I'm not real strong on knowing the ins and outs of sysprep, but I found this article that will hopefully help you: http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=1703&page=9
On Jan 28, 2008 10:01 AM, Ara Avvali <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello everyone, > I am creating a master image to be used for cloning xp sp2 on dell > machines. These are stapes I have taken > * Installed windows and did all updates and applications I wanted to be > on image. > * Created a subfolder on C: and called it sysprerp. Then copied > everything from inside deploy.cab on xp cd > * Ran the setup manager and created the answer file > * Went to dell site and downloaded all drivers for stations (3 types) > * Extracted all of them under a folder called Dell under C: so it looks > like c:\del\12345 and so on > * Run the sysprep, say to use minisetup and reseal. > > Works perfectly except the problem it doesn't automatically pick up and > install oem drivers. I did it based on > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314479 This is what my answer file looks > like. Any idea what is wrong? Thanks > > ;SetupMgrTag > [Unattended] > OemSkipEula=Yes > InstallFilesPath=C:\sysprep\i386 > TargetPath=\WINDOWS > OemPnPDriversPath = Dell > > [GuiUnattended] > AdminPassword=* > EncryptedAdminPassword=NO > AutoLogon=Yes > AutoLogonCount=1 > OEMSkipRegional=1 > TimeZone=35 > OemSkipWelcome=1 > > [UserData] > ProductKey=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA > FullName= > OrgName= > ComputerName=* > > [Display] > BitsPerPel=8 > Xresolution=800 > YResolution=600 > Vrefresh=60 > > [TapiLocation] > CountryCode=107 > AreaCode=416 > > [RegionalSettings] > LanguageGroup=1 > SystemLocale=00001009 > UserLocale=00001009 > InputLocale=1009:00000409 > > [Identification] > JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP > > [Networking] > InstallDefaultComponents=Yes > > [Branding] > BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes > > [Proxy] > Proxy_Enable=0 > Use_Same_Proxy=0 > > [sysprepcleanup] > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~