Ghost or unattended install

Posted: 07-17-2003, 07:01 AM

Kevin Cotter

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I am trying to upgrade a new client to an OEM Win XP Pro OEM Office XP Pro
environment.

4 Dell Dimension 2350
1 Dell Dimension 2300
2 Compaq Prosario

I'm working on building a unattended installation via winnt.sif file with
all the drivers and small programs to automatically install. This is very
time consuming, and I'm not sure it's worth the effort.

I'm having a real tough time with winnt.sif setting the timezone to Arizona
015, and getting the call for the drivers off the $OEM$/$1 folders
I'm also wondering if I can apply the security policies via the unattended
installation also

I'm starting to think we should just build a Ghost image, and then use a
utility to change the individual product key to what is listed on the
sticker on the box. Is a similar utility to change the product key for
Office?

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Stephan

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Ghost or unattended install

Posted: 07-17-2003, 03:49 PM

Use sysprep...

>-----Original Message-----
>I am trying to upgrade a new client to an OEM Win XP Pro

OEM Office XP Pro

>environment.
>
>4 Dell Dimension 2350
>1 Dell Dimension 2300
>2 Compaq Prosario
>
>I'm working on building a unattended installation via

winnt.sif file with

>all the drivers and small programs to automatically

install. This is very

>time consuming, and I'm not sure it's worth the effort.
>
>I'm having a real tough time with winnt.sif setting the

timezone to Arizona

>015, and getting the call for the drivers off the $OEM$/

$1 folders

>I'm also wondering if I can apply the security policies

via the unattended

>installation also
>
>I'm starting to think we should just build a Ghost image,

and then use a

>utility to change the individual product key to what is

listed on the

>sticker on the box. Is a similar utility to change the

product key for

>Office?
>
>
>
>.
>

Kevin Cotter

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Re: Ghost or unattended install

Posted: 07-19-2003, 04:28 PM

Is there a switch to get sysprep to force the fresh images to ask for a
product key for XP Pro or XP Office?

"Stephan" <S@f.com> wrote in message
news:0c6001c34c72$abc78bf0$a301280a@phx.gbl...

> Use sysprep...
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >I am trying to upgrade a new client to an OEM Win XP Pro
> OEM Office XP Pro
> >environment.
> >
> >4 Dell Dimension 2350
> >1 Dell Dimension 2300
> >2 Compaq Prosario
> >
> >I'm working on building a unattended installation via
> winnt.sif file with
> >all the drivers and small programs to automatically
> install. This is very
> >time consuming, and I'm not sure it's worth the effort.
> >
> >I'm having a real tough time with winnt.sif setting the
> timezone to Arizona
> >015, and getting the call for the drivers off the $OEM$/
> $1 folders
> >I'm also wondering if I can apply the security policies
> via the unattended
> >installation also
> >
> >I'm starting to think we should just build a Ghost image,
> and then use a
> >utility to change the individual product key to what is
> listed on the
> >sticker on the box. Is a similar utility to change the
> product key for
> >Office?
> >
> >
> >
> >.
> >

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