Hey all,
Here's a disk that I am hoping some of you might find useful. It is a
hybrid that I made from a NT server Network Installation Startup Disk and
one that I found on bootdisk.com.The company I work for currently uses
it to image all the workstations we use (around 7000 machines.) It
I think an interesting fourth alternative would mix the first and third
approach. That would be to have the Linux Disk prepare the drive,
access the network, and then copy the files to where they need to go in
order to skip the first step of the Microsoft setup process, reverse
engineering the wor
I'm using a system to do this right now, although I only use half of the
system. Here is my process (just the windows updates and configuration):
- Machine arrives on site with standard manufacturer image
- Technicians unpack system, initialize OS with product key and second
username
- Insert DVD
One way would be to have a vbscript check the model of the pc, and then
launch the package if it matched a regular expression.
Here's a little script that will pull the model number right out of WMI:
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On Error Resume Next
Dim strComputer
Dim objWMIService
Dim colI