Remote Installation Services for Plug and Play capability

Windows 2000 comes with a service called Remote Installation Service (RIS) which supports both automated and customized versions of Windows 2000 and XP. With RIS you can plug a new computer into the network, start the computer, authenticate it and the operating system will be installed and configured for the user within a short span of time.

RIS is customizable and flexible. Users can modify the Client Installation Wizard to prompt for information, pass information to setup answer files, and populate environment variables with information

The following resources are required for RIS:

The following hardware components need to be considered:

The following services should

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be running because RIS relies on them for proper functioning:

After installing RIS, click on the Start button in Windows and then Select the Run option, which opens up the Run dialog box. Type RISETUP.EXE to start the Remote Installation Service Setup Wizard. Follow the instructions on the screen to configure RIS. For the final step of the wizard, create an image of your Windows 2000 Server/Professional or Windows XP Professional from the CD. Once you're finished setting up RIS, you can customize it to fit your needs.

About the author:Rahul Shah currently works at a software firm in India, where he is a systems administrator maintaining Windows servers. He has also worked for various software firms in testing and analytics, and also has experience deploying client/server applications in different Windows configurations.

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