Hello

I've been able to get RIS to do almost everything I need to deploy XP to our desktops, but two final questions remain...

I'd like RIS to ask me what to name the computer, instead of assigning a computer name to it. I've been able to get this done through sysprep, but that's the only reason I would run sysprep after RIS finishes its install.

The second issue... sysprep (and other commands) only run once I've logged in once. I'd like to have a "runonce" that doesn't require a user being logged in, but depends on the network device to be and the computer joined to the domain.

Thanks in advance!

Hi timatlee,

Can you paste the details of you 'choice.osc' file?

You can find it: risserver\reminst\OSChooser\English

have you tried editing your sif file so that the UserData section has COMPUTERNAME remmed out (put a semicolon infront to REM it out)

[UserData]

[UserData]

;FullName = "%USERFIRSTNAME% %USERLASTNAME%"

Fullname = something

OrgName = "%ORGNAME%"

ComputerName = %MACHINENAME%

change it to

[code][UserData]

[UserData]

;FullName = "%USERFIRSTNAME% %USERLASTNAME%"

Fullname = something

OrgName = "%ORGNAME%"

;ComputerName = %MACHINENAME%

for your second problem you need the following in your sif file (plus you may need another file, like a batch file to run other commands/apps via guirunonce)

[GuiUnattended]
OemSkipWelcome = 1
OemSkipRegional = 1
TimeZone = %TIMEZONE%
AdminPassword = "*"
AutoLogon=Yes
;AutoLogonCount=1
; set number of autologins above by changing the number and removing the rem



[GuiRunOnce]
"C:\drivers\system\Setup\install.bat"

cheers

anyweb

Edited July 31, 200719 yr by anyweb