Introduction to Configuration and Management

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When you use Windows 2000 Professional with Windows 2000 Server, you can centrally manage workstations by using change and configuration management features. Change and configuration management is a set of Windows 2000 features that simplifies basic tasks such as the following:

  • Installing an initial operating system on a new computer.

  • Managing how software is deployed and installed on personal computers to ensure that users have the software that they require to perform their jobs.

  • Managing the configuration of each user's desktop.

  • Replacing computers.

In this chapter, the focus of the discussion is managing the configuration of the user desktop and replacing computers. For more information about the other Change and Configuration Management features, see Using Windows 2000 Professional with Windows 2000 Server in this book.