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Chapter 11. Chaining Installations

You must usually install extra programs as part of the Microsoft Windows XP Professional desktop-deployment process. For instance, you might need to install support tools, networking clients, or file-system utilities when you deploy the desktop operating system. This chapter describes how to chain installations to Windows XP Professional and Office 2003 Editions installations; and it provides a sample distribution folder for getting started.

In this chapter:

Chaining Overview

Package Distribution

Package Installation

Sample Distribution Folder

Unattended Packages

Office Chaining

Best Practices

Checklist

Have you identified in your deployment plan the applications that you want to deploy with Windows XP Professional? See ...

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