Re: Unattended XP deployment with WDS?

Joris,

I'm having the same problem with the XML part of the config, if you
figure this out please let me know.

as for sysprep this is how i set it up. I copied the sysprep folder
onto the c: drive on the computer to be imaged. i ran the setupmgr.exe
and configured a sysprep.inf file. choose sysprep setup and fully
automated. When you get to the product key it's best to use a volume
license key(which means you needed to install windows from a volume
licenses windows cd or other media) and for the computer name i enter
"%machinename%" which takes the name from AD when you prestaged the PC
using the GUID. the administrator password i left black because i
configure this ahead of time when i staged the PC. I configured the
domain aspect with a generic account that has permission to join the
domain, it's okay to use do this because one of the things sysprep does
it remove the sysprep file after it runs, therefore the admin passwont
wont be in a file somewhere on the pc for the user to find later.

at the end of the wizard it creates a file in the same folder as
sysprep.exe. run sysprep, reboot, capture the image and deploy it.

please let me know if you figure out the first part of auto
deployment.

Thanks,

Sean