I have made a xp image than ran sysprep. After reboot i
used ghost to image the machine. Having transfered the
image to the new machines and gone through the early
stages i now find that the machines cant obtain an ip
address from the dhcp server. There is nothing wrong with
the network or connections and the machines are properly
registered with the dhcp. Any ideas please.

>-----Original Message-----
>I have made a xp image than ran sysprep. After reboot i
>used ghost to image the machine. Having transfered the
>image to the new machines and gone through the early
>stages i now find that the machines cant obtain an ip
>address from the dhcp server. There is nothing wrong
with
>the network or connections and the machines are properly
>registered with the dhcp. Any ideas please.
>.
>

Try releasing the IP before you sysprep the image. I had
this problem with some of my W2K images. I found that if
I released the IP, then ran sysprep, I no longer had the
problem of obtaining the new IP.

Bob