Custom OS Template (Windows)

An organisation administrator can create a Customised OS Template, which can be used to instantiate remote desktops. This is also useful for activating your own licence on your OS.

These steps are essential to create an image successfully. Tread carefully. 

Important:

About Disk Partition
1. Customised template requires only one disk partition,  or two partitions: one is EFI/Boot partition and the other is the system and data partition.
2. LVM partition is not supported; please do not use it.
3. An incorrect partition scheme will cause disk auto-resize and machine naming features to fail.

 

Windows

1. Install the "Red Hat VirtIO SCSI pass-through controller

   When prompted "Where do you want to install Windows?", click "Load drivers", then select the appropriate driver. After that, the storage drive will appear.

2. Initial Setup

     When asked "Let's connect you to a network", click I don't have internet.

     When asked "There's more to discover...", click Continue with limited setup.

     Use any username and leave the password blank.

3. Install Virtio-win drivers and guest agents

    Once the machine has started and you're logged in, go to CD Drive E and run Virtio-win-guest-tools to install the virtio drivers, spice vdagent and qemu guest agent. Click Next and OK to complete the installation.

4. Disable Hibernate 

    Open Command Prompt by right-clicking and selecting "Run as administrator". Type "powercfg.exe /hibernate off" and press Enter.

5. Enable Shutdown/Restart Windows 10 without Any Prompts

     In the registry editor, navigate to this key HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop.

     Create a new String Value called AutoEndTasks and set its value to 1.

      

 

6. Check that the required services are present and set them to "Automatic Start"

• Spice-Vdagent : enables qemu VNC clipboard support.
• BalloonSerivce:   provides guest memory usage statistics.

    

        

7. Install and configure TightVNC for a proper VNC connection

    Go to https://www.tightvnc.com/download.php to download TightVNC for Windows installer.

    Install it, and disable authentication once the installation is complete.

    Open "TightVNC service configuration" and configure it.

 

8. Enable Shared-drive

    Shared-drive enables file sharing between cloud desktops, whether in a training course or between a user's own PC and their cloud desktop. This feature relies on WebDAV technology. You must map the hard drive before use. See the screenshot below for instructions.

 

 

9. Shut down your Windows properly

    Click the Windows icon in the bottom left corner, then select Power > Shut down.

 

 

Please Note

To add extra optional features such as 

• DDWebdav to allow a trainer's content folders to be synchronised to each participant's machine,
• or DDUpload - to easily upload files to within a DaDesktop machine;

Please contact DaDesktop Tech Support.