Windows 2000 Server Upgrade from Professional SP4

[Windminstrel]

Hello -

I am a "newbie" from the network deployment perspective, as have had the
good fortune of having a network image set maintained for me in the past,
and recently have been doing this 'brute-force'. I guess the problem is
self-explanatory.

The original licensed source is Windows 2000 Server SP2. There are a couple
of workstations running Windows 2000 Profwssional SP4 we need to upgrade as
'assistants' for off-loading some key tasks to prior to upgrading to the
Windows 2003 platforms and facilities. As the Server install CD is quick to
point out, this is not a supported upgrade path.

How can I build and deploy a Windows 2000 Server SP4 install image?

 

[John John]

What's "a couple"? Literally, two. It will be just as easy and faster
to simply deploy your SP2 image then upgrade the installation to SP4.
Creating a new image for two or three machines will take much more time
than doing them individually.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/deploy/introduction.mspx
http://search.technet.microsoft.com/search/default.aspx?siteId=1&tab=0&query=sysprep+server

John

 

[Guest]

Another option might be to create a slipstreamed SP4 server disc. Or find one
on Ebay.