Re: XP Install Using an Image

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From: Shenan Stanley (news_helper_at_hushmail.com)
Date: 07/10/04 

Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2004 03:12:08 -0500

Kranzel wrote:
> I appologize if this si not the correct forum. If it is not please
> direct me to the correct one.
>
> Here is my question.
>
> I am tying an experiment and am having toruble. He is what I am tyring
> to do. When someone gets a new machine from dell for example. They
> have all the programs loaded in there system. However, when they first
> startup xp they get the special screen that asks you to finish the xp
> install as it were. IE enter your date/time, name ect. After doing
> this though, they boot into windows and everything is installed. How
> do they do that?
>
> I am familiar with making ghsot images and such. I was wondering how I
> could do such a thing? Would I install everything I wantd on a fresh
> install of xp and then use some sort or registry edit to chage xp back
> to that start up screen. Once the reg edit is done would I boot into
> say pc-dos (using ghost) and make an image that way? Thus everytime I
> instal the image the user would ahve all the programs but they need to
> run that setup?
>
> If not, could someone send me on the right track to figuring this out?
>
> I hope it makes sense what I am tyring to do.

It's called "sysprep" from Microsoft. Just search their knowledgebase
and/or use google.

"using sysprep to deploy images" 

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