{"id":229,"date":"2012-08-06T15:15:22","date_gmt":"2012-08-06T19:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vhdesigns.com\/?p=229"},"modified":"2012-08-06T15:15:22","modified_gmt":"2012-08-06T19:15:22","slug":"howto-build-a-windows-server-2003-r2-vmware-template-mikes-realm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vhdesigns.com\/index.php\/2012\/08\/06\/howto-build-a-windows-server-2003-r2-vmware-template-mikes-realm\/","title":{"rendered":"Howto: Build a Windows Server 2003 R2 VMware Template | Mike&#8217;s Realm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/michael.requeny.com\/2011\/05\/21\/howto-build-windows-server-2003-r2-vmware-template\/\">Howto: Build a Windows Server 2003 R2 VMware Template | Mike&#8217;s Realm<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Repost:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"comm_date\" style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: url('https:\/\/michael.requeny.com\/wp-content\/themes\/lightword\/images\/date_comm_box.png'); background-color: #ffffff; margin: 0px 0px 0px -72px; padding: 0px; height: 100px; width: 57px; position: absolute; text-align: center; z-index: 2; color: #2c2c29; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; line-height: normal; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;\"><span class=\"data\" style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 0px -1px; padding: 10px 0px 0px; display: block; font-weight: bold; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: -1px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\"><span class=\"j\" style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 24px; display: block; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">21<\/span>MAY\/11<\/span><span class=\"nr_comm\" style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 14px 0px 0px; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-weight: bold; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\"><a class=\"nr_comm_spot\" style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 9px 0px 8px; padding: 6px 0px 5px; color: #ffffff; display: block;\" href=\"http:\/\/michael.requeny.com\/2011\/05\/21\/howto-build-windows-server-2003-r2-vmware-template\/#comments\" data-bitly-type=\"bitly_hover_card\">0<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"border-width: 0px 0px 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #dcdcdb; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #ffffff; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 3px; padding: 0px 0px 3px; letter-spacing: -1px; font-size: 24px; font-weight: 400; font-family: Vera, Helvetica, Georgia; color: #2c2c29; font-style: normal; line-height: normal;\"><\/h2>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #ffffff; margin: 1px 0px 15px; padding: 2px; font-size: 1.2em; color: #2c2c29; font-family: Tahoma; font-style: normal; line-height: normal;\">With how many hits my 2008 R2 walkthrough got, I figured it was about time I do one for 2003 R2.<\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #ffffff; margin: 1px 0px 15px; padding: 2px; font-size: 1.2em; color: #2c2c29; font-family: Tahoma; font-style: normal; line-height: normal;\">Remember to setup vCenter for Guest Customizations by placing the sysprep files for all the various versions of Windows in the proper locations, refer to this VMware KB Article for locations and instructions:\u00a0<a style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #807d7a; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\" href=\"http:\/\/kb.vmware.com\/selfservice\/microsites\/search.do?language=en_US&amp;cmd=displayKC&amp;externalId=1005593\" data-bitly-type=\"bitly_hover_card\">VMware KB:<strong style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">1005593<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #ffffff; margin: 1px 0px 15px; padding: 2px; font-size: 1.2em; color: #2c2c29; font-family: Tahoma; font-style: normal; line-height: normal;\">Give your feedback, if you don&#8217;t agree with something let me know!<\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #ffffff; margin: 1px 0px 15px; padding: 2px; font-size: 1.2em; color: #2c2c29; font-family: Tahoma; font-style: normal; line-height: normal;\">\n<p style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #ffffff; margin: 1px 0px 15px; padding: 2px; font-size: 1.2em; color: #2c2c29; font-family: Tahoma; font-style: normal; line-height: normal;\">Things you may need to keep out of your templates: (research your particular product)<\/p>\n<ul style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #ffffff; margin: 15px 30px; font-size: 12px; color: #2c2c29; font-family: Tahoma; font-style: normal; line-height: normal; z-index: 40;\">\n<li style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px; list-style: circle; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">Anti-Virus Agents<\/li>\n<li style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px; list-style: circle; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">Systems Management Clients (LANDesk, Altiris, SMS, SCCM, etc.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #ffffff; margin: 1px 0px 15px; padding: 2px; font-size: 1.2em; color: #2c2c29; font-family: Tahoma; font-style: normal; line-height: normal;\">This is how I put together Windows Server 2003 R2 VMware Templates:<\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #ffffff; margin: 1px 0px 15px; padding: 2px; font-size: 1.2em; color: #2c2c29; font-family: Tahoma; font-style: normal; line-height: normal;\">Build a VM with these specs:<\/p>\n<div style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #ffffff; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #2c2c29; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; line-height: normal;\">\n<table id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8590903608128428\" style=\"border-width: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;\">\n<tbody style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<tr style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\">Disk &#8211; C:<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\">30Gb (Thin Provisioned)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\">CPUs<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\">1 vCPU<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\">Memory<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\">1024 MB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\">Network Adapter 1<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\">VMNET 3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #ffffff; margin: 1px 0px 15px; padding: 2px; font-size: 1.2em; color: #2c2c29; font-family: Tahoma; font-style: normal; line-height: normal;\">Then follow this procedure:<\/p>\n<div style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #ffffff; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #2c2c29; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; line-height: normal;\">\n<table style=\"border-width: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px;\">\n<tbody style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<tr style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\"><strong style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">Task<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\"><strong style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">Notes\/Reasoning<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\">Mount Windows 2003 R2 ISO<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\"><em style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">How else are you going to install? (anyone still using RIS out there?)<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\">Boot to CD Drive<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\"><em style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">&#8230;<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\">Format drive as NTFS<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\"><em style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">Why would you want to go with FAT32?