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PRODUCT DESCRIPTION UIU 4.0

The Universal Imaging Utility (UIU) Version 4.0 is an application that, when used in conjunction with your hard drive imaging software (e.g. Symantec Ghost, Altiris, ZenWorks, etc.), creates a hard drive image that can be successfully deployed to nearly any PC in your environment. A single, hardware independent Universal Image can now be deployed to desktops and laptops alike, regardless of HAL type, processor, PC make or model. Maintaining multiple individual images for PCs from Dell, HP, Lenovo, etc. is no longer required.

The UIU 4.0 is designed for Microsoft Windows XP (SP2 & SP3) and Vista (SP1) systems specifically(Windows 2000 is still serviced by UIU v3.7). When you manually install Windows from CD, the installation CD/DVD will work on nearly any system. The UIU resets your existing Windows operating system to a similar "pre-installation" state, allowing for correct detection of different hardware platforms upon image deployment without crashing the systems.

UIU then runs MIMIC and, new to v4.0, a pre-deployment Discovery Tool allowing you to access your environment and make any necessary adjustments before continuing the process.

Next, a regularly updated driver database is installed, assuring greater compatibility with new hardware components. As you acquire new hardware, with new video, network and audio components, you need not maintain the necessary drivers; Big Bang does the work for you.

Then, Microsoft Sysprep is launched. Running Sysprep helps keep you in compliance with Microsoft's standards for disk imaging, and the UIU uses it to help detect the hardware components on a machine receiving a Universal Image. Additionally, Sysprep will change the Security ID (SID) on your recipient PCs, allowing for consistent interaction with any Active Directory domain structure. The UIU handles Sysprep answer files for you, (both XP and the new Vista XML format), so there is no need to build a custom Sysprep answer file.

Finally, during Windows mini-setup, UIU detects and installs the correct HAL (ACPI, UniProcessor or MultiProcessor), and handles all hardware driver installations, now including High Definition Audio devices.

The UIU generally installs in ten minutes or less, and then you simply clone the PC using your disk imaging software.

- U.S. Patent #7,512,833 B1
  
Universal Imaging Utility

PRODUCT REQUIREMENTS

Volume Licensed version of:

Windows XP SP2 or SP3 or
Windows Vista Business or Enterprise
(32-bit only for XP and Vista) incl. SP1

(The system requirements for installation of the UIU are the same as the system requirements for installation of your Windows operating System.)

3 GB of free space on the drive where Windows is installed (Includes temporary files)

DVD-ROM if not downloading software

UIU 4.0 will install Microsoft .Net 3.5, or it can be manually installed

A disk imaging application
(Symantec Ghost, Altiris, Acronis, etc.)

Internet connectivity is suggested in order to obtain UIU Online Updates


PRODUCT LIMITATIONS

The UIU is not designed to function with Windows 2000 Server or Windows 2003/2008 Server versions.

The UIU is not designed to function with RAID based systems.

A UIU image created on a fully ACPI compliant system will not be compatible with older, non-ACPI compliant (Standard PC) systems.

Deployment from a SCSI based system to an IDE/ATA/PATA/SATA system may fail. The UIU supports imaging to a non-RAID SCSI system, but not from a SCSI system.


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