Windows XP image on ESX - Post installation

Windows XP image on ESX - Post installation

VMWare tools

1. Power on the Windows XP virtual image (it should be restarted since the install). In the VI Client right click the machine name and select Install/Upgrade VMWare tools.
2. If the installation does not start, try restarting the machine and pick this option again.
3. When the VMWare Tools installation starts, pick Complete setup (to enable moving this also to VMWare server or VMWare player), and leave all other as optional.
4. After the installation is complete,
5. Right click the "My Computer", pick Properties > Hardware > Hardware > Device Manager > Network adapters.
6. If the VMWare Tools installation was successful, you should now see that both virtual NIC cards (with "vmxnet" interface) are successfully connected.

Setting up network

1. Configure one NIC card to listen to a fixed IP address in the Infrastructure network. For example:

   IP=10.120.29.62
   GW=10.120.29.1
   NETMASK=255.255.255.0
   DNS=10.120.4.50

2. Configure another NIC card to receive its settings from a DHCP service in the same subnet as above.

Protect the desktop by a password

1. Open Start > Run, execute compmgmt.msc. In the dialog windo open Computer Management (Local) > System Tools > Local Users and Groups > Users. Right click "Administrator", choose Set Password. Type the password from the data sheet two times.
2. Open Control Panel, pick User Accounts
3. Select Change the way users log on and off
4. Remove both checkmarks.
5. Restart the computer, log in as Administrator
6. Open the Control Panel, press Switch to Classical View; select from the menu View > Details, pick Tools > Folder Options > View and click Apply to All Folders. Remove the checkbox next to Hide file extensions for known file types. Click Apply and OK.
7. Remove the user "Student" and delete its user profile from c:/Documents and Settings

Other steps

1. Disable "Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications"
2. Disable "Windows Security Alerts" (your computer might be at risk)
3. Display "Internet Explorer Icon"

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