Working With The Predesktop Area - Lenovo ThinkCentre A62 Deployment Manual

You can disable interface switching so that a user will not be able to switch
between the two interfaces. To disable the interface switching, set the following
Active Directory policy to Disabled:
ThinkVantage\Rescue and Recovery\User Interface\Interface Switching
For additional information about Rescue and Recovery settings and working with
Active Directory and Group Policy, see the accompanying XML/ADM Supplement
for the deployment guide located on the ThinkVantage Technologies Administrator
Tools page:
http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=TVAN-
ADMIN#rnr

Working with the Predesktop Area

To customize parts of the Rescue and Recovery Predesktop Area, use the rrutil.exe
utility program to GET and PUT files from the Predesktop Area or the protected
backups folder.
Note: The Predesktop Area can be manually started if the operating system does
not start.
These files or directories along with their customization options are listed in the
following table:
The \minint subdirectory does not exist on the Windows Vista version of the
Rescue and Recovery program. The new subdirectory in Windows Vista is \tvtos
and the entire preinstallation environment of the operating system is contained in a
WIM file.
To edit the WIM file, you need to obtain the imagex.exe file in the Microsoft OEM
Preinstallation Kit (OPK) for Windows Vista.
Table 14. RRUTIL.exe files and customization options
File or Directory
\MININT\SYSTEM32
WINBOM.INI
\MININT\INF
\MININT\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS
MAINBK.BMP
MINIMAL_TOOLBAR(1).INI
NORM1.INI
OPERA_010.CMD
OPERA6.INI
PDAGUIxx.INI (where xx is the
language designation)
STANDARD_MENU.INI
Customization options
Add a static IP address, change video resolution.
Note: If you customize the winbom.ini file for the
Rescue and Recovery program, you must customize
all winbom.ini files.
Add device drivers.
Modify environment background.
Disable address bar.
Configure the Opera browser, disable the Opera
address bar, change Opera proxy settings, specify
fixed download directory, add specific file extension
to the downloadable files list or change behavior of
files with specific extensions.
Exclude Window user's favorites.
Configure the Opera browser or disable the address
bar.
Preboot environment: main GUI fonts, environment
background, left and right panel entries and
functions, HTML-based help system.
Enable display of "Save As" window.
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