Preparing computers for customers to use
Preparing computers for customers to use
A couple of times each year I build a computer for friends at a low cost. One thing I have trouble doing is guiding them through the start-up process after they take the machine home. Things include downloading all those drivers and making sure windows are running fine. Is there a way to put drivers in beforehand so that when they bring their PC over, they still get asked to make a new account like you would if you bought it at a store?
Here is a local admin account and some drivers installed. Well, it's possible to put all those drivers into one installation. But that takes a little extra time. Here is how you add drivers to a Windows ISO file: check the docs at windows servers australia dot au or go to Windows OS Hub for more info on adding or removing drivers from your WIM/ISO install image. You can make it easier if you put all those drivers into your drive store before you start deploying the operating system on typical workstations and servers.
To get started, you have to turn on the "Out of Box Experience" feature for your boot windows. This means setting up a mode called "Audit" so that everything gets checked during setup. You can also find more info at Microsoft's official site by looking up OOBE or learn.microsoft.com.