Sysprep & Windows update

[Dave]

I am building 5 identical computers using XP Pro SP1A. I installed the OS
and all applications on the first machine. I then ran Windows update and
installed 34 updates of 37 available. I have 5 separate copies of XP pro.
The computers wil be on a peer to peer network.

I then expanded deploy.cab into C:\sysprep and ran setupmgr to generate the
sysprep.inf file. I then ran sysprep and sealed the computer.

I used ghost and imaged the first hard drive onto a new hard drive and
booted the next computer on the second drive. All applications are there and
work fine. I then ran windows update and it reported that 37 updates were
available. I then booted up on the original drive and windows update
reported 37 updates were available.

What happened to the updates after I ran sysprep and is there anything I can
do to preserve the updates when doing a sysprep so I don't have to patch
each computer?

Thanks

 

[Scott McArthur [MSFT]]

Dave,

I am not aware of any issues where sysprep would reset this. I have done
this quite a bit and not encountered it. When you installed the updates
did your reboot before running sysprep? Not sure but it may need to be
rebooted in order for those changes to be logged even if you were not
prompted to reboot. Try that and see what happens.

Scott McArthur[MS]
Microsoft Windows Server Setup Support
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| I am building 5 identical computers using XP Pro SP1A. I installed the OS
| and all applications on the first machine. I then ran Windows update and
| installed 34 updates of 37 available. I have 5 separate copies of XP pro.
| The computers wil be on a peer to peer network.
|
| I then expanded deploy.cab into C:\sysprep and ran setupmgr to generate
the
| sysprep.inf file. I then ran sysprep and sealed the computer.
|
| I used ghost and imaged the first hard drive onto a new hard drive and
| booted the next computer on the second drive. All applications are there
and
| work fine. I then ran windows update and it reported that 37 updates were
| available. I then booted up on the original drive and windows update
| reported 37 updates were available.
|
| What happened to the updates after I ran sysprep and is there anything I
can
| do to preserve the updates when doing a sysprep so I don't have to patch
| each computer?
|
| Thanks
|
|
|