Hi all,

I appologize if this si not the correct forum. If it is not please
direct me to the correct one.

Here is my question.

I am tying an experiment and am having toruble. He is what I am tyring
to do. When someone gets a new machine from dell for example. They
have all the programs loaded in there system. However, when they first
startup xp they get the special screen that asks you to finish the xp
install as it were. IE enter your date/time, name ect. After doing
this though, they boot into windows and everything is installed. How
do they do that?

I am familiar with making ghsot images and such. I was wondering how I
could do such a thing? Would I install everything I wantd on a fresh
install of xp and then use some sort or registry edit to chage xp back
to that start up screen. Once the reg edit is done would I boot into
say pc-dos (using ghost) and make an image that way? Thus everytime I
instal the image the user would ahve all the programs but they need to
run that setup?

If not, could someone send me on the right track to figuring this out?

I hope it makes sense what I am tyring to do.

Thanks.

Kranzel

Kranzel wrote:
> I appologize if this si not the correct forum. If it is not please
> direct me to the correct one.
>
> Here is my question.
>
> I am tying an experiment and am having toruble. He is what I am tyring
> to do. When someone gets a new machine from dell for example. They
> have all the programs loaded in there system. However, when they first
> startup xp they get the special screen that asks you to finish the xp
> install as it were. IE enter your date/time, name ect. After doing
> this though, they boot into windows and everything is installed. How
> do they do that?
>
> I am familiar with making ghsot images and such. I was wondering how I
> could do such a thing? Would I install everything I wantd on a fresh
> install of xp and then use some sort or registry edit to chage xp back
> to that start up screen. Once the reg edit is done would I boot into
> say pc-dos (using ghost) and make an image that way? Thus everytime I
> instal the image the user would ahve all the programs but they need to
> run that setup?
>
> If not, could someone send me on the right track to figuring this out?
>
> I hope it makes sense what I am tyring to do.

It's called "sysprep" from Microsoft. Just search their knowledgebase
and/or use google.

"using sysprep to deploy images"

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Kranzel wrote:
> I appologize if this si not the correct forum. If it is not please
> direct me to the correct one.
>
> Here is my question.
>
> I am tying an experiment and am having toruble. He is what I am tyring
> to do. When someone gets a new machine from dell for example. They
> have all the programs loaded in there system. However, when they first
> startup xp they get the special screen that asks you to finish the xp
> install as it were. IE enter your date/time, name ect. After doing
> this though, they boot into windows and everything is installed. How
> do they do that?
>
> I am familiar with making ghsot images and such. I was wondering how I
> could do such a thing? Would I install everything I wantd on a fresh
> install of xp and then use some sort or registry edit to chage xp back
> to that start up screen. Once the reg edit is done would I boot into
> say pc-dos (using ghost) and make an image that way? Thus everytime I
> instal the image the user would ahve all the programs but they need to
> run that setup?
>
> If not, could someone send me on the right track to figuring this out?
>
> I hope it makes sense what I am tyring to do.

I'll even give you a bit more of a head start...

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=302577

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<- Shenan ->
--
The information is provided "as is", with no guarantees of
completeness, accuracy or timeliness, and without warranties of any
kind, express or implied. In other words, read up before you take any
advice - you are the one ultimately responsible for your actions.

"Shenan Stanley" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Kranzel wrote:
> > I appologize if this si not the correct forum. If it is not please
> > direct me to the correct one.
> >
> > Here is my question.
> >
> > I am tying an experiment and am having toruble. He is what I am tyring
> > to do. When someone gets a new machine from dell for example. They
> > have all the programs loaded in there system. However, when they first
> > startup xp they get the special screen that asks you to finish the xp
> > install as it were. IE enter your date/time, name ect. After doing
> > this though, they boot into windows and everything is installed. How
> > do they do that?
> >
> > I am familiar with making ghsot images and such. I was wondering how I
> > could do such a thing? Would I install everything I wantd on a fresh
> > install of xp and then use some sort or registry edit to chage xp back
> > to that start up screen. Once the reg edit is done would I boot into
> > say pc-dos (using ghost) and make an image that way? Thus everytime I
> > instal the image the user would ahve all the programs but they need to
> > run that setup?
> >
> > If not, could someone send me on the right track to figuring this out?
> >
> > I hope it makes sense what I am tyring to do.
>
> I'll even give you a bit more of a head start...
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=302577
>
> --
> <- Shenan ->
> --
> The information is provided "as is", with no guarantees of
> completeness, accuracy or timeliness, and without warranties of any
> kind, express or implied. In other words, read up before you take any
> advice - you are the one ultimately responsible for your actions.
>
>
Thanks so much. Much appreciated!

Doing this for yourself is not a bad idea.
You can use Ghost and image the Hard Drive and then restore to another Hard drive later.
If you have registered all the Software, and then image back to an identical configuration then Windows will function and you have no problems.
You would then have to be certain that you had a genuine licence agreement for each application and each PC.
If there are any differences between the PCs, then you'll need to do a repair installation for XP to run, but the applications should be OK.

For more flexibility in configuration and settings, this article describes how to use the Sysprep.exe tool to automate the successful deployment of Windows XP.

http://www.jsiinc.com/SUBM/tip6200/rh6207.htm#2

Of course in all instances, you need to have valid Licences.

"Kranzel" wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I appologize if this si not the correct forum. If it is not please
> direct me to the correct one.
>
> Here is my question.
>
> I am tying an experiment and am having toruble. He is what I am tyring
> to do. When someone gets a new machine from dell for example. They
> have all the programs loaded in there system. However, when they first
> startup xp they get the special screen that asks you to finish the xp
> install as it were. IE enter your date/time, name ect. After doing
> this though, they boot into windows and everything is installed. How
> do they do that?
>
> I am familiar with making ghsot images and such. I was wondering how I
> could do such a thing? Would I install everything I wantd on a fresh
> install of xp and then use some sort or registry edit to chage xp back
> to that start up screen. Once the reg edit is done would I boot into
> say pc-dos (using ghost) and make an image that way? Thus everytime I
> instal the image the user would ahve all the programs but they need to
> run that setup?
>
> If not, could someone send me on the right track to figuring this out?
>
> I hope it makes sense what I am tyring to do.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Kranzel
>