RE: sysprep question

2009-03-12 Thread Ian Roche
Just on sysprep whats the easiest way to not have the mini setup run after you image a machine. I just want the machine to boot straight to windows after deploying the image and then add it to the domain . I have tried using the sysprep.inf using WDS but it doesnt seem to take !! I am probably

RE: sysprep question / SID info

2009-03-12 Thread David Lum
NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 -Original Message- From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 4:45 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: sysprep question No. Domain SID is somehow concatenated

RE: sysprep question

2009-03-12 Thread Don Guyer
, 2009 4:25 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: sysprep question Just on sysprep whats the easiest way to not have the mini setup run after you image a machine. I just want the machine to boot straight to windows after deploying the image and then add it to the domain . I have tried using

RE: sysprep question

2009-03-12 Thread David Lum
: Don Guyer [mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com] Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 6:42 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: sysprep question Make an image of the machine while it's in a workgroup. After bringing up the new computer (using that image), roll the SID while disconnected from

RE: sysprep question

2009-03-12 Thread Brian Desmond
...@curamsoftware.com] Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 3:25 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: sysprep question Just on sysprep whats the easiest way to not have the mini setup run after you image a machine. I just want the machine to boot straight to windows after deploying the image and then add

RE: sysprep question

2009-03-12 Thread Tim Vander Kooi
If you choose it... -Original Message- From: Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com] Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 11:26 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: sysprep question Minisetup is part of the sysprep process... Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com c

sysprep question

2009-03-11 Thread Reimer, Mark
Hi folks, In my research on sysprep, I've come across conflicting information. I will be cloning xp machines (identical hardware). These machines are all on a domain. Do I need to sysprep before cloning? I'm just doing 6 computers. I've read that I do need to sysprep, and I've read

RE: sysprep question

2009-03-11 Thread Sam Cayze
: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 10:30 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: sysprep question Hi folks, In my research on sysprep, I've come across conflicting information. I will be cloning xp machines (identical hardware). These machines are all on a domain. Do I need to sysprep before

RE: sysprep question

2009-03-11 Thread John Aldrich
, 2009 11:30 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: sysprep question Hi folks, In my research on sysprep, I’ve come across conflicting information. I will be cloning xp machines (identical hardware). These machines are all on a domain. Do I need to sysprep before cloning? I’m just doing 6

Re: sysprep question

2009-03-11 Thread John Cook
Plus 1 John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership For Strong Families Sent to you from my Blackberry in the Cloud From: John Aldrich To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Wed Mar 11 11:49:48 2009 Subject: RE: sysprep question Well, m no expert, however, I would

RE: sysprep question

2009-03-11 Thread Sam Cayze
That would work too. From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 10:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: sysprep question Well, I'm no expert, however, I would clone the machines *before* connecting

RE: sysprep question

2009-03-11 Thread RichardMcClary
...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 10:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: sysprep question Well, I?m no expert, however, I would clone the machines *before* connecting them to the domain as it?s much easier to change the name before joining the domain. That?s just my 2

RE: sysprep question

2009-03-11 Thread Michael B. Smith
System Admin Issues Subject: RE: sysprep question That would work too. _ From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 10:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: sysprep question Well, I’m no expert, however, I would clone

RE: sysprep question

2009-03-11 Thread John Aldrich
Exactly. That’s what I do if I want to make an image. John-AldrichTile-Tools From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 11:57 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: sysprep question Would it work just as well to take said

RE: sysprep question

2009-03-11 Thread Brian Desmond
...@prairie.edu] Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 10:30 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: sysprep question Hi folks, In my research on sysprep, I've come across conflicting information. I will be cloning xp machines (identical hardware). These machines are all on a domain. Do I need to sysprep

RE: sysprep question

2009-03-11 Thread Brian Desmond
[mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 10:57 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: sysprep question Would it work just as well to take said staion out of the domain, then clone? It seems like it would, but I learn all kinds of things in this forum... -- Richard D. McClary Systems

RE: sysprep question

2009-03-11 Thread Brian Desmond
From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@theessentialexchange.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 10:58 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: sysprep question You'll still get duplicate SID errors. Actually, I think for workstations, they show up as warnings. Granted, since SPNs

RE: sysprep question

2009-03-11 Thread John Aldrich
Ahh… I did not know that. Good to know. I’ve just always sysprepped a machine prior to joining it to the domain. J John-AldrichTile-Tools From: Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 2:59 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: sysprep question

RE: sysprep question

2009-03-11 Thread Brian Desmond
- https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Brian From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 2:27 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: sysprep question Ahh... I did not know that. Good to know. I've just always sysprepped a machine prior to joining

RE: sysprep question

2009-03-11 Thread John Aldrich
Well, what I meant was I would sysprep it, capture the image then join the “image master” machine to the domain. J John-AldrichTile-Tools From: Brian Desmond [mailto:br...@briandesmond.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 3:34 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: sysprep question

Re: sysprep question

2009-03-11 Thread Ben Scott
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Reimer, Mark mark.rei...@prairie.edu wrote: I’ve read that I do need to sysprep, and I’ve read that I don’t need to sysprep because the machines are on a domain That's wrong, and maybe even backwards. The major thing SYSPREP does is generate a new SID

RE: sysprep question

2009-03-11 Thread Andy Ognenoff
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RE: sysprep question

2009-03-11 Thread Michael B. Smith
11, 2009 5:46 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: sysprep question Is there a reason (besides its not supported by MS) to not use something like newsid or ghostwalker to change the SID on the cloned machine before joining the domain instead of using sysprep?  - Andy O

RE: sysprep question

2009-03-11 Thread Brian Desmond
...@theessentialexchange.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 4:53 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: sysprep question No. newsid from sysinternals does exactly what you want/need. I have confidence in newsid, because I know what it does and how it works. Ghostwalker may do the same or it may not. I don't know

RE: sysprep question

2009-03-11 Thread Christopher Bodnar
Admin Issues Subject: RE: sysprep question Is there a reason (besides its not supported by MS) to not use something like newsid or ghostwalker to change the SID on the cloned machine before joining the domain instead of using sysprep?  - Andy O. From

RE: sysprep question

2009-03-11 Thread Andy Ognenoff
sysprep going forward though. - Andy O. -Original Message- From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:christopher_bod...@glic.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 4:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: sysprep question What is the aversion to sysprep? It really sounds like you have some

RE: sysprep question

2009-03-11 Thread Jeremy Anderson
it will cause problems or cause DC's to puke is simply inaccurate. -Original Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 1:08 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: sysprep question On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Reimer, Mark mark.rei

RE: sysprep question

2009-03-11 Thread Michael B. Smith
11, 2009 5:59 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: sysprep question Why wouldn't you just follow the supported process? It seems awfully silly to me to avoid it just because you can. Ghost has the hooks to run sysprep as part of the imaging process - hands free. You haven't really needed

RE: sysprep question

2009-03-11 Thread Brian Desmond
...@theessentialexchange.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 5:45 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: sysprep question I don't have ANY issue with following the supported process. Newsid is just a short-cut. It works. Still available from the sysinternals site, so I'm guessing MSFT doesn't hate it but SO much

RE: sysprep question

2009-03-11 Thread Ken Schaefer
: RE: sysprep question Isn't a New SID created every time you join a machine to a domain? So, If I have Machine A, I remove it from the Domain and into a workgroup, clone it to Machine B and Machine C, then join Machine B and Machine C to the domain both machines will have unique SID's I have