Unwanted Network config. changes after sysprep.

[Guest]

I set up my WinXP pro on a master pc to be used for imaging. All my Network
settings do not remain resident, ie. speed/duplex, frame type. In addition,
on the power managment tab I uncheck 'allow the computer to turn off this
device to save power' & in Advanced TCP/IP settings, under DNS tab, I
checkmark 'use this connections' DNS suffix in DNS registration'. All that
is gone after sysprep. I have read that this is by design. Ok, where can I
go/turn to get the know how on how to write that into the sysprep.inf or
write a post sysprep script. I deploy hundreds of pc's each year & I'm tired
of spending time on each one resetting the Lan properties.

 

[george]

I'm not into this myself, but you might want to check out the Scripting
clinic at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnclinic/html/scripting06112002.asp
and have a closer look at WMI scripting.
There are multiple parts to this primer (see the lefthand information tree)
There is also a "Scriptomatic" tool (at
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/tools/wmimatic.mspx) that
gives you some insight into the various WMI objects that you can use.
Check out objects like: Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration (sounds
interesting huh?)
And, standard, there is also the NetSH command line interface with such
interesting commands as:
netsh interface ip set address
or
netsh interface ip set dns
Just open up a command prompt and type netsh <enter>
At the netsh prompt type ? and see the available (command)categories.
type interface (or int) and ?
and so on
Just to get an idea on how-to in a command prompt type:
netsh int dump > netsh.txt

hope this gets you started.
george