Packaging Windows XP

When you use SMS to deploy Windows XP Professional, you must put the Windows XP Professional source files in an SMS package. For each SMS program, SMS obtains the files from a distribution folder. You must also include all the custom files required to complete the upgrade, such as device drivers and answer files (see Chapter 7). You can even include standard applications, language packs, and service packs (see Chapter 11).

Each Windows XP Professional SMS package definition also contains SMS programs. Each program is a different combination of command-line options that you create for installing the Windows XP Professional package. For example, your default program might be to install Windows XP Professional with no user intervention. ...

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