A Geeks Guide to BDD 2007 – Part 4, Deploying XP using Lite Touch

BDD 2007, as you probably already know, is End-to-end guidance, best practices, and tools for planning, building, and deploying Windows and Office. BDD 2007 is developed by a team led by Michael Niehaus (lead developer) and Mike Lewis (Architect).

This guide explains the necessary steps to use the Lite Touch Component of BDD 2007 to deploy Windows XP. It assumes that you have set up the BDD 2007 deployment server as described in “Geeks Guide to BDD 2007 – Part 1, Core Configuration”.  

For improvement suggestions (or bugs) in this guide, please drop a note to johan [dot] arwidmark [at] truesec [dot] com, at myitforum.com (alias jarwidmark) or post in the public Microsoft newsgroups (group: microsoft.public.deployment.desktop)

 

If you want to learn more, check out my public BDD 2007 classes, or bring me onsite to teach at your company location. Go http://www.truesec.com for more info.

Regards,

Johan Arwidmark
Microsoft MVP – Setup & Deployment

o   Create and Capture a Windows XP Machine for LiteTouch

o   Use Lite Touch to Install a new Computer

 

a.      Create a file named Custom_Set_VDS_Alignment.reg with the below content and copy to the Distribution\Scripts folder

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CURRENTCONTROLSET\SERVICES\VDS\ALIGNMENT]

b.     Add a custom task first in the PreInstall Phase with the following settings:

Name: Fix WinPE 2.0 Bug
CommandLine: reg import %SCRIPTROOT%\Custom_Set_VDS_Alignment.reg

1.      On SRV001, copy the D:\Distribution\Boot\LiteTouchPE_x86.iso file to Z:\Diskimages (C:\Diskimages on the Host PC).

2.      Create a new Virtual Machine with 512 MB RAM, name it Windows XP SP2 Reference and boot from the LiteTouchPE_x86.iso file.

3.      Complete the BDD Deployment Wizard using the below settings

a.      Keyboard Layout: United States

b.      Specify credentials for connecting to network shares:

                                                    i.     User name: BuildAccount

                                                  ii.     Password: P@ssw0rd

                                                 iii.     Domain: TSLAB

c.      Computer name: (Default)

d.      Join a workgroup: Workgroup

e.      Specify whether to restore user data: Do not restore user data and settings

f.       Select an operating system image to install: Windows XP SP2 x86.

g.      Locale Selection: English (United States)

h.     Time Zone: (GMT+01:00) Amsterdam, Berlin, Bern, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna

i.       Select one or more applications to install: Microsoft Word Viewer 2003.

j.       Specify whether to capture an image: Capture an image of this computer

                                                    i.     Location: \\SRV001\Distribution$\Captures

                                                  ii.     File name: WinXPSP2LT.wim

k.      Review the Details before clicking Begin.

4.      After installing the base XP operating system and the Word Viewer application, BDD will automatically run sysprep and capture the computer to an image.

1.      On SRV001, using the Deployment Workbench,, expand the Distribution node, right-click on the Operating Systems node, and select New (Or Click New from the Actions pane). Use the following settings for the New Os Wizard.

b.      Source file: D:\Distribution\Captures\WinXPSP2LT.wim

c.      Destination directory name: Windows XP SP2 LT

1.      Using the Deployment Workbench, right-click on the Builds node, and select New (Or Click New from the Actions pane). Use the following settings for the New Build Wizard.

a.      Build ID: WinXPSP2LT

b.      Build name: Windows XP SP2 LT

c.      Build comment: Company Standard LT Build

d.      Operating System Image: CDrive in “WinXPSP2LT\WinXPSP2LT.wim”

e.      ProductKey:

f.       Organization: TrueSec

g.      FullName: TrueSec

h.     Internet Explorer home page: http://www.truesec.com

i.       Administrator Password and confirm Password: P@ssw0rd

2.      Configure the Task Sequencer for the Windows PE 2.0 uberbug (only valid for Windows XP and Windows Serve r 2003 deployments) using the following steps

a.      Create a file named Custom_Set_VDS_Alignment.reg with the below content and copy to the Distribution\Scripts folder

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CURRENTCONTROLSET\SERVICES\VDS\ALIGNMENT]

b.     Add a custom task first in the PreInstall Phase with the following settings:

Name: Fix WinPE 2.0 Bug
CommandLine: reg import %SCRIPTROOT%\Custom_Set_VDS_Alignment.reg