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The two basic principles of Windows system administration (lt. unattended homepage) :

- For minor problems, reboot
- For major problems, reinstall

für die neuinstallation kann man unattended, eine art “open source ris” verwenden:

This is a system for fully automating the installation of Windows 2000 Professional and Server, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003.

Features include:

- Automated install of operating system, hotfixes and applications.
- Full documentation and source code.
- Support for floppy, CD-ROM, and “nothing but net” installs.
- True unattended installation, not disk imaging.
- No Windows servers required; use your Unix servers instead.
- No Unix servers required; use your Windows servers after all.
- Completely free.