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Hey Rogue, Need a Beta Tester?

Correct. We're currently having the RIS machines join a workgroup - not be a member of the domain. However, the login process in RIS, to get the ball rolling, automatically creates a named computer object in AD.

cool, I can live with that for now. Sorta in a crunch to get them going so that's a compromise I can live with. But yeah, it is weird. hopefully I'll get it figured out before the next major deployment.

Nope single homed- one card, one IP. the machines are brand new Dell laptops w/different mac addresses.

Thanks, got RISult - impressed with the ease of use. Just need working BTS packs now.

ok, on my Server 2003 machine with default acceleration the reg entry dword value was 4. Found as above but in {B1A73194-13C4-49F4-A275...} as Acceleration.Level Changing the slider on the props/settings tab change the dword value to 0.

Weird problem going on here. I got a flat install working so I went to test it on several machines. Machine A starts RIS'ing and is downloading windows files. Machine B starts RIS'sing and begins downloading windows files. Machine A hard locks-up. (Num lock light doesn't function). Machine B continues chugging and finished coping/installs fine. I reverse them. Machine B starts RIS'ing and is downloading windows files. Machine A starts RIS'sing and begins downloading windows files. Machine B hard locks-up. (Num lock light doesn't function). Machine A continues chugging and finished coping/installs fine. So now I'm at a loss. I've 'proven' its not a hardware issue on the computers themselves. Seems that I can only RIS one machine at a time, but I'm not sure why. Anyone else run into this, Any thoughts? Had thought if a file wasn't marked READ-ONLY and it should be for sharing purposes - then the 'last' machine would have a problem - not the first.

going with the above reply. Can I use nLite to install all the update packs and drivers - have it create the ISO and use the ISO as the basis for RIS to create the flat install setup? Can I add more then 1 model of drivers? Insp6400, GX520, GX280, etc? on one CD?

ok, so I have a full functional RIS setup with a .sif file. It installs XP on the target Dell machine with the languages as I want them. Now what? How can I and is there an easy to follow guide on how to have all? of the drivers (video/audio/wireless/etc) install silently/automatically? I've read alot on the forums and haven't seen a clear way to get this done-or did I miss something? thanks for all of the help - this board has really helped me confront the RIS challenge. ;-)

Cool. So int he drivers directories I would put all the gui setup.exe type files as well? And this would be for Video/audio/etc as well? How do they get installed? I noticed the video is only a .exe and .cfg file.

Sweet - that works. LOL. Okay but now I'm confused...I was under the impression that doing a flat image(OS Install) that I could use it for multiple types/configurations of hardware. If I copy the NIC inf/sys into I386, some of my NIC drivers use the same filenames (but diff hardware). Any options?

Ok, I've setup RIS and used the RIS Server wizard to copy over the XP Cd. I've created a sif file (shown below). I've created a directory $OEM$ at my \Remote Install\Setup\English\Images\WinXP32\ I've created a directory under $OEM$ called $1 I've created a directory under $1 called Drivers I've created a directory under Drivers called NIC - and placed the Inspiron 6400 driver files (.sys and .inf) there. I boot the laptop to PXE and select the SIF file I want to run. It starts then I get told "The operating system image you selected does not contain the necessary drivers for your network adaptor." I've tried everything I can think of and searched for and yet have not been able to resolve this. Any thoughts? [Data] AutomaticUpdates = YES AutoPartition = 1 MsDosInitiated = 0 UnattendedInstall = Yes OemDrivers = OemInfFiles [unattended] Unattendmode = FullUnattended UnattendSwitch = YES OemPreinstall = YES OemPnPDriversPath = drivers\NIC OemSkipEULA = YES TargetPath = WINDOWS Filesystem = ConvertNTFS DUDisable = YES Hibernation = NO WaitForReboot = NO NoWaitAfterTextMode = 1 NoWaitAfterGUIMode = 1 DriverSigningPolicy = Ignore NonDriverSigningPolicy = Ignore Repartition = YES [GuiUnattended] TimeZone = 035 AdminPassword = ... EncryptedAdminPassword = Yes OemSkipWelcome = 1 OEMSkipRegional = 1 AutoLogon = No [userData] FullName = "Technology Department" OrgName = "The Epstein School" ComputerName = * ProductKey = .... [Display] BitsPerPel = 32 Xresolution = 1024 YResolution = 768 [Networking] InstallDefaultComponents = Yes [iEPopupBlocker] AllowedSites=www.epsteinatlanta.org [setupMgr] DistFolder=C:\windist DistShare=windist [RemoteInstall] Repartition=Yes [OSChooser] Description="Windows XP Pro 32bit - Epstein Installation - Template 11:53" Help="This will install Windows Professional in an Epstein configuration." LaunchFile="%INSTALLPATH%\%MACHINETYPE%\templates\startrom.com" ImageType=Flat