Re: How can I upgrade to xp via group policy?

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I've seen that article that you mentioned and it described how to pulblish
the upgrade i.e. How to make it available under Control Panel\Add or Remove
Programs\Add New Programs - Not automatically deploy it. The WinXP upgrade
cannot be assigned to a machine i.e. forcefully installed. I think this was
likely pulled due to the confusion it created.

For Automated XP deployment options see
Microsoft Windows XP Professional Resource Kit: Part 1 - Deployment
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/prpt_pt1_fmjb.asp

Hope this helps,
Richard


"What?" <unnidontspamkris@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:ebMKYaamFHA.1968@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Great, I finally got a response after three tries! Thanks. I'm convinced
> the key to fixing this is getting the right syntax into a modified
> winnt32.msi, because I changed it today and got much further than I did
> before. Opening winnt32.msi in Orca, in CustomAction I changed the target
> field for both RunSetup and RunSetupImmediate to /s:"[SourceDir]"
> /unattend:"[SourceDir]unattend.txt". The target for MySetPath is the
> default, [SourceDir]winnt32.exe. I have my unattend.txt file in the same
> location as winnt32.msi and winnt32.exe, in the i386 subfolder of a shared
> folder named xpupgrad. Shared folder holds all the files copied from the
> xp cd-rom. Now when I deploy this to a test OU, the computer boots up and
> I see the "Installing Managed software Windows XP Professional" prompt,
> and its there for a long time, around an hour. It looks like its working
> but after that it returns to the Windows 2000 login. If I login at that
> point I get an error msg "The installation source path specified in Setup
> is invalid. Contact your System Administrator.". So something about the
> syntax of the path is still not correct.
>
> Its odd there is a kb article "How To Use Group Policy to Deploy Windows
> XP in a Windows 2000-Based Network" here:
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314953
>
> but no information for doing the same thing with Server 2003. If I can't
> figure this out in the next few days I will probably resort to the
> batchfile method and visit every client machine.
>
> What?
>
>
> Sucotto wrote:
>> The article may have been pulled due to issues or problems using GP to
>> update the OS itself. This is a pretty interesting operation, and I doubt
>> it
>> would be supported.
>> I've had success kicking off setup (on many computers) with an
>> unattend.txt
>> and letting it do its work. Con: I have to visit that machine. Pro: once
>> visited and the process kicked off, its all automatic and I dont have to
>> go
>> back. Since its all possible via network, visiting and kicking the
>> process
>> off is as simple as executing a batchfile/script.
>> Something to consider as a workaround.
>> HTH
>> -sucotto
>>
>> "What?" <unnidontspamkris@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:O0tGZu$lFHA.2156@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>>>I'm trying to upgrade many win2000 workstations to xp pro fully
>>>unattended via a gpo on windows server 2003. I setup a test ou with one
>>>computer, to test out the deployment. However I can't get it to work.
>>>I'm using the software installation in the computer configuration
>>>section of my policy. When Windows 2000 starts, I get the applying
>>>software installation screen, then installing managed Windows XP
>>>Professional dialog, but then I get the logon prompt, indicating the
>>>upgrade did not work. I checked the Event Log, it shows there was a
>>>problem accessing the source files at first, I moved everything to a
>>>different directory and started over, the most recent attempts fail with
>>>the event log msg, internal error data1.cab. I looked in the entire xp
>>>cd, and there is no data1.cab file.
>>>Can someone supply a step by step to get this to work? I also want to
>>>use my own unattend.txt file so I modified winnt32.msi using Orca.
>>>
>>>BTW, There used to be a kb article, 816519, about this issue: HOW TO:
>>>Use Group Policy to Deploy Windows XP in a Windows Server 2003-Based
>>>Network. But I cannot find it now. TIA
>>
>>

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