customizing windows installations…

so here’s my situation…
i’m looking to create a master image for some computers i’m deploying to some clients.
i am familiar with using utilities like nLite to customize the options of the installation, such as adding product keys and setting regional setting defaults, etc.
I would like to take this concept a little further and add programs to this. If i would like to include our installation of office enterprise, vpn software (forticlient), and some other misc. installs for readers, etc.
anyone know how to do this, or where i can get some info? what are some tools of the trade for this?
Thanks everyone, Happy New Year!
Answer #1
you can’t add all that with nLite i guess?
nLite is a really good one
Answer #2
You can use WPI…
I use a cmd file..Much easier to set…
Here is an old copy of my cmd file:
cmdow @ /HID
@echo off
SET KEY=HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx
REG ADD %KEY% /V TITLE /D "Installing Custom lion Applications" /f
REG ADD %KEY% /V FLAGS /D "dword:00000018" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\001 /VE /D "Registering ZoneAlarm Pro v5.5.094.000" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\001 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\Install\ZoneAlarm\zllictbl.exe" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\002 /VE /D "Adobe Reader 8 Lite" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\002 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\Install\AdobeReader\AdobeReader8Lite.exe" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\003 /VE /D "UltraISO.Premium.Edition.v9.3.3.2685" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\003 /V 1 /D "%Systemdrive%\install\Ultraiso\setup.exe /VERYSILENT /SP- /NORESTART" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\003 /V 2 /D "REGEDIT /S %systemdrive%\install\Ultraiso\ULTRAISO.reg" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\004 /VE /D "WinRAR.v.3.80_Corp" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\004 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\Install\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe /s /W" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\005 /VE /D "Notpad" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\005 /V 1 /D "REGEDIT /S %systemdrive%\Install\Notpad\Notpad.reg" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\005 /V 2 /D "%systemdrive%\Install\Notpad\Notpad.exe" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\006 /VE /D "ZoneAlarm Pro v5.5.094.000" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\006 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\ZoneAlarm\zapSetup.exe /s /noreboot" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\007 /VE /D "NET Framework 2.0" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\007 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\Install\NetFramework\DOTNET2.exe /q" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\008 /VE /D "Firefox Setup 3.0.12" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\008 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\Install\Firefox\Firefox.exe -ms" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\009 /VE /D "Microsoft OFFICE 2003" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\009 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\Install\OFFICE2003\OFFICE2003.exe" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\010 /VE /D "Photoshop 8 CS" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\010 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\Install\Photoshop\setup.exe /s /sms" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\010 /V 2 /D "%systemdrive%\Install\Photoshop\crack.exe" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\011 /VE /D "Cleaning Up and Rebooting" /f
REG ADD %KEY%\011 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\Install\cleanup.cmd" /f
EXIT
For more info:
http://www.msfn.org/board/forum.html
Answer #3
thanks for the suggestions…
no nLite doesnt really let you ADD programs to be installed…it only allows you to customize the way windows installs.
, thanks for your suggestion, but i’m a little confused on the script and how it works…could you PM me for some help?
thanks again everyone…