Re: RIS? SYSPREP? SMS? DEPLOY.CAB? ACRONIS? MY HEAD HURTS!!

"Kimberlyrox" <Kimberlyrox@discussions.microsoft.com> ha scritto nel
messaggio news:C0B64FC8-B612-4B24-A1F3-DEF7562926D3@microsoft.com...

> I don't care if I have to attend the machine or not. I don't care whether
> or not it has to be on a CD/DVD or a network share. I just want to clone
> the
> stupid thing. Acronis seems to work, but it copies the serial and sid
> (the
> name isn't a bid deal).

Every cloning software (such as Ghost) will always create an exact copy of
the original system; that's the way they work.

The trick here is running SysPrep before cloning the machine. This tool
configures Windows so that, upon the next boot, it will regenerate all
unique information (SIDs) and go through the final part of the Windows
setup, where it usually asks for things such as the computer name, IP
address and serial number; many of these options can also be pre-configured,
so to have Windows ask the user (or the administrator) very little
informations, or none at all.

After running SysPrep and before restarting the computer, you can clone it;
this way, every copy will create its new SIDs and do its own setup when
started for the first time.

I hope it's a little clearer now :-)


Massimo

"Kimberlyrox" <Kimberlyrox@discussions.microsoft.com> ha scritto nel
messaggio news:30A2544E-8B07-4638-BAE0-01C1F4068CAF@microsoft.com...

> Yes! Thank you!
>
> Last question (just so that I am clear).... I will have to use a 3rd
> party
> cloning software.... correct?

There are ways you could use to copy an existing Windows installation to
another disk without third-party software, but using one makes the whole
process definitely simpler.


Massimo

On Jan 25, 5:47 am, Kimberlyrox <Kimberly...@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:

How-To: Image Windows XP with Ghost and Sysprep
http://blog.hishamrana.com/2006/02/...st-and-sysprep/

Thank you guys soooo much! I am off to cypher it out!

"jmatt@webace.com.au" wrote:

> On Jan 25, 5:47 am, Kimberlyrox <Kimberly...@discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote:
>
> How-To: Image Windows XP with Ghost and Sysprep
> http://blog.hishamrana.com/2006/02/...st-and-sysprep/
>
>