Pre-installation Windows configuration – required settings:
- Install all required drivers for sound, video, and I/O cards
- Install all Windows updates
- If possible, set Windows Update for “manual installation of updates and reboot”
- Set User Account Controls (‘Installation / Windows: User Account Controls’ in the on-line documentation) settings to “Never notify”
- Open registry editor as Administrator, navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop, then change the “ForegroundLockTimeout” value to 0
- Restart Windows