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Appendix B Installing the Microsoft Sysprep Tools
To install the Microsoft Sysprep tools from the Windows operating system CD
1InserttheWindowsoperatingsystemCDintotheCD‐ROMdrive(oftentheD:
drive.
2 LocatetheDEPLOY.CABfileintheCDdirectory,\Support\Tools.
3OpenandexpandtheDEPLOY.CABfile,usingatoolsuchasWinzip.exeoranother
toolcapableofreadingMicrosoftCABfiles.
4Extractthefilestothedirectory
appropriatetoyourSysprepguestoperating
system.
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.
5Click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.
6RepeatthisproceduretoextractSysprepfilesforeachoftheWindowsguest
operatingsystems(Windows2000,WindowsXP,orWindows2003)youplanto
customizeusingVirtualCenter .
Youarenowreadytocustomizeanewvirtualmachinewithasupported
Windows
guestoperatingsystemwhenyoucloneanexistingvirtualmachine.