johnbreton

I have been trying to solve this problem for 1 week now , and I am getting desperate. I have done an Ghost image (Windows XP SP2) on a laptop (HP nw8420) Now, if I deploy the same image on the same model (nw8420), everything goes well until after I reboot after sysprep mini-setup: The mini-setup execute, the machine join the domain. The machine reboot. I log in into the laptop and everything is fine in device manager and in the OS. Here is my problem: I reboot the laptop, log in. Then it appears that Windows XP has lost ALL the drivers in device manager, so it start to "found new hardware" ...I mean ALL the hardware. Anyone have seen that behavior Thanks

I have been trying to solve this problem for 1 week now , and I am getting desperate. I have done an Ghost image (Windows XP SP2) on a laptop (HP nw8420) Now, if I deploy the same image on the same model (nw8420), everything goes well until after I reboot after sysprep mini-setup: The mini-setup execute, the machine join the domain. The machine reboot. I log in into the laptop and everything is fine in device manager and in the OS. Here is my problem: I reboot the laptop, log in. Then it appears that Windows XP has lost ALL the drivers in device manager, so it start to "found new hardware" ...I mean ALL the hardware. Anyone have seen that behavior Thanks

I need to disabled the WIFI adapter on my new laptop HP NW8240 I know I can do it within Network Connection, but I would like to do it with a script. I tried Netsh but no luck. The reason I need to do that is because, Windows XP SP2 takes a long time to load the LAN NIC when logging in. If I disabled the WIFI card in device manager, the normal LAN kicks in normally. Thanks for any help JP

When I boot with my USB key (DOS boot), the BIOS assign the C: drive to my USB key. How can I assign another drive...like a: or g: ?? Thanks for any help John

I know I am not at the right place, as this forun is for Windows XP, but i could not find a hardware forum. When I boot with my USB key (DOS boot), the BIOS assign the C: drive to my USB key. How can I assign another drive...like a: or g: ?? Thanks for any help John

That wont do it because I am using a structure $OEM$ structure in my c:\sysprep\i386 (C:\sysprep\i386\$OEM$)

oups... the file is 8514fix.fon and not 8415fix.fon sorry

After building my frist Unattend setup , I am at the point where I Sysprep my machine to prepare it to be Ghosted. Here is my SYSPREP.INF....pretty simple. [unattended] OemSkipEula=Yes OemPreinstall=Yes ExtendOEMpartition=Yes InstallFilesPath = "C:\sysprep\i386" OemPnPDriversPath = "\Drivers\AUD\1;Drivers\AUD\2;\Drivers\AUD\3;\Drivers\AUD\4;\Drivers\CHP\1;\Drivers\MOD\1;\Drivers\MOD\2;\Drivers\MOD\3;\Drivers\NIC\1;\Drivers\NIC\2;\Drivers\NIC\132;\Drivers\NIC\4;\Drivers\PWM\1;\Drivers\VID\1;\Drivers\VID\2;\Drivers\VID\3;\Drivers\VID\4;\Drivers\VID\5;" DriverSigningPolicy = Ignore UpdateInstalledDrivers=Yes [GuiUnattended] AdminPassword="xxx" OEMSkipWelcome=1 OEMSkipRegional=1 TimeZone=35 AutoLogon="Yes" AutoLogonCount=1 [userData] ComputerName="" FullName="xxx" OrgName="xxx" ProductKey="xxx" [RegionalSettings] LanguageGroup=1 Language=00000409 [GuiRunOnce] "C:\Local\Post1.bat" [identification] JoinDomain="XXXX" DomainAdmin="XXXX" [Networking] InstallDefaultComponents=Yes [Display] BitsPerPel=32 Xresolution=1024 YResolution=768 Vrefresh=70 Autoconfirm=yes [sysprep] BuildMassStorageSection = Yes [sysprepMassStorage] Now, My problem is when Sysprep mini-setup is running (after the Ghost image was dumped), I get this error message: Cannot find 8415fix.fon in c:\sysprep.inf\i386 If I do a search on another computer, I found the file in c:\windows\source\i386 (where source is my i386 source cab file) If I browse manually to the 8415fix.fon file in C:\windows\source, the sysprep process continues ok. Anyone has seen this behavior?? Thanks for any help Hugo

