Unattended Installation Services – FACTORYMODE

Factorymode is a setting in Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Vista used for unattended or remote installation services. This setting (generally in unattend.txt determines whether a file called factory.exe is run when a system is restarted for the first time. This is often used when deplying new software or a software upgrade by a computer retailer or a large organization. In most cases, rebooting your system should get rid of it.

You'll find more information at http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/93539d9b-5993-4b6e-8725-d7cd478e98051033.mspx?mfr=true and http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsVista/en/library/4e2a3547-7013-46b7-bf15-8207f5e761ef1033.mspx?mfr=true.

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