SYSPREP - Specify unique computer names

[ismss]

Hi,

I want to roll an image out to many pc's and I want to specify unique computer names to each pc. I have tried using a .udf file with syprep.inf with no success. Has anyone done this successfully and if so can I get a copy of the sysprep.inf file as well as the .udf file specifying the parameters

Thanks in advance

Mike

[peachy]

Use ComputerName=* to generate a random number appended to your OrgName value

[ismss]

Cheers for the quick response Peachy. What I need to do is append various room numbers to the computer name so I can import work stations into various containers. Any idea's?

[peachy]

If you use Riprep with a RIS server you have more flexibililty with computer naming. In this case you can specify some environment variables that get their values from Active Directory. I don't think sysprep is capable of anything more customised.

[ismss]

Thanks for th input, much appreciated

Mike

[icarus]

Also, instead of using RIPREP, which may lead to HAL issues if you have a lot of different hardware, you could just build the flat file image. Also, if you have multiple OU's that the machines need to be a part of you can modify the custom.osc file to include them. Obviously this would need to be modified to fit you AD structure. So when using RIS, we use custom from the menu and admins are able to use the arrow keys to select the proper OU to dump the PC in.

Here is an example I use...

<OPTION VALUE="Your domain/REGIONS/BRITISH COLUMBIA/computers">BRITISH COLUMBIA

<OPTION VALUE="Your domain/REGIONS/EDMONTON/computers/CALGARY">CALGARY

<OPTION VALUE="Your domain/REGIONS/EDMONTON/computers/EDMONTON">EDMONTON

<OPTIONVALUE="Your domain/REGIONS/Saskatchewan/computers/EDMONTON">Saskatchewan