Preinstallation setup, Personalization files, Preinstallation – Lenovo THINKPAD Z60M User Manual
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service
partition
where
it
resides.
Manifest
files
also
control
the
selections
available
to
the
user
during
a
custom
recovery.
The
information
contained
in
a
manifest
file
includes
component
categorization
such
as
required,
optional,
and
restricted.
In
addition,
manifest
files
contain
meta-data,
such
as
descriptions
and
comments.
Preinstallation
setup
To
accomplish
preinstallation
setup,
you
can
use
the
Base
Software
Administrator
program
to
create
personalization
files.
A
personalization
file
has
the
file
extension
of
.per
and
contains
information
needed
to
automate
the
preinstallation
setup
for
Windows.
The
recovery
process
reads
the
personalization
file,
extracts
the
data
from
the
personalization
file
and
places
the
data
in
the
correct
Windows
control
files.
You
can
save
time
and
effort
by
using
the
Base
Software
Administrator
program
to
customize
personalization
files
and
then
deploying
those
personalization
files
onto
user
computers.
For
example,
you
can
create
a
personalization
file
to
set
the
Time
Zone
for
Windows
and
then
deploy
that
personalization
file
to
a
users
computer;
therefore,
a
user
will
not
have
to
manually
validate
the
Time
Zone
settings.
Personalization
files
Personalization
files
are
customized
by
defining
the
settings
with
the
Base
Software
Administrator
program.
The
following
tables
provide
a
description
of
each
type
of
setting
that
can
be
defined.
The
General
settings
table
provides
the
settings
used
to
define
the
user
name,
organization
and
time
zone
for
a
computer:
Table
18.
General
settings
Setting
Windows
control
file
keyword
Description
Name
FullName=
Sets
the
user
name
for
the
computer.
Organization
OrgName=
Sets
the
organization
the
computer
belongs
to,
such
as
a
specific
department
or
location.
Time
zone
TimeZone=
Sets
the
time
zone
for
the
computer.
The
Network
settings
table
provides
the
settings
used
to
assign
the
computer
name,
administrator
password
and
the
workgroup
or
domain
of
the
destination
computer:
Table
19.
Network
settings
Setting
Windows
control
file
keyword
Description
Computer
name
ComputerName=
Sets
the
name
for
the
computer.
Administrator
password
AdminPassword=
Sets
the
administrator
password.
Encrypted
administrator
password
EncryptedAdminPassword=
Sets
the
encrypted
administrator
password.
Workgroup
JoinWorkgroup=
Sets
the
workgroup
for
the
computer.
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