Sysprep is changing NIC settings!

AFAIK this can be fixed only by writing a little script that will search all
instances of specific device and apply your custom settings.
This is because custom settings of any normal NIC are located in it's
per-instance registry key, so they are lost after the hardware is
reinstalled.

Regards,
-PA

"Aaron Harris" <aharri01@sidley.com> wrote in message
news:09f301c34563$81bf42a0$a001280a@phx.gbl...

> Has anyone else encountered this problem?
>
> When configuring WinXP Pro to use as an "image", the NIC
> is set to "Auto Detect". Sysprep is then run as the final
> stage propr to using "Norton's Ghost" to create the
> image. After loading the image onto other computers, the
> NIC is now showing "Hardware Default" as its setting!
>
> Further testing has proven that it is Sysprep that is
> changing the NIC setting from Auto Detect to Hardware
> Default! Has anyone else encountered this? Does anyone
> have any idea how to prevent this from happening?
>
> Any help would be appreciated!

Another option is to change the INF for your NIC to set your custom options
by default,
but this will break digital signature on the driver. Unattended install
won't work.