Sgt_Strider Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 I'm getting the impression that this program will make things easier to install Windows XP unattended or I am wrong? I don't see many posts about this subject. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluberti Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 The WAIK is for Vista, but you can make .WIM images of XP that you can then dump on machines via ximage. You still need to build a clean XP machine, sysprep it, and shut it down, before you can ximage it (just like Vista). However, it does not recognize or use any of the unattended files created by the WAIK (they're XML, and only used by Vista). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt_Strider Posted December 16, 2006 Author Share Posted December 16, 2006 The WAIK is for Vista, but you can make .WIM images of XP that you can then dump on machines via ximage. You still need to build a clean XP machine, sysprep it, and shut it down, before you can ximage it (just like Vista). However, it does not recognize or use any of the unattended files created by the WAIK (they're XML, and only used by Vista).Didn't Microsoft released a utility for unattended installs not too long ago for Windows XP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluberti Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 No - it's either RIS or CD-based flat-file installs, sysprep, or riprep. You can find sysprep on the XP CD, and RIS/risetup can be installed on Server 2003 or 2000 Server. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osm Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 No - it's either RIS or CD-based flat-file installs, sysprep, or riprep. You can find sysprep on the XP CD, and RIS/risetup can be installed on Server 2003 or 2000 Server.Will using a sysprep.inf answer file work for a syspreped XP image, captured in .wim format, using ImageX.exe? sysprep.inf was being used for ghost images, so may be should work for wim images now.Has anyone tried it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyprids Posted December 29, 2006 Share Posted December 29, 2006 Yes it will work but the sysprep.inf is part of the sysprepped wim image. Using imagex allow you to edit sysprep.inf inside the wim image post./cyprids Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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