Ghosting laptops

westbourne · 25-05-2007, 09:51 PM

Just finished creating an image for the laptops we have.

Anyone got any tips on if I should just do a straight image or shall I sysprep & use unattend function?

Halfmad · 26-05-2007, 12:58 AM

Straight image? always a bad idea.

Always sysprep with some details in it to at least get it to do most of the stuff on it's own.

Gambit · 26-05-2007, 03:10 AM

To each their own. I do not like sysprep as I find it requires too many unnecessary steps. All my images are sealed with using newsid. It is so much faster.

contink · 26-05-2007, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Gambit

To each their own. I do not like sysprep as I find it requires too many unnecessary steps. All my images are sealed with using newsid. It is so much faster.

Must admit this is my approach too... NewSID works a treat and avoids all the problems with sysprep.

_Bat_ · 26-05-2007, 11:28 AM

We use sysprep... the only time we haven't used it was when creating an image for PCs we were giving away to staff. It was unnecessary in that case. Never used newsid before.

Norphy · 26-05-2007, 11:50 AM

If you're using the Ghost Solution Suite, you can use the console to invoke Ghostwalker which will do similar. That's what I used to do.

Heebeejeebee · 27-05-2007, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by contink

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gambit

To each their own. I do not like sysprep as I find it requires too many unnecessary steps. All my images are sealed with using newsid. It is so much faster.

Must admit this is my approach too... NewSID works a treat and avoids all the problems with sysprep.

Agreed.

HBJB

srochford · 28-05-2007, 11:06 AM

What problems with sysprep?

I know newsid is faster (because all it does is change the SID) but sysprep makes it easier to cope with diverse hardware (and this slows it down a bit because of the mini-setup)

Geoff · 28-05-2007, 02:50 PM

Also I found the new version of sysprep correctly deals with WSUS ids.

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25-05-2007, 09:51 PM	#1
westbourne Join Date: May 2007 Location: Ipswich Posts: 7 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Rep Power: 0	Ghosting laptops Just finished creating an image for the laptops we have. Anyone got any tips on if I should just do a straight image or shall I sysprep & use unattend function?

26-05-2007, 12:58 AM	#2
Halfmad Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Central Scotland Posts: 717 Thanks: 5 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Rep Power: 0	Re: Ghosting laptops Straight image? always a bad idea. Always sysprep with some details in it to at least get it to do most of the stuff on it's own.

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Gambit Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 34 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Rep Power: 0	Re: Ghosting laptops To each their own. I do not like sysprep as I find it requires too many unnecessary steps. All my images are sealed with using newsid. It is so much faster.

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_Bat_ Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,111 Thanks: 0 Thanked 5 Times in 2 Posts Rep Power: 8	Re: Ghosting laptops We use sysprep... the only time we haven't used it was when creating an image for PCs we were giving away to staff. It was unnecessary in that case. Never used newsid before.

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Norphy Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Dunstable Posts: 1,032 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Rep Power: 0	Re: Ghosting laptops If you're using the Ghost Solution Suite, you can use the console to invoke Ghostwalker which will do similar. That's what I used to do.

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srochford Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: London Posts: 1,100 Thanks: 1 Thanked 113 Times in 98 Posts Rep Power: 29	Re: Ghosting laptops What problems with sysprep? I know newsid is faster (because all it does is change the SID) but sysprep makes it easier to cope with diverse hardware (and this slows it down a bit because of the mini-setup)

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Geoff Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Fylde, Lancs, UK. Posts: 9,839 Thanks: 41 Thanked 217 Times in 198 Posts Blog Entries: 1 Rep Power: 64	Re: Ghosting laptops Also I found the new version of sysprep correctly deals with WSUS ids.

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