Deploying Company Image to desktops , Laptops and Tablet PC's

[Guest]

Hello,

Have a question here. I am creating an image for over 10,000 desktops ,
laptops and tablet PC's. I read a technet article that was titled "
Deploying Windows XP Tablet PC edition 2005, single image deployment
supplemental guide" . I am a bit confused but what they say. I looks like
they are saying to installed Windows XP Tablet edition on everything.

What is the correct way to do this so that I can use one image across the
company. Please let me know. Thanks

 

[Guest]

As you have gone the image route then you have two options either Sysprep and
Ghost or RIS. My preferred method is to build an image and then use sysprep
and ghost, others probably prefer RIS. If you are using SMS 2003 then there
is an OS deployment add-on that may be worth a look.

Try the following links, they should point you in the right direction.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/itsolutions/cits/dsd/standard/default.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/deploy/depovg/depxpi.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/deploy/depovg/depxpii.mspx

If you have a particular question regarding the deployment post back with as
much information as possible.

 

[Guest]

Thanks , I am using Ghost. I have done tons of images in the past but my
question is , how can i use the same image on desktops and tablets. Will xp
pro work on a tablet or will i get errors ?

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

You need to create a Windows XP Professional image for
your desktops and a Windows XP Tablet image for the
Tablet PCs. Windows XP Professional does not support
the special hardware and features of a Tablet PC.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

Get Windows XP Service Pack 2 with Advanced Security Technologies:
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/windowsxp/choose.mspx

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| Thanks , I am using Ghost. I have done tons of images in the past but my
| question is , how can i use the same image on desktops and tablets. Will xp
| pro work on a tablet or will i get errors ?

 

[Guest]

Here it says that you can .
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/deploy/sitpcdep.mspx

but I do not understand what they mean. It looks like it says instead
tablet on the pc

 

[glenn fincher]

You need to create a Windows XP Professional image for
your desktops and a Windows XP Tablet image for the
Tablet PCs. Windows XP Professional does not support
the special hardware and features of a Tablet PC.

Carey, in this case you are mis-informed. XP SP2 changed a lot more than
security!

Using a volume license Product ID for the Tablet PC and the additional steps
outlined in the aforementioned article:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/deploy/sitpcdep.mspx

One CAN maintain a single image that supports desktop, laptop, & Tablet PC
images. In the case of the Tablet PC, it is the PID that "tells" XP that it
is loading on a Tablet. Also the article details the necessary additions to
sysprep to enable the Tablet specific hardware. One thing that the article
does not mention is the need to also install "hardware specific" software
that usually ship with OEM installations for Tablet PC that add significant
functionality beyond the base install. Those pieces would still need to be
installed post-restore. Additionally, you still have the HAL restriction
that may require more than one image across your 10,000 computers. HAL
restrictions are detailed here:

http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?kbid=309283

Hope THIS helps!

Glenn Fincher

 

[WM]

You've got it backwards... You use a Pro image, and "Tabletify" it on
installation by using a sysprep.inf with a Tablet product key and a
cmdlines.txt that knows how to install the Tablet Optional Component via
sysocmgr. Read the steps carefully - you want to prep a Pro image as you
would normally, but prepare the process to fork from sysprep.inf on...

Make sense?