Does Sysprep work?

[Guest]

My employer is buying 40 new, identically configured desktop PCs from Dell. They will all come with lisenced XP Pro. I plan to make a Ghost image to clone onto them to 1) get rid of all the extraneous software that comes installed and 2) install all the extraneous software my company needs.

With Win 2k Pro I did this using Sysprep. Does Sysprep work the same (or at all) in XP Pro? If not, could someone please let me know what the preferred method is these days

Thanks for any help

DVS

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Contact Dell and specify Volume Licensing in lieu of OEM licenses
and sysprep will be easy to perform and implement.

How to Use Sysprep: An Introduction
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/itpro/deploying/introduction.asp

How to use the Sysprep tool to automate successful deployment of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=302577

System Preparation Tool and Answer File Usage
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;314460

Description of the Windows XP Corporate Deployment Tools and Documentation
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;321880&Product=winxp

How to Use Sysprep with Windows Product Activation or Volume License Media to Deploy Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;299840&Product=winxp

How to Use Sysprep for Auditing Installations
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/itpro/deploying/auditing.asp

Deploying Windows XP
http://labmice.techtarget.com/windowsxp/Install/deploy.htm

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Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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| My employer is buying 40 new, identically configured desktop PCs from Dell. They will all come with
lisenced XP Pro. I plan to make a Ghost image to clone onto them to 1) get rid of all the extraneous software
that comes installed and 2) install all the extraneous software my company needs.
|
| With Win 2k Pro I did this using Sysprep. Does Sysprep work the same (or at all) in XP Pro? If not, could
someone please let me know what the preferred method is these days?
|
| Thanks for any help.
|
| DVS

 

[RA]

My employer is buying 40 new, identically configured desktop PCs from

Dell. They will all come with lisenced XP Pro. I plan to make a Ghost
image to clone onto them to 1) get rid of all the extraneous software that
comes installed and 2) install all the extraneous software my company needs.

With Win 2k Pro I did this using Sysprep. Does Sysprep work the same (or

at all) in XP Pro? If not, could someone please let me know what the
preferred method is these days?

Thanks for any help.

DVS

Sysprep works great in XP using volume licensing. It wouldn't be quite as
easy if you needed to plug the individual numbers back onto each pc. The
newest version of Sysprep is very easy to use.