Can SBS 2003 Do Remote Installs of XP Pro?

From: Gary V. (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 05/17/04 

Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 11:19:08 -0700

I'll have 1 SBS 2003 server and about 10 XP Pro
workstations. I'll do the server setup 1st but what about
the workstations? I could do an unattended install with a
script file, but what I wanted to find out can SBS 2003 do
Remote Install Server (RIS) to deploy the XP Pro OS image?

Side not if I can do RIS what is a good disk imaging
software? And I read somewhere that you don't have to
register copies of XP Pro if your network meets criteria,
is that true and if so what are the criteria (We are
getting Non-profit OS CD and a block of registration
numbers.)? Also do I have to change the SID number
(sysprep) on all the workstations or does the Domain
controller (SBS 2003) track and take care of all that?

Thank you all for your time and knowledge.

Gary V.

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