<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\">Reboot when prompted<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\"><em style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">Required reboot to start the actual install<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\">Set Regional &amp; Languages Options as you see fit<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\"><em style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">I can&#8217;t answer these questions for you<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\">Set your licensing options<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\"><em style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">Most folks go with Per Device Licensing, you can always choose Per Server and change to Per Device (only allowed to do once) read\u00a0<a style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #807d7a; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\" href=\"http:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/cc785300(WS.10).aspx\" target=\"_blank\" data-bitly-type=\"bitly_hover_card\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this technet article for more info<\/a><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\">Name Computer Win2k3-R2-E-Template<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\"><em style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">This is just personal preference, when you deploy the VM your guest customization will rename it to whatever you want anyway<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\">Set Description: \u201cVMware Template\u201d<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\"><em style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">Let AD know this is a VM<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\">Set Administrator password<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\"><em style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">&#8230;<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\">Set Time &amp; Time Zone<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\"><em style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">Time is important<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\">When install is complete, login<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\"><em style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">&#8230;<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\">Mount Disc 2 when asked and let it run through it&#8217;s process<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\"><em style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">&#8230;<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\">Install VMware Tools<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\"><em style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">Fix that laggy mouse and gain the additional benefits<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\">Set Hardware Acceleration to Full<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\"><em style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">This will also go further in fixing that mouse lag<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\">Install SNMP Services (SNMP Service, SNMP WMI Provider)<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\"><em style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">Most people have some kind of network monitoring that will take advantage of the additional info SNMP will provide<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\">Configure SNMP:<br \/>\nContact: Help Desk<br \/>\nLocation: VMware<br \/>\nServices: Physical, Applications, End-to-end<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\"><em style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">This is SysContact, SysLocation and SysServices (<a style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #807d7a; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ietf.org\/rfc\/rfc1213.txt\" data-bitly-type=\"bitly_hover_card\">as defined by RFC1213<\/a>)- these are picked up by alot of network monitoring tools, letting them know it&#8217;s virtual without having to nmap or otherwise find the NICs mac and see it&#8217;s VMware is nice<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\">Disable Windows Firewall<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\"><em style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">You can turn it back on and punch your holes later<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\">Enable Remote Desktop<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\"><em style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">So server admins can remote in later when this suckers deployed<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\">Install Windows Update<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\"><em style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">So we can obtain all those patches&#8230;.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\">Configure IE:<\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 1px 0px 15px; padding: 2px; font-size: 1.2em; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<ul style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 15px 30px; font-size: 12px; z-index: 30;\">\n<li style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px; list-style: circle; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">Home page: about:blank<\/li>\n<li style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px; list-style: circle; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">Set Google as default search<\/li>\n<li style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px; list-style: circle; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">Remove Bing<\/li>\n<li style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px; list-style: circle; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">Remove all Accelerators<\/li>\n<li style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px; list-style: circle; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">Configure Advanced Settings\n<ul style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 15px 30px; font-size: 12px; z-index: 20;\">\n<li style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px; list-style: circle; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">Disable Show friendly HTTP error messages<\/li>\n<li style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px; list-style: circle; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">Enable Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is closed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\"><em style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">These are what I like, home pages slow down IE loading, when I&#8217;m just going to navigate elsewhere, Google &gt; Bing, Kill Bing, Remove accelerators&#8211;because we aren&#8217;t mapping or blogging from our servers&#8230;, and advanced settings, ensure temp files are cleared when you exit IE, and turn off those friendly HTTP errors<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\">Adjust visual effects for performance<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\"><em style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">Save some CPU, removes the unnoticable fancy stuff, window shadows, cursor shadows, etc.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\">Lower Boot Menu timeout to 5 seconds<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\"><em style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">In case something else ends up in the boot menu, don&#8217;t want reboots to take longer then they have to&#8230;oh and this won&#8217;t survive sysprep anyway&#8230;<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\">Modify\u00a0Folder Options to:<\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 1px 0px 15px; padding: 2px; font-size: 1.2em; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<ul style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 15px 30px; font-size: 12px; z-index: 10;\">\n<li style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px; list-style: circle; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">Enable Show hidden files, folder, and drives<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 15px 30px; font-size: 12px;\">\n<li style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">Disable Hide extensions for known file types<\/li>\n<li style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">Disable Hide protected operating system files<\/li>\n<li style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">Enable Display the full path in the title bar<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\"><em style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">This is all self explanatory no?