How Customers Can Obtain the System Preparation Tool for Windows NT 4.0

ID: Q195446

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SUMMARY

The Microsoft System Preparation tool (Sysprep) will be limited to Select agreement customers during its initial release. This tool will only run on Select or OEM media and has compliance checking built into the product. The tools will not be included on the product CD-ROMs or service packs, nor will they be included on the Select CD-ROM kit.


To request and receive the deployment tools, please see the section below.


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How do customers get the new Windows deployment tools?

Notes

The new Windows deployment tools cannot be distributed directly to customers. Customers must follow procedures below. Typical turn around for tools, after a customer has signed and returned the License agreement, is less than five days.

These tools do not copy the image, they "prepare" a system to be copied using a third-party tool. Microsoft currently has no plans to develop a disk image copying tool.

Microsoft customers who have a current Microsoft Select or Enterprise Agreement are eligible for the Windows Deployment tools. To request the Windows Deployment Tools License Agreement, send name, address and phone number using one of the three options below:

  1. Send an e-mail request to: winreq@microsoft.com. Include "Microsoft Deploy Tool License Agreement Request" in the subject line.


  2. Send fax request to: "Microsoft Deploy Tool License Agreement Request" at (206) 285-4403.


  3. Leave voice mail with your request by calling (800) 394-9621 in the U.S. and Canada or (001) (1) (206) 378-5544 outside of the U.S. and Canada.


After the request is received, a "Windows Deploy Tools License Agreement" is sent through postal mail within one business day. After returning the completed license agreement to Microsoft, pending verification of Select Enrollment against the Select Database, the System Preparation tool is sent by using 2-day air to the customer.

Additional query words: Sysclone clone deployment 


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Version           : WinNT:4.0
Platform          : winnt 
Issue type        : kbinfo

Last Reviewed: February 23, 1999