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Zero Administration Kit

6,066 KB | 51 Min @ 28.8 | Posted 13 Jan 99


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Before you download the Zero Administration Kit for Microsoft® Windows NT® Workstation 4.0, it is important to understand a few points about the kit, along with its requirements.

The AppStation and TaskStation deployments are intended for a pilot network to demonstrate the capabilities of system policies. AppStation and TaskStation are only examples of what you can do with the Zero Administration Kit. For more information, see the document "Zero Administration Kit Methodologies" contained in the Zero Administration Kit Administrator's Guide (see documentation link below). This information is intended for experienced system administrators.

Knowledge of Microsoft Office is required if you plan to implement and administer Office installations.

Two download files are available for the Zero Administration Kit for computers that meet the system requirements below: the actual Kit Download (5.78mb self-extracting EXE file), and Documentation only (415kb self-extracting Word doc).

International customers: See below to download international components for the Zero Administration Kit.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Minimum Network Configuration

  • One computer running Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0
  • Two computers capable of running Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0
  • All computers must be running TCP/IP

Minimum Server Requirements

  • A Primary Domain Controller (PDC)
  • At least 1 GB of free hard drive space
  • At least 32 MB RAM (at least 64 MB if using Microsoft Exchange)
  • CD-ROM drive
  • Windows NT Server version 4.0
  • File system should be NTFS

Minimum Workstation Requirements

  • Hardware configurations should be as similar as possible
  • Network cards must be unattendable. (Refer to the Windows NT Deployment Guide "Automating Windows NT Setup" for a list of unattendable network cards)
  • 486 or higher processor (recommended Pentium 90 or higher)
  • 16 MB RAM or higher (recommended 32 MB or higher)
  • Clean hard drive with at least 300 MB of free space
  • MS-DOS® network boot disk

Other Requirements

To set up the kit for your language:

  1. Download the US version of the Zero Administration Kit to your Windows NT Server, and run the Setup program.
  2. After setup is complete, download the appropriate localized patch to the Office 97 Billboard DLL from the list below.

Complete instructions for using the Billboard DLL are in the Zero Administration Kit release notes.

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