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Windows® 7 Resource Kit
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Windows® 7 Resource Kit

by Tony Northrup Mitch Tulloch and Jerry Honeycutt
October 2009
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
1760 pages
93h 25m
English
Microsoft Press
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Managing Image Security

It is important to properly secure boot and installation images to prevent their unauthorized use. A fully configured image might include corporate applications and data, proprietary configurations, and even codes and keys required to activate line of business (LOB) applications.

One way to prevent unauthorized installations is by controlling the clients that are allowed to receive images. You can accomplish this through pre-staging, in which clients are registered with AD DS through the use of a globally unique identifier (GUID). Another method is to enable administrative approval for client installations. Finally, you can restrict images by user as shown in the following procedure.

To configure an image file’s access control ...

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