Specifications

Basic System Administration
352 VMware, Inc.
To install the Microsoft Sysprep tools from a Microsoft Web site download
1 DownloadtheSyspreppackagefromtheMicrosoftdownloadcenter.Makesure
thatyoudownloadthecorrectversionfortheguestoperatingsystemyouwantto
customize.
2ClickNexttocontinue.
3ClickI agreetoacceptthetermsandconditions.
4ClickDownload.
5 Savethefiletoyourlocaldisk.
6Openand
expandthe.cabfile,usingatoolsuchasWinzip.exeoranothertool
capableofreadingMicrosoftCABfiles.
7Extractthefilestotheprovideddirectory.
ThefollowingSysprepsupportdirectorieswerecreatedduringVirtualCenter
installation:
C:\<ALLUSERSPROFILE>\Application Data\Vmware\VMware VirtualCenter\sysprep
...\1.1\
...\2k\
...\xp\
...\svr2003\
...\xp-64\
...\svr2003-64\
where<ALLUSERSPROFILE>isusually\Documents And Settings\All Users\.
Thisiswherevpxd.cfgisalsolocated.
Selectthesubdirectorythatcorrespondstoyouroperatingsystem.
8ClickOKtoexpandthefiles.
Afteryouhaveextractedthefilesfromthe.cabfile,youshouldsee:
...\<guest>\deptool.chm
...\<guest>\readme.txt
...\<guest>\setupcl.exe
...\<guest>\setupmgr.exe
...\<guest>\setupmgx.dll
...\<guest>\sysprep.exe
...\<guest>\unattend.doc
where<guest>is2k,xp,svr2003,xp‐64,orsvr2003‐64.