Dustin

Well my further question, is using the MDT the proper way to inject drivers into the Windows XP image? Also, I see that some Dell models have a .cab that include all drivers needed for that model. I don't see any of the models that I use on their site. Is there a place I can go to download the cab files for other models?

I have been using the Microsoft Deployment Workbench to deploy images via CD. I found out now that the WDS serveices needed to be setup in order for PXE to work. Does WDS take the place of the MDW, as far as adding drivers and updates to an image? This stuff is extremely complicated, and I feel very lost. We have done the following: Setup Microsoft Deployment Toolkit with a distribution share. Created the light touch PE CD Capturing: Installed a base Windows XP on all different models of our computers, and extracted the drivers. Added the drivers to the Desktop Workbench captured the sysprepped image via command line using imagex (because we removed the "capture image" from the wizard.hta on the deployment disk) Added the image to the desktop workbench Deploying: Booted to CD Went through the wizard Let sysprep do its magic At this point, sometimes it will boot, sometimes it will not. (see below) Sometimes we are still experiencing "Inaccessible boot device" or "unmountable boot volume" errors. We have also experienced corrupt registries, and systems that get caught in a complete reboot loop. While other times (before and after these problem systems, the image will deploy to the same model of system without a problem.) What are we doing incorrectly? Today I just setup the Windows Deployment Services per the guides provided, and I haven't had an opportunity to test deploying an image, but I wasn't sure how I could just take the image, and it be generic enough with the drivers inserted, etc. without first using the Desktop Workbench. I believe I have a gross misunderstanding of how all these tools work together to manage and deploy systems. Please help! Thanks in advance, Dustin