Using Vista Client and Office System 2007 Desktops

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These questions are based on 70-624: TS: Deploying and Maintaining Windows Vista Client and Microsoft Office System 2007 Desktops
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Objective: Deploy the 2007 Microsoft Office system.
Sub-objective: Install Office 2007.

Single answer, multiple-choice

You have created a network share, \\server1\share\Office2007, for Office 2007 installations. You have customized the setup files for the accounting and HR departments. You have created Accounting.msp and HR.msp files and stored them in a folder in the \\server1\share\installation folder. After a number of installations are performed from the installation point, you are informed by a user in the accounting department that installations from the installation point have failed. You check the installation point and notice a number of files are missing. You want to ensure such a problem does not occur in the future.

What should you do?

A.    Ensure permissions to all source folders are set as read-only.
B.    Ensure the \Office2007 folder has read-only permissions and the Accounting.msp and HR.msp files have read-write permissions.
C.    Exclude all users from the Administrators group on their local computers.
D.    Remove the Accounting.msp and HR.msp files from the network share and copy them onto users' desktops.

Answer:
A. Ensure permissions to all source folders are set as read-only.

Tutorial:
You should ensure permissions to all source folders in the installation point are set as read-only. If you do not, users will have the privileges to delete contents within the installation point. When you are defining the installation point, you should not define the installation point in the root of the server. As the scenario describes, you have defined the installation folder in the \share folder. You will need to create the customization files, which in this case are Accounting.msp and HR.msp. These installation files are customized per your requirements. You can use the Office Customization Tool to customize the installation files, which need to be present in the root folder of the server.

You should not set read-write permissions on the HR.msp and Accounting.msp files. Both files are source files and need to be secured from any modifications. You should set both files as read-only.

You should not ensure all users are excluded from the Administrators group on their local computers. If you exclude the users from the Administrators group on their local computers, users will not be able to perform the installation.

You should not remove the Accounting.msp and HR.msp files from the network share and copy them onto users' desktops. For users to initiate the installation from the installation point, you need to copy the customized installation files to a folder in the installation point. In this scenario, the \installation folder under the \share folder is the defined folder.

Reference:
Office System > 2007 Office Resource Kit > Deployment for the 2007 Office release > Preparing to deploy the 2007 Office system > Create a network installation point for the 2007 Office system

Objective: Configure Windows Vista automated installation settings.
Sub-objective: Manage Windows Vista catalogs.

Single answer, multiple-choice

You are a desktop support technician for your company. You are in the process of deploying the Windows Vista operating system on all client computers. You create a Windows Vista image to deploy Windows Vista on the target computers. You need to add one or more language packs to an existing offline Windows Vista image.

Which utility you should use?

A.    The Windows System Image Manager (SIM).
B.    The ImageX command-line utility.
C.    The Package Manager utility.
D.    The INTLCFG.EXE utility.

Answer:
C. The Package Manager utility.

Tutorial:
To add one or more language packs to an existing offline Windows Vista image, you should use the Package Manager utility. Using this utility, you can add one or more language packs to a Windows Vista image. You can use Package Manager to install, uninstall, configure and update Window Vista features. In addition, you can use an unattended installation file to update Windows Vista features on an offline Windows Vista computer.

Windows SIM will not help you add language packs to or remove language packs from an existing Windows Vista image. Windows SIM is used to create an answer file for Windows Vista unattended installations. The SIM also is used to generate a new catalog of settings after you edit an existing image.

The ImageX command-line utility will not help you add language packs to or remove language packs from an existing Windows Vista image. The ImageX command-line utility is run from the command prompt or from the Windows Preinstallation Environment (PE) and is used to capture a volume image to a Windows Imaging (WIM) Format file.

The INTLCFG.EXE utility will not help you add language packs to or remove language packs from an existing Windows Vista image. When you add or remove language packs to an existing Windows image, you use the INTLCFG.EXE utility to recreate the LANG.INI file. This file includes the list of available language packs included in a Windows image.

References:
Microsoft TechNet > Windows Vista Technical Library > Windows Vista: Deployment > Windows Automated Installation Kit (Windows AIK) User’s Guide> Windows Preinstallation Phases > Phase 3: Preinstallation Customization > Customization How-To Topics > Manage Language Packs for Windows > Add a Language Pack to a Windows Image > Install a Language Pack to an Offline Image > To install a language pack with Package Manager

Microsoft TechNet > Windows Vista Technical Library > Windows Vista: Deployment > Windows Automated Installation Kit (Windows AIK) User’s Guide> Deployment Tools Technical Reference > Package Manager Technical Reference > Package Manager Command-Line Options

Objective: Deploy Windows Vista.
Sub-objective: Deploy Windows Vista using ZTI.

Single answer, multiple-choice

You are a desktop support technician for your company. You plan to deploy Windows Vista using Zero Touch Installation (ZTI) on all client computers. You install System Management Server (SMS) 2003 on a site server. What should you do next?

A.    Install Business Desktop Deployment (BDD) 2007 on the SMS 2003 site server.
B.    Create a BDD 2007 deployment point on the SMS 2003 site server.
C.    Install Windows Deployment Service (WDS) on the SMS 2003 site server.
D.    Install the SMS 2003 operating system deployment (OSD) Feature Pack on the SMS 2003 site server.

Answer:
D. Install the SMS 2003 operating system deployment (OSD) Feature Pack on the SMS 2003 site server.

Tutorial:
After installing SMS 2003 on a site server, you should install the SMS 2003 OSD Feature Pack on the SMS 2003 site server. If your company's network has more than one site server, you should install SMS 2003 Service Pack (SP) 1 on all site servers to support the SMS 2003 OSD Feature Pack.

For ease of administration and to leverage the inheritance of the SMS hierarchy, you should deploy the SMS OSD on the central or top primary site server in the hierarchy. This ensures the SMS OSD can be easily managed with the least amount of administrative effort. You also must install the version of the SMS Administrator Console included on the SMS 2003 SP1 media.