Applications

During installation, you can choose to install standard productivity applications such as Microsoft Office 2003 Editions, as well as custom applications. If certain core applications need to be available to users at all times, you can install them along with the operating system. If you are automating installations by using Remote Installation Services or disk imaging with Sysprep, you can install the applications on the disk image that you create; if you are doing unattended installations by using answer files, you can include applications and make them available from your distribution folder. For more information about distributing applications with Windows XP Professional, see Chapter 11, and Chapter 23.

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