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Initialize RIS

You can initialize the RIS using the following procedure:

To initialize the Remote Installation Service

1. Log in to your machine using the administrator privileges.
2. Click Start, Run.
3. Enter risetup.exe in the Run dialog and click OK to start the RIS Setup Wizard.
4. Click Next on the Welcome screen.
5. Enter the path of the folder in which the RIS files are located, and click Next.

   The RIS Setup Wizard copies the files from the location you specified.

6. Select from the following options to control the client computers:

   Respond to client computers requesting service

   Enables the RIS that responds to the client machines which request for the services.

   Do not respond to unknown client computers

   Enables RIS to respond to only the known client machines.

   Select the Respond to client computers requesting service, and click Next. You are prompted to specify the location of the client operating system installation files.

7. Insert the Client operating system installation CD and click Next to enter the folder name for the client operating system installation files on the RIS server and click Next.
8. Enter the description for the operating system image. It is displayed when you start the remote client and run the Client Installation Wizard.
9. Click Next and Finish.

   The RIS initialization is complete.