Sysprep - reseal or factory?

[JeffO]

I'm at my wits end. Had no problems with Win2000 and
sysprep. But my WinXP sysprep refuses to skip the EULA,
the product key, and several other questions.

What I need:
I work for a department in a big company. We always
reformat new computers because they come with OEM, not our
MS Select VL. Plus we've had a few problems with Dell's
images as-shipped. Plus I want our full-build with
applications so I can dump my own image on the PC and be
done with it.
I don't sell computers.
There's no customer.
There's no factory.
Just me in my cubical rebuilding new PCs for accountants.

When using XP sysprep, should I use the Factory button or
the Reseal button?

 

[JeffO]

I should add that I intend to run Sysprep, Ghost the image
with Norton Ghost 7.5, then dump the image on any new
computer and not get a BSOD, even on laptops, desktops,
Gateways, or Dells.

 

[Doug Hoeffel \(eMVP\)]

What does your sysprep.inf file contain?

I should add that I intend to run Sysprep, Ghost the image
with Norton Ghost 7.5, then dump the image on any new
computer and not get a BSOD, even on laptops, desktops,
Gateways, or Dells.

 

[JeffO]

I've used both Factory (once) and Reseal buttons.
Factory actually got me to desktop quickly and swallowed
the CDKey, but the sysprep window kept coming up and
apparently the sysprep folder isn't deleted with factory.

I must have the SID updated for each new Ghost. Reseal
seems to be necessary for this and everything I read says
that Reseal ought to take my ProductKey= line okay.
Only the two lines marked don't work with Reseal.
Also wish there was a way to by-pass the Internet email
account.

My Sysprep.inf file was creted using sysprepmgr.exe. All
sysprep file versions are from xpsp1DeployTools_en.cab,
which was downloaded from MS. They are the latest versions
of the sysprep tools and replaces (or is same as)
Deploy.cab.

;SetupMgrTag
[Unattended]
ExtendOemPartition=1
OemSkipEula=Yes ; doesn't work
InstallFilesPath=C:\sysprep\i386

[GuiUnattended]
AdminPassword=*
EncryptedAdminPassword=NO
AutoLogon=Yes
AutoLogonCount=1
OEMSkipRegional=1
OEMDuplicatorstring=11-7-2003
TimeZone=10
OemSkipWelcome=1

[UserData]
ProductKey=xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx ; doesn't work
FullName="Full Name"
OrgName="Company"
ComputerName=*

[Display]
BitsPerPel=16
Xresolution=800
YResolution=600

[TapiLocation]
CountryCode=1
Dialing=Tone
AreaCode=303
LongDistanceAccess="9"

[SetupMgr]
DistFolder=C:\sysprep\i386
DistShare=windist

[Identification]
JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP

[Networking]
InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

[GuiRunOnce]
Command0="notepad.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\OEMINFO.INI"
Command1="notepad.exe C:\DELL\SYSINFO.DAT"
Command2="C:\WINDOWS\system32\compmgmt.msc /s"

Home_Page=http://ourweb/main.html ...repMassStorage] BuildMassStorageSection = Yes

 

[George Ellis]

I always forget which goes into which (unattend.txt/winnt.sif vs
sysprep.inf), but I think you may be missing this.

[Unattended]
UnattendSwitch = Yes

I've used both Factory (once) and Reseal buttons.
Factory actually got me to desktop quickly and swallowed
the CDKey, but the sysprep window kept coming up and
apparently the sysprep folder isn't deleted with factory.

I must have the SID updated for each new Ghost. Reseal
seems to be necessary for this and everything I read says
that Reseal ought to take my ProductKey= line okay.
Only the two lines marked don't work with Reseal.
Also wish there was a way to by-pass the Internet email
account.

My Sysprep.inf file was creted using sysprepmgr.exe. All
sysprep file versions are from xpsp1DeployTools_en.cab,
which was downloaded from MS. They are the latest versions
of the sysprep tools and replaces (or is same as)
Deploy.cab.

;SetupMgrTag
[Unattended]
ExtendOemPartition=1
OemSkipEula=Yes ; doesn't work
InstallFilesPath=C:\sysprep\i386

[GuiUnattended]
AdminPassword=*
EncryptedAdminPassword=NO
AutoLogon=Yes
AutoLogonCount=1
OEMSkipRegional=1
OEMDuplicatorstring=11-7-2003
TimeZone=10
OemSkipWelcome=1

[UserData]
ProductKey=xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx ; doesn't work
FullName="Full Name"
OrgName="Company"
ComputerName=*

[Display]
BitsPerPel=16
Xresolution=800
YResolution=600

[TapiLocation]
CountryCode=1
Dialing=Tone
AreaCode=303
LongDistanceAccess="9"

[SetupMgr]
DistFolder=C:\sysprep\i386
DistShare=windist

[Identification]
JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUP

[Networking]
InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

[GuiRunOnce]
Command0="notepad.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\OEMINFO.INI"
Command1="notepad.exe C:\DELL\SYSINFO.DAT"
Command2="C:\WINDOWS\system32\compmgmt.msc /s"

Home_Page=http://ourweb/main.html ...prep.inf file contain? . [/QUOTE][/QUOTE]