Changing HAL

[Radimus]

in Win2k, all of my desktops used "Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) PC" HAL, and my sysprepped image worked on all of the desktops and laptops.

Now that I am migrating to WinXP, some of the HALs are detected as "Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) PC" and others are detected as "ACPI Uniprocessor PC"

I have built sysprepped XP images (from the same unattended XP CD) on both types of machines, and neither will work/boot from the other HAL type image

This doc says I am pretty much SOL http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=309283

Has anyone managed to work around this?

[Radimus]

specifically, the ones with "ACPI Uniprocessor PC" are:

Compaq Evo 500, 510, 530

Dell Optiplex 260, 270

Dell Latitude c510

The "Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) PC" is:

Dell Latitude d505

I haven't tested on the older laptops but I expect them to be in the first category