Any suggestions would be wonderful. If you wish, send them off list. Thank you.
--Matt Ross ----- Original Message ----- From: Steve Ens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tue, 13 May 2008 14:14:36 -0700 Subject: Re: Windows Vista Sysprep Woes > I just had my technician go through the WDS rigamarole...he did run into > problems, but seemed to come up with a solution. Let me if you want his > suggestions. > > On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 4:10 PM, Matthew W. Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Hey List. > > > > So, we're looking at deployment options for Vista. > > > > Looking at Microsoft's Windows Deployment Services (WDS), and found it to > > be very complicated... > > > > So, I've got a base WinPE 2.0 up and running, and now have imagex.exe > > accessible from a server. (Maybe later I'll get it in the PE itself, but > > this is good for now.) I can Sysprep a Vista machine, and make an image of > > it... works great... but I want to automate it a little bit more. > > > > I took a look at how Sysprep does things differently from XP to Vista... > > Whoa boy... new XML file format and everything! Okay, but what are the > > settings I can set? > > > > WDS's Windows System Image Manager seems to be the Microsoft Prescribed > > method of creating an unattended.xml file... but the documentation is... > > well... WDS centered. I don't want all that. I just want to make a > > self-imaged system to be easier to start up. > > > > If I could, I'd only ask that the OOBE ask me for the machine's name, then > > do everything else... including bind to the domain. I've seen some example > > unattended.xml files on the web, but nothing that seems easy enough for me > > to digest. > > > > Any good resources for Vista Syspreping? Anybody here have experiance with > > this without going through the entire WDS process? > > > > --Matt Ross > > > > ~ 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> ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
