[wds] Naming problems with WDS

[internetuser]

Hi,

 

I am confused, back after Christmas and need to get a move on...

 

I have got my 2008 R2 WDS server working.

 

I can PXE boot, and either capture or create images to clients.

 

I have a image that when deployed, will join the domain, and place the machine in the correct OU via the WDS Properties and the WDS Unattended.xml

 

Happy Days BUT ! !

 

The problem is the name ! It creates a generic name when it joins the domain, which is fine for a few machines, but I have 1300 clients and we like to be able to audit them with ease, i.e. how many is in which location etc.

 

What I would like is the machine to prompt for a name on the client at some stage when getting deployed ?

 

Would I be better looking at using MDT along side this ?

 

Computers get moved frequently so using the prestaged option is not really workable.

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Here is a thread where this issue has been raised before:

 

Link: http://www.edugeek.net/forums/windows-7/80202-windows-7-wds.html

 

The post by @Michael at the end of the thread:

 

Link: http://www.edugeek.net/forums/windows-7/80202-windows-7-wds.html#post717686

 

might be helpful to you? [Refers to another thread created by him]

[internetuser]

cheers, will check it out