You can use Group Policy to configure certain installation options presented by the CIW. With Group Policy, you can create different Group Policy objects to apply to specific users and configure each policy with settings such as Automatic Setup, Custom Setup, Restart Setup, and Tools. Each of these options has three different settings associated with it: Enabled, Disabled, and Not Configured.
For example, you could create a separate Group Policy object that provides the Automatic Setup option. This causes the CIW to present the appropriate options for clients you have prestaged in Active Directory or for non-prestaged clients that receive predefined computer account names and locations from your RIS server. For non-prestaged clients, you can also create a separate Group Policy object that configures the Custom Setup option. This option allows the client to override the automatic computer naming format and causes the CIW to present options to these clients that allow them to specify computer names and the location for their computer accounts in Active Directory.
You can also enable the Restart Setup option to allow certain user groups to restart a failed operating system installation attempt if the failure occurs during the text-mode portion of the setup process. This might be useful for security purposes. Also, you can enable the Tools option from Group Policy to allow certain user groups to have access to maintenance and troubleshooting tools for client computers, including the Recovery Console.
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Note If you specify Not Configured for a particular RIS setting in a Group Policy object that you define, the default Domain Group Policy setting for the associated option applies. |
You can also use the RIS-related Group Policy capabilities to improve security in your network. For more information about the security implications of Group Policy as well as ACL settings, see "Planning RIS Server Security" (ACIRIS_05.doc) on the Windows Server 2003 Deployment Kit companion CD (or see "Planning RIS Server Security" on the Web at https://www.microsoft.com/reskit). For more information about defining CIW setup options in Group Policy, including Group Policy options, see "CIW Design Tasks" later in this chapter.
For this part of your interactive installation design process, use the "Group Policy Configuration" section of job aid "Designing the RIS Deployment Mode and CIW Process" (ACIRIS_08.doc) on the Windows Server 2003 Deployment Kit companion CD (or see "Designing the RIS Deployment Mode and CIW Process" on the Web at https://www.microsoft.com/reskit) to record your choices for RIS-related Group Policy settings. In this job aid, you can record Group Policy names, the configuration options you want to set, and the user groups to which they apply.
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