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If you have experience deploying Microsoft® Windows NT® and Microsoft Office packages, you know the work that must be done to get the installation packages automated. You also are probably aware that the utilities available for Windows 95 or Windows 98, such as Ghost and Drive Image Professional, do not work well for Windows NT 4.0. The Windows NT security model does not allow machines to be duplicated because each machine would then have the same Security IDs (SIDs). Systems should have unique SIDs, so that they can be recognized correctly by other systems and services on the network. |
The Microsoft Windows® 2000 operating system has many more options to automate the installation of Windows 2000, as well as applications, such as Microsoft Office 2000. One such tool is the Microsoft System Preparation tool (Sysprep), which allows you to deploy the operating system and applications together through an image method. Sysprep includes improvements to the unattended process, application installation, and management enhancements.