1. SmithSoft, Inc. is a technology solution provider company in Cape town. The company has 40 desktop computers with the Windows 8 OS. Recently, the company purchased 30 brand new desktop computers. The new desktop computers do not have any OS installed on them. Therefore, Jack, who works as a System Administrator in the company, has been assigned the task of installing the Windows 8 OS on the new desktop computers. To perform the desired task, he has created an image of an existing desktop computer with the help of the DISM tool. In addition, he has created a custom answer file to provide all the settings required for an automated Windows setup. However, before deploying the image on the new desktop computers, Jack decides to install the image on a test computer to verify that the answer file is applying all the required settings during the installation process of the OS. Help Jack accomplish the desired task.

To install a reference computer by using a custom answer file, you need to perform the following
tasks:
1. Mount the Windows 8 media and start the unattended installation.
2. Verify that the answer file settings have applied.



Task 1. Mounting the windows 8 Media and starting the Unattended Installation.

1. Switch to the Hyper-V manager window.
2. Right-click the EBDD_CL3_Blank virtual machine, and then select the connect option. the virtual machine
   Connection window is displayed.
3. select madia Diskette drive Insert Disk. the open dialog box is displayed.
4. Browse to the D:\EBDD\ISO folder.
5. select the Floppy.vdf file.
6. click the open button.
7. select media DVD drive insert disk. the open dialog box is displayed.
8. Browse to the location where the ISO file of the windows 8 OS is saved, and then select the windows 8 ISO
   file.
9. Click the open button.
10. click the start button. the installation of windows 8 start. Depending on the host system after 15-30 minutes, the
    lock screen is displayed.
11. type Pa$$w0rd in the password text box, and theen press the Enter key. the start screen is displayed after a few minutes.

Task 2. Verifying that the Answer File Setting have Applied.

1. type Hyper-V.
2. Ensure that the Hyper-V manager and Hyper-V virtual machine Connection tiles are displayed.
3 Replace the text in the Apps text control panel window is displayed.
4. select the Small incon option from the View by drop-down list.
5. click the system link. the system window is displayed.
6. verify that the Adatum support section is displayed in the right pane.
7. Verify that the phone number, support hours, and website options are available under the Adatum support section with the value
   that you entered in the answer file.
9. click the Back button.
10. Click the Administrative tools link. the Administrative tool window is displayed.
11. Double-click the computer management icon. the computer management window is displayed.
12. Expand the Local users and croups node in the left pane.
13. select the users node in the left pane.
14. verify that Andrew under the name column in the middle pane. the Middle pane.
15)double -click Andrew properties option is displayed under the member of section.
16)click the member of tb.
17)verify that the administrator option is displayed under the member of section.
18)click the ok button.
19)select the disk management node in the left pane.
20)verify that the system partition is 1.46 GB in size.
21)close all the open windows.
22)sign out and revert alll the running virtul machine.