Re: Windows Installs New Devices After Image

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It's probably the NIC since each box will have a different MAC address.

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Bill James


"Thomas M." <NoEmailReplies@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:egvuIj5AHHA.4060@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Windows XP Pro
Ghost 8

I have a group of 13 Dell Optiplex GX280 PCs (small form factor) that are
used for training purposes. One of the PCs is reserved for building the
base image for these machines, and each time we need to modify the existing
image or create a new image we use the same PC. We then upload the image to
a server and push it out to the other 12 machines in our training room using
Ghost.

Once the 12 training room machines have been imaged they reboot
automatically. After XP loads up we get a message indicating that new
hardware has been detected, that the drivers have been installed, and that
the machine needs to reboot in order for the changes to take affect.
Unfortunately, the message does NOT indicate what new hardware was detected.
This happens on all 12 machines. It's not a huge deal, but I'd like to
figure it out and eliminate this step if possible.

As far as I can tell at this point all of the PCs are identical in hardware.
I've made sure that the model numbers for the keyboard, mouse, and monitor
on the PC used to build the image matches the corresponding model numbers on
the machines in the training room (to make sure that all machines are using
the same equipment and have the correct drivers installed). I also made
sure that the NICs are all the same. I even went so far as to make sure
that the keyboard and mouse are plugged into the same USB ports on all
machines--including the machine used to build the images. One thing that I
have not been able to confirm yet is that all the stuff inside the boxes
(video adaptors, chipsets, etc.) are identical.

Is there a way to find out what new hardware was detected after the reboot?
Also, if the image has all the correct drivers installed, and the PC used to
build the image is identical to the 12 PCs in the training room, then why
are we getting this message? Is it possible that the message is being
caused by something that Ghost is doing, and if so is there a way to either
reconfigure Ghost or modify the image to avoid the problem?

Thanks for any help that you can offer.

--Tom


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