<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\">Set Control Panel to Large Icons<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\"><em style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">Not even sure if this survives sysprep<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\">Set Windows Update to Never check for updates<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\"><em style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">This won&#8217;t survive sysprep but is required so you can check for updates<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\">Windows Update -&gt; Check for updates<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\"><em style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">Uncheck IE Updates\/Anti-Malware from IE8 Setup<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\">Apply Updates<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\">Restart (required for Windows Updates)<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\">Log in<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\">Windows Update -&gt; Check for updates<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\"><em style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">Select just the TS Client upgrade (must be done seperate)<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\">Windows Update -&gt; Check for updates<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\">Apply Updates<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\">Windows Update -&gt; Check for updates<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\">Apply Updates<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\">No more updates required to apply&#8211;Did not apply:<\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 1px 0px 15px; padding: 2px; font-size: 1.2em; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<ol style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 15px 30px; font-size: 12px;\">\n<li style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">.NET Framework 4.0<\/li>\n<li style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">Windows Search 4.0<\/li>\n<li style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">IE8 Compatibility View List<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\"><em style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">I don&#8217;t put any of these updates into images (.NET 4.0 can present problems, you can always install it if required on a per machine basis, but not hose up the works on every other VM that likely won&#8217;t need it.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\">Configure IE ESC to be disabled for Administrators<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\"><em style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">Admins are going to do this anyway&#8230;<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\">Install BGInfo to C:BGInfo<br \/>\nCreate Shortcut with switches in C:ProgramDataMicrosoftWindowsStart MenuProgramsStartup<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\"><em style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">BGInfo is your friend! &#8211;\u00a0<a style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: #807d7a; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\" href=\"http:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sysinternals\/bb897557\" data-bitly-type=\"bitly_hover_card\">click here for more info on BGInfo<\/a><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\">Delete desktop.ini file on desktop<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\"><em style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">House keeping before defrag<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\">Empty C:Documents and SettingsAdministratorLocal SettingsTemp<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\"><em style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">House keeping before defrag<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\">Disable Hibernation via powercfg.exe -h off (deletes hiberfile.sys)<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\"><em style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">Our servers aren&#8217;t going to hibernate<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\">Disable Screensaver<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\"><em style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">Save those CPU Cycles<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\">Disable Paging<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\"><em style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">Don&#8217;t be afraid, this is to defrag as much as possible<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\">Restart (required for disabling paging)<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\">Defrag C:<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\"><em style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">Optimize everything<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\">Renable Paging<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\"><em style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">self explanatory&#8230;<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\">Change sound profile to no sounds<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\"><em style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">Save every ounce of CPU<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\">Create temp user and add to local administrators group<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\"><em style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">This is the beginning of the h4x!<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\">Log out<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\"><em style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">because your going to login with the temp account<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\">Log in as temp user<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\"><em style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">mkay&#8230;<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\">Copy Administrator Profile to Default Profile<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\"><em style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">Now you see why we made that temp account, some people use sysprep to do this&#8211;I just do it like this though<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\">Log out<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\">Log in as admin user<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\"><em style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">mkay&#8230;<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\">Delete temp user<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\">Restart<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\"><em style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">required to delete locked temp user profile bits<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\">Log in as Administrator<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\">Delete temp user profile<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\">Test IE and verify settings<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\"><em style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">An update may have botched your IE settings, so double check!<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\">Disable Indexing on C:<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\"><em style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">This is really a performance thing, and is augmented further by virtualization, imagine your VMs sitting idle indexing the C: drive, awesome use of CPU cycles!<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\">Disable all visual effects<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\"><em style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">Again save those CPU cycles!<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\">Disable the pre-logon screensaver via regkey: set HKEY_USERS.DEFAULTControl PanelDesktopScreenSaveActive: 0<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\"><em style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">Another thing to save CPU cycles!<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\">Shutdown<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\"><em style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">Bye guys<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\">Detach ISO<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; 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padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\"><em style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">Mkay&#8230;<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #ffffff; margin: 1px 0px 15px; padding: 2px; font-size: 1.2em; color: #2c2c29; font-family: Tahoma; font-style: normal; line-height: normal;\">Build your Guest Customization Specification with these RUNONCE commands<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-width: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #ffffff; margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; color: #2c2c29; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; line-height: normal;\">\n<tbody style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<tr style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\">reg add \u201cHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionWindowsUpdateAuto Update\u201d \/v AUOptions \/t REG_DWORD \/d 1 \/<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-width: 0px 1px 0px 0px; border-right-style: solid; border-right-color: #ffffff; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: #f5f5f5; margin: 0px; padding: 0.9em 0.8em;\"><em style=\"border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">Disable automatic updates (does not survive sysprep)<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border: 0px; 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