Best Practices
The following are best practices for chaining packages to a Windows installation:
Chain appropriate installations to Windows XP Professional. For example, Adobe Acrobat Reader and a small networking client are appropriate for chaining to the Windows XP Professional installation because they are small and easy to package for silent installation. These are natural choices for inclusion on disk images, too. Bigger applications such as Office 2003 Editions should be installed from a network administrative installation.
Run chained installations silently. By running chained installations silently, you can completely automate the installation process so that it requires no interaction. A completely automated process is easier to repeat ...
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