![]() |
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
| Welcome to Windows Vista Forums. Our forum is dedicated to helping you find solutions with any problems, errors or issues you are experiencing with Windows Vista. The Vista forum also covers news and updates and has an extensive Windows Vista tutorial section that covers a wide range of tips and tricks. |
| |||||||
![]() |
| |
| | #1 (permalink) |
| | Sysprep - Creating a Build-to-Order (BTO) Windows Image First let me say I have read the sysprep documentation but there is still vagueness that I hope to clarify. We purchased 40 identical machines from Dell preinstalled with OEM Vista Business. My goal is to configure one of these machines with minimal information that ALL users in every department will use (i.e. Office 2007, Faxing Software, Imaging Retrieval, etc.). I would like to create an image of this so that I have an image for an admin person. Then I would like to install software that is necessary for our Accounting department and them image the machine as an Accounting master image. Then go back to the base image and configure the machine for our Safety department and image and so on and so on. WHAT I HAVE DONE SO FAR 1. Configured one of the machines with all the standard software that everyone will use. 2. Ran sysprep GUI and left the default option for "System Cleanup Action" which was "Enter System Out-of-Box Experience (OOBE). I checked the Generalize checkbox and then changed the Shutdown Option to Shut Down. 3. Used WinPE/ImageX to boot the machine and make a WIM. So now I have a standard WIM. Here is where I'm not sure of the BEST way to continue. After doing some reading/research I see that basically what I am trying to do is to create a Build-to-Order Windows Image. So I'm guessing I should have chosen "Enter System Audit Mode" instead of the OOBE option before making the image. Then install the image on a new machine, install the other applications in Audit mode and then do a sysprep choosing OOBE and NOT generalize. If that is correct, since I didn't do this what are my options. I see from the documentation that once I boot up I can select CTRL+SHIFT+F3 at the Windows Welcome screen to enter Audit mode but it's not clear if this is what I should do.. In other places in the sysprep documentation it says NOT to run sysprep on an already deployed machine so I'm confused on my options at this point. So to summarize, since I already did the OOBE/Generalize using sysprep but now would like to add more programs to the image and then re-image what are the proper steps?? Thank you. |
My System Specs![]() |
| | #2 (permalink) |
| | RE: Sysprep - Creating a Build-to-Order (BTO) Windows Image Looks like my original post did in fact go through. Sorry for this duplicate post. |
My System Specs![]() |
![]() |
| Thread Tools | |
| |
Similar Threads | ||||
| Thread | Forum | |||
| Sysprep Clarification - Creating a Build-to-Order (BTO) Windows Im | Vista installation & setup | |||
| Windows Vista problem with local user account after sysprep Image | Vista installation & setup | |||
| Sysprep Progress and Windows Assessment Tool in Sysprep | Vista installation & setup | |||
| Sysprep Image and automating Computer Name | Vista installation & setup | |||
| How to do sysprep to make a image for my users and maintain the count on KMS server ? | Vista General | |||