How do Manufacturers do This?

[Kobz360]

Hey guys,

 

I was sitting and wondering, when someone buys a laptop and it's say HP branded, how is it so that everything is set up as if the computer is new and you're told to make an account and all that good stuff, but when you do all of that and boot in, you can see HP has already installed their software, the drivers and all that stuff?

 

I'm sorry if it might be a noob question but it just came to mind. I'm usually intelligent with computers and all that stuff but this is something I simply don't know :/

 

Thanks for answers (If you can provide)

[felixbearpig]

preinstall everything on the hdd and match that to the specific model it was intended to go into ?

[Kobz360]

preinstall everything on the hdd and match that to the specific model it was intended to go into ?

Hmm I guess that's possible, but even then usually you need to make a user and install all your crap and then to do what they've done, then delete the user so the consumer can use it like new. But, you just can't delete the one and only user on the PC. There could be more to it or perhaps i'm just over-thinking it

[HirgaLTTki]

They have access to some software that is not sold to consumers

[iAsuno]

they have some kind of OEM version of windows.

[Kobz360]

they have some kind of OEM version of windows.

Yeah I was thinking it might've been that they have OEM version Windows, which probably gives them ability to do that. 

[iAsuno]

Yeah I was thinking it might've been that they have OEM version Windows, which probably gives them ability to do that. 

they definitely have. i've seen it somewhere.

[Darell3]

They prob install windows, install all of the 'crap' and maybe type a command to restart windows from start.

[GoodBytes]

They Microsoft Windows OPK, which allows OEMs (like you, if you are selling custom build computers), to prepare the system, and include what software you want.

http://www.microsoft.com/OEM/en/installation/downloads/Pages/windows_7_opk.aspx#fbid=zI6ThVzo0Aa?features

 

For Windows 8 and Server 2012, you use the new Windows ADK:

http://www.microsoft.com/OEM/en/installation/downloads/Pages/Windows-8-ADK.aspx#fbid=zI6ThVzo0Aa

 

Once setup, they use Microsoft SysPrep, so what the next time you start the system, you you have the license agreement, and account creation and all that.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc721940%28v=ws.10%29.aspx

[BlackThorn]

It's a modified version of the windows disk, anyone can do it if you know what you are doing. When I had a old PC I downloaded a version of windows that came with office, flash and all the updates pre-installed. This is a good example Here.

 

[Kobz360]

Alright thanks everyone :)