Yep this was quite fun. There always has to be a first so if it helps out someone else I am glad to of helped.
Sent from my iPhone On Jul 20, 2010, at 11:08 AM, Scott Williams <[email protected]> wrote: > Dan, > > Thanks for the work you obviously have done below. This may turn out to be > useful for many of us. > > Some people wonder why large installs have not moved from XP to this.:P > > SCott > > > > Daniel Zobel wrote: >> >> For those of you who run Novell and or Zenworks (ZCM), Window 7 and image >> you need to do a couple of things to work with ZCM and then if you want to >> have Windows 7 be able to activate properly then you need to do something >> else too. >> >> Windows 7 has to have sysprep run with the generalize feature for the >> activation to work, even though you change the SID it doesn’t let you >> activate as Windows 7 has to have each machine be a completely different >> machine for it to work. >> >> Zenworks is easier, but if you follow all of the steps below after the image >> process and sysprep it will make you put in a computer name and will >> register in ZCM. >> >> Zac unr –u user –p password Will unregister the client with the server >> Zac reg –u user –p password https://serverip will register the client >> with the server >> Zac fsg –d Removes the client info from just the client, but does not >> unregister from the server, but you can delete the workstation from the >> server too >> >> This works below to remove all of the previous GUID settings and gets the >> machine ready for imaging. Run sysprep at the end – Windows 7 it is in >> C:\Windows\System32\sysprep and select generalize. This also when the image >> is done will have you put in a computer name and it will register with >> Zenworks automatically. >> >> - 1: Install a machine with the zen client (and or novell client) >> - 2: Run regedit and delete the following entries: >> HKLM\Software\Novell\Zenworks\Preagent\GUID entry >> HKLM\Software\Novell\Zenworks\Remote Management\ALL machine name entries >> - 3: Now stop all novell services on the workstation (should be 3-5) >> - 4: Browse to c:\program files\Novell\Zenworks\Cache and delete the entire >> ZMD directory >> - 5: Browse to c:\program files\Novell\ZenWorks\Conf dir and >> delete the following files: Devicedata, deviceguid, GUID.txt >> rename the initial-web-service.bak to initial-web-service >> (IF YOU DON'T DO THIS The machines WILL GET another SID, but DON'T GET >> ANOTHER GUID AND DEVICEID. ) even if they are cleaned of preboot settings >> - 6: Run c:\program files\Novell\Zenworks\Bin\Preboot\ziswin >> - 7: Click Edit| Clear imagesafe data and save >> - 8: Click no on the mark for just imaged question >> - 9: Optional for Microsoft SUS server (see details below) >> - 10: Run sysprep -mini -quiet -reseal. (Windows 7 has sysprep in >> C:/windows/system32/sysprep/) >> >> DON'T START THE MACHINE IN WINDOWS AGAIN, BUT TAKE AN IMAGE AT THIS POINT! >> >> Dan >> >> Daniel Zobel >> Director of Technology >> Heyworth CUSD#4 >> Direct Phone 309-473-2250 >> Grade School 309-473-2822 >> High School 309-473-2322 >> Unit Office 309-473-3727 >> > > -- > Scott R. Williams > > Fisher School District > 801 S . 5th St. > Fisher, Il 61843 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tech-geeks mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.illinicloud.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech-geeks
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