Specifications

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B
IfyouplantocustomizeaWindowsguestoperatingsystem,youmustfirstinstallthe
MicrosoftSyspreptoolsonyourVirtualCenterServermachine.
MicrosoftincludestheSyspreptoolsetontheinstallationCD‐ROMdiscsforWindows
2000,WindowsXP,andWindows2003.ItalsodistributesSysprepfromtheMicrosoft
Web
site.ToperformaWindowscustomization,youmustinstalltheSyspreptools
eitherfromyourinstallationdisc,orfromtheMicrosoftdownloadpackage.Youmust
installthecorrectversionoftheSyspreptoolsforeachoperatingsystemyouwantto
customize.Also,ensurethatthepasswordforthelocaladministrator
accountonthe
virtualmachineissettoblank(““).
Duringcustomization,VirtualCentersearchesfortheSyspreppackagecorresponding
toyourguestoperatingsystem.IfVirtualCenterdoesnotfindanySyspreptools,the
Windowsvirtualmachinecustomizationdoesnotproceed.
(S EE U PDATE ) TheguestoperatingsystemcustomizationfeatureinVirtualCenterServer
3.5takesfulladvantageofWindowssysprepfunctionality.Asaresult,itisvery
importantthatyouhavesysprepinstalledforeachofthegues tsthatyouwishto
customize.IfforexamplesysprepisnotprovidedforWindowsServer2003,
customizationwillnotattempttouseanearlierversion,butwillsimplydisablethe
customizationoperationforthatguest.
Installing the Microsoft
Sysprep Tools
B
NOTESyspreptoolsarebuiltintotheWindowsVistaoperatingsystem.