I have deploy Office 2003 standard on 500 PC using the local cache source and using an MST file creata with the ressource kit. Everything worked great. My goal now is to deploy on 100 PC Access 2003. I have tried those option but all failed: - Create a new MST from Access11.msi : When I executed the MST, I get prompted to modified my install or to repair. - Create a new MST from PRO11.msi : same thing as with Access11.msi - Create a CMW from PRO11.MSI : same thing. Is their anyway to install Access 2003 (after installing Office 2003 Standard) without any user intervention? Are they any swtiches I could use with the Access11.msi to tell to modified the installation and to install Access... Thanks for any help JP

I am about to deploy Office 2003 to 800 PC. I will be using a Transform (MST) to install Office with a local source. My question is, I am still prompted for that annoying customer Experience Improvement Program. How can I get rid of it for good. Thanks JP

Is there a way to enable mute sound during unattend? I could create a Windows theme with all all sound off but I am sure that their should be a easier way. Like enabling the MUTE option in the registry? Thanks

thanks for the quick reply ghostrider, How can I unmount and remount within WinPE?

I think the sysprep file should be name: sysprep.INF and not sysprep.INI

Once my Ghost image is Dump on a PC using WinPe 2004, his there a way of accesing the c:\ partition without restarting? If I try, I get "the system cannot access the drive sprcified" If I reboot with WinPe again, then I am able to access the c: drive and all the files. But is their a way to access the c: right after an image was dump. Thanks JP

Thanks getwired

Can I use WinPE 2005 to install Windows XP SP2? Or WinPE2005 can only be used with Windows 2003? Thanks for help

Not sure if this could help you. Make sure that the setup.exe is in the same directory with your MST and your MSI. John

I read the ref.chm help file but still have some technical question that are still not answered: I need to build the SysprepMassStorage. First question: I read that there is 2 option: - Running sysprep with the -bmsd switch. This will populate the sysprep.inf file with the massstorage. - Running sysprep with the -reseal switch that build the sysprep.inf with the massstorage but it only prepare the PC for an image. Is there any difference between those 2 options?? Second question when running the sysprep with the -bmsd switch where does it gets the information for building the sysprep.inf ? thanks everyone. John

If have finish my Unattend file: In my NetOptionalComponents, I can't find the place so that the Internet Gateway Device Discovery and Control Client will NOT INSTALL [NetOptionalComponents] ACS = 0 DHCPServer = 0 DNS = 0 DSMIGRAT = 0 IAS = 0 ILS = 0 LPDSVC = 0 MacPrint = 0 MacSrv = 0 Netcm = 0 NETMONTOOLS = 0 SimpTcp = 0 SNMP = 0 WINS = 0 I have search Google and this Forum but no luck Thank for any help John

I am having some problem with IBM laptop's T41, T42. With Sysprep 1.0 (For windows XP SP1) I had one image for those 2 laptop model but if does not work with sysprep 2.0. (because, we are now using Windows XP SP2) When I dump my image, (from T42 to T41) the laptop just don't boot. But it works great with Sysprep 1.0....weird

Hummm That could answer per of my question. But what would be the consequences of using Sysprep 1.0 with windows XP SP2? John

wow...thanks guys....

Thanks Diggity.. I am almost there. I have manage to query the key I want but I still don't know how to validate the key. reg query HKLM\software\cie\desktop" /v Oslanguage So it returns Oslanguage=FR Can I after that use something like this: reg query HKLM\software\cie\desktop" /v Oslanguage if "oslanguage"="fr" goto french Thanks

During my Unattend setup, I have added a custom registry key to differenciate the OS language. Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\cie] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\cie\desktop] "VersionXPStation"="1.0" "OsLanguage"="FR" ou "OsLanguage"="EN" Now, I need to do a validation on the oslanguage key, so I can copy the right profile. I was think of using this: if exist "HKLM\software\cie\desktop\oslanguage" /v FR goto french But it does not work anyone has a better solution? thanks John

Hi Not sure if I am at the right place....sorry if I am not. I wanted to know what would be the consequences of using Sysprep 1.0 (the one that comes with Winxp SP1) to use with Windows SP2 machines? The reason is: I have having some weird bug with Sysprep 2.0 (SP2) and Windows XP SP2 machine but it works great when I sysprep my SP2 machines with Sysprep 1.0 Thanks for any help