Operating System Deployment and 2003 R2
Just thought I’d document the steps taken at a recent customer engagement for deploying Windows Server 2003 with the R2 bits in the image.
1. Copy the entire R2 CD to your package source repository.
2. Create a standard software distribution package for the R2 source directory.
3. Create a program with the following command-line:
CMPNENTS\R2\setup2.exe /q /a /sr
The command line options are documented at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc756937(WS.10).aspx.
4. In your build and capture task sequence, create an Install Software task for this new program at the beginning of your other software install tasks. Make sure you add a reboot somewhere after this task and before the capture.
5. To suppress the “Windows Server Post-Setup Security Updates” window, add a command line task near the end of the deployment TS with the following command:
reg add “HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\ServerOOBE\SecurityOOBE” /v DontLaunchSecurityOOBE /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
This registry key is documented at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc757061(WS.10).aspx.
That’s it.