Sysprep'ed machine hangs when joining domain

[Eddie]

I am rolling out Windows XP on a volume license to a bunch of identical Dell
GX270 PCs.

I use Ghost 7.5 to take the image from my master PC, & deploy it to multiple
PCs using SysPrep (from XP) to perform the SID/name change & join my domain.

When the SysPrep portion of the roll-out happens it hangs for ages, trying
to join the domain.

If I wait I get a message saying that it cannot find the domain.

If I power-off & reboot, it goes back through SysPrep & correctly joins the
domain.

I am referencing the domain as a fully qualified domain name.

Here's my Sysprep.inf (obviously I have changed the passwords):

;SetupMgrTag
[Unattended]
OemSkipEula=Yes

[GuiUnattended]
AdminPassword="xxxx"
EncryptedAdminPassword=NO
AutoLogon=Yes
AutoLogonCount=1
OEMSkipRegional=1
TimeZone=85
OemSkipWelcome=1

[UserData]
ProductID=xxx
FullName="Admin"
OrgName="Rossbank"
ComputerName=*

[Display]
BitsPerPel=32
Xresolution=1024
YResolution=768
Vrefresh=75

[TapiLocation]
CountryCode=44
Dialing=Tone
AreaCode=01242
LongDistanceAccess="9"

[RegionalSettings]
LanguageGroup=1
SystemLocale=00000809
UserLocale=00000809
InputLocale=0809:00000809

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

[GuiRunOnce]
Command0="rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /in /n \\rossdc3\ccmc"

[Identification]
JoinDomain=rossbank.co.uk
DomainAdmin=xxx
DomainAdminPassword=xxx

[Networking]
InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

I have 40 machines to roll-out & I shouldn't have to reboot all of them half
way through the SysPrep process. Any ideas please?

Also, is there a way of getting the computer name generated in a similar way
to the way RIS does it? It would be useful to get these machine names
continued on from where AD already has got to.

Thanks
Eddie



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[Stephan]

Eddie,
Try adding the following line to the [Unattended] section
of your sysprep.inf file -
OemPreinstall=Yes
-Stephan