference computer .........................................................................66 Preparing the reference computer for imaging ...........................................................69 Walkthrough: Preparing the computer for imaging ...................................................72 Capturing Custom Images ...................................................................................................72 Windows PE .............................................................................................................72 Walkthrough: Creating Windows PE boot media ......................................................73 ImageX ......................................................................................................................74 Walkthrough: Capturing a WIM file with ImageX .....................................................76 Deploying Custom Images ..................................................................................................76 Preparing the hard disk .............................................................................................77 Walkthrough: Preparing a hard disk for an image .....................................................78 Applying the image ...................................................................................................78 Walkthrough: Applying an image with ImageX .........................................................79 Automating the deployment ......................................................................................79 Summary ............................................................................................................................80 Chapter 3: Managing Windows Licensing and Activation . .81 Licensing Windows .............................................................................................................81 Understanding retail licensing ...................................................................................83