Preinstalling Microsoft HD Audio Class Driver 1.

0a Out Of Band (OOB) Release KB8 88111 Part of the Universal Audio Architecture initiative Readme Document January 17th, 2004 Information in this document, including URL and other Internet Web site references, is subject to change without notice and is provided for informational purposes only. The entire risk of the use or results of the use of this document remain with the user, and Microsoft Corporation makes no warranties, either express or implied. Unless otherwise noted, the example companies, organizations, products, people, and events depicted herein are fictitious. No association with any real company, organization, product, person, or event is intended or should be inferred. Complying with all applicable copyright laws is the responsibility of the user. Without limiting the rights under copyright, no part of this document may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise), or for any purpose, without the express written permission of Microsoft Corporation. Microsoft may have patents, patent applications, trademarks, copyrights, or other intellectual property rights covering subject matter in this document. Except as expressly provided in any written license agreement from Microsoft, the furnishing of this document does not give you any license to these patents, trademarks, copyrights, or other intellectual property. (c) 2004 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, MS-DOS, Windows, and Windows NT are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries or regions. The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners. ======================== How to Use This Document ======================== To view the Readme file in Microsoft Windows Notepad, maximize the Notepad window. On the Format menu, click Word Wrap. To print the Readme file, open it in Notepad or another word processor, and then use the Print command on the File menu. ========================== Preinstalling HD Audio OOB ========================== This document provides instructions for preinstalling the 1.0a UAA HD AUdio OOB KB888111 release Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP1, Windows XP SP2 and Windows Server 2003 Gold. T his release does not install on Server 2003 SP1. You can preinstall the UAA HD Audio OOB only on the above mentioned operating sy stems. Do not preinstall the UAA HD Audio OOB on Windows 2000 without Service Pack 4

installed, or the original "gold" release of Windows XP, or on any version of Windows XP 64-Bit Edition OS SKUs. The preinstall reuires a reboot on Windows 2000 SP4 and on the other operating s ystems as well if the OS component Portcls.sys is in use during the installation (anoth er audio driver was loaded prior to the Microsoft HD Audio package install). There are four main packages, all available in 24 different languages. KB888111w2ksp4.exe - supports Windows 2000 SP4 KB888111xpsp1.exe - supports Windows XP SP1. KB888111xpsp2.exe - supports Windows Xp SP2. KB888111srvrtm.exe - supports Windows Server 2003 Standard (32-bit version only) . See language list at the bottom of this readme. These instructions assume that you preinstall the relevant Windows OS over a network, by using Windows PE. 1. Copy the relevant (OS/Language) install package to a subdirectory on your technician computer. For example, create a folder under the OPKTools directory called Updates. Place the relevan package install file (KB888111xpsp2 for instance) in the Updates folder. 2. In Setup Manager create or modify an existing Windows configuration set. 3. Add the following command-line information to the Preinstalled Applications page in Setup Manager: Executable: \\server\OpkTools\Updates\KB888111xpsp2.exe (or any of the other KB888111packages) Parameters: -q -n -z 4. Save the configuration set. 5. Start the destination computer by using Windows PE and preinstall the relevant Windows OS by using the command factory -winpe. The UAA HD Audio OOB package is installed immediately after the Windows OS is installed, and it will be enabled on the next reboot of the computer. Note: The syntax of the Out Of Band (OOB) installation program is (example): KB888111xpsp2.exe [/help] [/quiet] [/passive] [/uninstall] [/norestart] [/integ rate] [/forcerestart][/f] [/l] [/n] [/o] Substitute the file name in the above example with the right package for the ope rating system you are installing on. where: /help Displays a help window with the information below /quiet Runs in quiet mode, with no user interaction or display

/passive Runs in unattended mode, progress bar only /uninstall Uninstalls the package. /norestart Does not restart when installation is complete /forcerestart Restart after package installation /integrate:<fullpath> Integrate this software into <fullpath> /f Forces other programs to close when the computer shuts down. /l Lists installed Hotfixes or update packages /n Does not back up files for uninstalling of the package /o Overwrites OEM files without prompting