Display goes bad after driver load

I'm preparing an image (WinXP SP3) for an upcoming roll out and incorporating the appropriate drivers prior to running `sysprep.exe -factory`. I first tried those that came with the machine (Dell supplied then from the website) before moving onto the drivers from the Intel website. In both cases, during the XP factory preinstallation stage (read: the first boot after sysprep where hardare is detected, drivers loaded, among other configuration items), once the Intel drivers are loaded, the screen goes blank and the the display tears completely. The system continues to respond normally, but you can't make heads or tails out of what's being displayed. Moving the cursor around you can detect some type of movement but its unusable. (Will try to get a screenshot) The load process continues fine and the system reboots as expected. After the machine reboots to stat sysprep, everything works fine. This 'tearing' only occurs once and only during the factory preinstallation step when the driers are loaded; this is the step just before sysprep starts.

This is a big problem as we've got scripts that run during the factory preinstallation stage that display messages on-screen for an IT person to take note of if necessary.

Edited August 5, 200917 yr by Phylum