XP images

[Raumarik]

Just wondering if anyone has ever made an XP image that autodetects all hardware on startup? I use to do something similar with 95/98 by deleting some registry keys but at the moment I don't have time to attempt this on XP. I don't want it just autodetecting new hardware, but redetecting it all so I can use it on various systems without having to worry too much about any legacy drivers being loaded or the registry being worthlessly bloated due to old devices.

Any ideas?

 

[marc2003]

you can setup a basic windows install on a pc. then use sysprep which strips the install of all machine specific details. you then shut the pc down and use a disk imaging program such as ghost to make an image ready to deploy on further pcs...

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;302577&sd=tech

or you could use something like nlite to make a custom xp cd with integrated drivers and use that to automatically install windows on new pcs. you can set it up in such a way that it requires no user interaction at all. either way it's going to require a little time and effort on your part to set it up.

http://www.nliteos.com/nlite.html

 

[Raumarik]

Cheers Marc, had been using sysprep a little years ago but to be honest I hadn't really looked at it again. I'm hoping to use ghost and network ghostcasting as we have a site license so having a fairly generic image would help me a LOT!