Re: deploying xp across network?

brute force wrote:
we are a small public company and we would like to automate the
upgrade of desktops to xp from 2000. i have heard of microsoft
tools (BDD) to help with deployment but we dont have that much in
the way of dollars. is there a way i can do this with some free or
inexpensive tools? thanks for your help

Shenan Stanley wrote:
RIS/Desktop Deployment is free with Windows Server...

Are you UPGRADING or installing fresh?

Other options might include something like:
http://unattended.msfn.org/
(customize a CD/DVD to do everything for you...)

http://unattended.sourceforge.net/
(customize a net-bootable method...)

brute force wrote:
is RIS still around or is it called Desktop Deployment? is it free
with 2003 server/2000 server. any info on how i go about using it?
i dont want to use a CD. id rather be able to upgrade from share
folder/image. or the user get it from a shared folder

i am upgrading the desktops from 2000. ill check out the links you
sent me but was wondering if you have had success with these
methods in the links.

golderm wrote:
Try checking out Windows Deployment Services, its the successor to
RIS, i have been suing it and is pretty useful, although designed
for VISTA you can do XP, try this guide;

http://datanotes.wordpress.com/2007/11/26/how-to-deploy-xp-using-windows-deployment-services-wds-2/

brute force wrote:
is this something that comes with XP/2000Server/2003Server?

golderm wrote:
Server 2003 SP2 the instructions tell you everything you need to
get it going

brute force wrote:
so this is not included with 2000 server? only 2003 server?

Going to be managing some sort of IT infrastructure? Using tools to
install/manage software? Better learn this now... ;-)

Search using Google!
http://www.google.com/
(How-to: http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/basics.html )

Example:
http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/servermanager/windowsdeploymentservices.mspx

"Windows Deployment Services, the updated and redesigned version of Remote
Installation Services (RIS), enables you to remotely deploy Windows
operating systems, particularly Windows Vista. You can use Windows
Deployment Services to reimage computers using customized images."

http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/library/c62e5951-5eb9-42f1-95ae-490e5d7a55511033.mspx?mfr=true

"Remote Installation Services (RIS) is an optional component that is
included in the Microsoft® Windows Server 2003T family operating systems.
You can use RIS to create installation images of operating systems or of
complete computer configurations, including desktop settings and
applications. You can then make these installation images available to users
at client computers."
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/desktopdeployment/default.aspx

"MDT 2008 is the next version of Business Desktop Deployment (BDD) 2007. The
fourth generation deployment accelerator adds integration with recently
released Microsoft deployment technologies to create a single path for image
creation and automated installation of desktops and servers."

How To Set Up and Configure Remote Installation Services in Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/298750

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