SP2 crashes all pc's that were previously sysprep

[Steve Roberts]

We have been testing the deployment of SP2 on all of our workstations and
have found that any of them that were installed using a syspreped image fail
with no exceptions.

We can duplicate this by:

1. Install Windows XP sp1
2. Run sysprep for sp1
3. Make a ghost image
4. Put the ghost on a different pc
5. Install SP2
6. After rebooting the install new hardware icons fill the entire task bar.
They go away slowly then come back off and on while you are using the pc.

All of the pc's are Dell dimension 4500

 

[Steve Roberts]

Sorry I hit the send before I was finished!

Does anyone have any ideas what might be causign this?

Thanks in advance

Steve

 

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| We have been testing the deployment of SP2 on all of our workstations and
| have found that any of them that were installed using a syspreped image fail
| with no exceptions.
|
| We can duplicate this by:
|
| 1. Install Windows XP sp1
| 2. Run sysprep for sp1
| 3. Make a ghost image
| 4. Put the ghost on a different pc
| 5. Install SP2
| 6. After rebooting the install new hardware icons fill the entire task bar.
| They go away slowly then come back off and on while you are using the pc.
|
| All of the pc's are Dell dimension 4500

 

[Steve Roberts]

Hmmm.. I am not seeing anything in the deployment that discusses pc's that
have been previously syspreped.

Any onther ideas?

Thanks

Steve

 

[Jetro]

Did you try to install XP SP2 and, if it's okay, sysprep it and clone?

 

[Steve Roberts]

A raw install of XP + SP2 works fine. The only time I have problems is when
I install SP2 on an existing PC that was installed using sysprep. My problem
is that I have 165 users and starting over with a fresh image is not
possible.

 

[Jetro]

SP2 deploy.cab readme.txt file contains:

* You cannot run Sysprep.exe on an installation of Windows XP SP1 that was
upgraded to Windows XP SP2 using Update.exe. Sysprep can be run only on
integrated ("slipstreamed") Windows installations.

Sounds like redeployment is an option and 165 isn't a large number. Did you
ask Dell and, finally, MS?

 

[Tim Munro]

Microsoft my say that, but I have had no problem with doing this. I had
a machine (XP SP1) sitting in Sysprep -Factory mode. First I copied the
updated sysprep utilities to my Sysprep folder, rebooted (back into Factory
mode), and ran the UPDATE.EXE. Worked fine. Sysprep still works, and I'm
moving on with updates to the image.

Be aware that SP2 has some changes to Sysprep. Most notably of which is
that when you Reseal, the Administrator profile is copied over Default User.
This is a real nuisance as Factory.exe hardcodes "Administrator" for
autologon, so you can't rename the Administrator account to solve the
problem. Personally I think was a bad move on Microsoft's part. Everything
worked just fine in SP1, why mess it up?