Re: Desktop rollouts.

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From: Doug Sherman [MVP] (dsherman_at_nospam.tampabay.rr.com)
Date: 12/08/04


Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 11:04:32 -0500

You can prevent mini setup from running on the source machine - See:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;287506

The following gives a quick summary of switches including -reseal:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;302577

And the following is a pretty good white paper:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/planning/incremental/sysprep11.asp

Doug Sherman
MCSE Win2k/NT4.0, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP

"jason" <jason@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1FBED109-17E8-4958-9D83-5223A3CBD8C3@microsoft.com...
> dear all.
> i need to roll out approx 60 desktops with a nice standard build (within
> reason).
> RIS server is ok but slow, Sysprep is quick but im not totally sure how to
> use it,
> question
> 1) does anyone know of a totally comprehensive document on how to use
> sysprep; ive been through M/S .com for a while now and not found the sort
of
> document im looking for. which will include all switches and optional
> parameters.
> 2) can i somehow setup sysprep to build machines with a corporate naming
> convention? ie:pc1 pc2 pc3 pc4 pc5 etc..??
> 3) when i ran sysprep on a test pc the sysprep ran but when it re-booted
the
> test pc started to run the mini setup as you might expect. is there anyway
i
> can stop this from happening on my "master build" machine.
> 4) what are all the options reffering to ie re-seal audit boot factory and
> the flags options..?
>
> anything step by step in one coverall document greatly appreciated.
> yours ..
>
>



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