The file is called sysprep.inf and is exactly the same structure as
unattended inf files so you should have no problems editing it to meet your
needs. There's loads of info on Technet, res kit and the web. Check Q296750
as a starting point for reading about the whole process.
One word of caution, there have been issues with the sysprep.exe file and
updates have been issued. Make sure you get the one from SP2.
HTH
Glen
Windows Development Team
N M Rothschild & Sons Ltd
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jolley Lee @Consult [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, 10 September 2001 10:29
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: unattended install speed
I haven't looked into this in detail. But I have used 'sysprep' to roll out
a small number of machines. You can get sysprep from the W2K CD. I think
it's on the W2K server CD (it's been a while since I grabbed the files). It
strips the machine of it's SID and removes all networking properties
including machine name and domain information. Once you have used sysprep on
the machine you can clone it using your imaging software and there is no
need to change the SID afterwards. Windows will automatically do that for
you. You then have to put all of your network and machine details in again
and join the domain...but...this is the bit I haven't looked into. You can
use unattended install type scripts to do all of this for you. I'm afraid I
can't give you much more information than this. I'm sure somebody out there
can though...
Lee Jolley
-----Original Message-----
From: MURDOCH Damian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 10 September 2001 02:49
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: FW: unattended install speed
> Hi
>
> Currently in our environment we are looking at rolling out win2k to
> the desktop.
> With NT they used to image stuff and use a 3rd party sid changer to
> change the sids.
> I see the benefits of totally using an unattended install over doing
> the same with 2k.
> My problem is speed, an image may take 15 minutes to rebiuld a pc,
> whereas an unattend will take an hour.
> An hour is unacceptable downtime, if there is a problem rather than
> bugger around its easy to image a pc and have them on the air again.
>
> Is there any way that you guys know of to overcome the speed issue ?
> Whether its a partial image etc.
>
> I would be very interested in how other large organisations are
> rebuilding and deploying pc's.
>
> Cheers
>
> Damian Murdoch
> NT Systems Engineer
>
> CorTechS
> Gold Coast City Council
> W: (07) 55816112
> M: 0414 180 950
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>
>
>
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