Morketh
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Alright I see your sysprep.inf file here and I see mine. Mine is pretty much the default but what I want it to do is when the computer restarts after pulling that image down.. I do not want to have to join the domain and all of those options where you have to keep clicking next. The only thing I want to have to do is name the computer.
I am going to do some more reading here and see if I cannot figure this out but do you have a full how-to on how to do this, I was unable to find one?
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It worked!!! Got the volume license xp sp3 cd and an actual vista cd to get the boot.wim file from and the boot.wim file from the oem version was actually different when i looked at it in imagex!!
Now i need to learn how to create an answer file so they dont have to join the domain and all that jazz after imaging.
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Okay I was able to get it down to where I only have 1 image showing but my problem is that once I actually deploy them image when the computer goes to boot back up after imaging I receive the windows boot manager screen with a \boot\bcd file error 0xc000000f "an error occurred while attempting to read the boot configuration data"
I have removed WDS 3 times and reinstalled and followed the how-to STEP BY STEP!!! 3 times and still I receive this error everytime after I deploy the image and the computer goes to boot back up.
Any help with how to fix this? What is wrong with my image?
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Hi AnyWeb, thanks for this excellent Guide!
I followed your guide step by step, then I had to inject some drivers to an image, all of that works finally.
It's a bit confusing to me what image to use to make a custom boot.wim, and how to add it in WDS. But ok, after 2 days I found it.
But now there's something bothering me:
When I look in the boot images, I see 2 deployment images ... This I don't understand ...
Could you tell me which is the correct one to use? And can I delete the other one?? (See attached JPG)
You'll see "WDS-Custom500B Deployment" twice, with 2 different dates, while I made only 1 Deployment image on 23/07 ...
I'm a bit stumped here ... dunno which image to use ...
Could you help me please?
Many thanks!!
I have this same problem with having the 2 boot images. I followed all of his instructions step by step except for doing the sysprep as he does not have a guide for sysprepping xp. I used this guide for sysprepping XP so I am not sure how he did not get duplicate boot images.
When you right click those boot images and look at properties... the one that is the correct date that I did this on is using the file name "Windows XP Capture.wim"
The one that is created on 5/9/2008 is using "boot.wim" so that is the one that I used since it was boot.wim that I pulled from the Vista Business 32bit SP1 cd.
Windows XP Capture.wim is something I did earlier in his step by step guide.
Not sure why I have 2 either..
When I try to image my computer though I get a Boot/BCD error anyways so does not look like it works for me
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How are you capturing the WIM ? are you using WINPE boot (imagex ) or booting from the CD to capture image ?
The usual Procedure is : build Referece computer by Installing WinXP and other components as required and do the cusmisations.
Join to work Group if it is in Domain.
Create a folder called sysprep in C:\Drive and place sysprep files along with the inf(unattended) file which you get from the WinXP installation Media.
There is a sample Sysprep.inf posted by Johan Arwidmark in Myitforum http://www.myitforum.com/articles/15/view.asp?id=8997 in which you can add relevent drivers and other informationto support for all HAL's.
some more information is given here
I am using this tutorial on windows-noob to capture the image but first I must sysprep my machine that has xp on it. I am following the tutorial here to sysprep xp, just hope this is the correct way. I captured the image earlier after following a different tutorial and it worked but I was unable to pull down the image, I got the boot/bcd error. So hoping that following the windows noob tutorial will work out better for me but I am using the same sysprep tutorial. Just want to make sure it is the correct way to go about this.
You said to join it to a workgroup if it is in a domain? Why not join it to the domain if it is in a domain?
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Do you have a HOW-TO for sysprepping an XP SP3 machine? Currently I am using this guide and after completely going through everything I get the boot/bcd error when trying to pull the image down. I am now following the step by step guide on this website in order to capture and pull an XP image down with Server 2008 WDS but I cannot find a guide for sysprep on XP, only Vista.
SYSPREP.INF in XP
in unattended installs
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Okay I have it fully automated now here is my last question..
to get it to join the correct OU here is what I read
MachineObjectOU="OU=Desktops,OU=Machines,DC=Domain,DC=local"
Now from what I understand of that here is what I put
MachineObjectOU="OU=PATHFINDER,OU=Computers,DC=pathfinder.com,DC=local"
Here is what my AD tree looks like:
ADUC
<Saved Queries
<pathfinder.com
<<administrators and admingroups
<<Builtin
<<Computers
<<Domain Controllers
<<PATHFINDER
<<<Computers
<<<Printers
<<<Servers
<<<Users and Groups
I want it to put the new computers in the Computers OU under PATHFINDER. Is what I typed going to do that?