Information Technology Reference
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FIGURE 1-4
The Create Capture Image Wizard
Add the capture image to the WDS image store.
2.
Deploy Windows to the computer that will act as the source for the template image.
This computer's hardware should be as similar to the intended target computers that
the captured image will support as is practical.
3.
Install roles and features that will be part of the template.
4.
NOTE
SUPPORTED ROLES FOR SYSPREP ON WINDOWS SERVER
Not all roles that can be enabled on Windows Server are supported as a template image.
All Active Directory roles, for example, are not supported. To see a list of roles that are
supported by Sysprep, see
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh824835.aspx.
Install any additional software that you want to be part of the template.
5.
6.
Apply all updates and hotfixes that you want to be part of the template. Add all drivers
that the template needs.
Disable or remove any packages that should not be deployed on target computers.
7.
Run Sysprep on the template computer using the following command from the
%windir%\system32\sysprep directory:
8.
Sysprep /oobe /generalize /reboot
Restart the computer and boot from the network.
9.
