Q: This is a dumbed-down version of the situation and ask:
I, five identical computers I will set up. My plan is to set up a Ghost and that setup on the stations of the four other computers.
My question is:
What all settings in Windows XP Pro I need to change / to set it so that the computers do not resemble the same computer a) to another (network conflicts) and b) to other people through the network (confusion)?
(BTW, Im not worried about IP conflicts can I make them unique assigned when the computers joining the network.)
Like I said, this is a dumbed-down versions of the situation and ask, so I can have more detailed information provide as needed.
Thank you very much for your assistance.
guy
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Re:Ghost Walker only helps you if you are in a workgroup.
If you're machines are going to be in a domain/AD, you should Ghost them *before* joining it. Then, once each machine get's joined to the domain after they are ghosted, the Domain prefix that gets generated is unique anways and Ghost Walker is not needed.
Sysprep is highly recommended, especially for XP.
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Re:I can describe what I do when it involves peer to peer Network.
I have one computer with two Mobile Racks (about $20 each).
This computer can boot from Floppy CD and either of the HD, and has Acronis True image 9 installed.
I put the hard drive to be copied as secondary Drive and make a True Image file of the Drive.
I put the new hard drives (one at the time) and ?Ghost? to True Image to them.
The New hard Drive goes to the New Computer.
Boot, run this free util. http://www.sysinternals.com/utilities/newsid.html it lets you change the name and its create a new Sys ID. Reboot, Done.
No Sysprep or any other special process. Depending on the size of the drive it is a fast clean process.
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P.S. Depending on your original OS Lic., you might need to take care of WinXP activation.
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Re:Originally posted by: guy
do the master as administrator, don't add the user. add users after ghosting
I thought about that, but since I want all the logins to be identical, I was hoping there was a way to set up one and change the name somehow after ghosting.
(I am talking about 6 machines.)
guy
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Re:btw, if this is "dumbed down" and we are talking more then 5 machines (i.e. several hundred) you might look at an enterprise imaging product. I'm not to fond of the ghost enterprise stuff, but we use Altiris Deployment solution in house here, and it works great.
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Re:do the master as administrator, don't add the user. add users after ghosting
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Re:Bump.
guy
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Re:OK, I have a related problem. I have set up one computer with a login of, say, "Joe". When installing all the programs, they are "registered" to "Joe". If I Ghost the HD and I want the login to be "Jane", how do I get rid of Joe from Windows entirely, including from the program registrations?
(BTW, I got the networking issue licked (I hope)).
guy
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Re:Originally posted by: guy
Originally posted by: guy
Originally posted by: guy
After loading the image onto your additional machines (but before booting them for the first time) run ghstwalk.exe. It will allow you to rename the machine and generate a new SID (and propagate those changes throughout the registry, etc) to avoid conflicts.
Um, that's one of the main functions of Sysprep.
Correct, but if he isn't familiar with Sysprep, it is much easier to use ghstwalk.
Ah, I see what you were trying to say. Gotcha.
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Re:Originally posted by: guy
Originally posted by: guy
Originally posted by: guy
After loading the image onto your additional machines (but before booting them for the first time) run ghstwalk.exe. It will allow you to rename the machine and generate a new SID (and propagate those changes throughout the registry, etc) to avoid conflicts.
Um, that's one of the main functions of Sysprep.
Correct, but if he isn't familiar with Sysprep, it is much easier to use ghstwalk.
I am not familiar with either, so I will take a look at both.
Thanks for the suggestions. I am glad there are programs out there to do what I need.
guy
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Re:Originally posted by: guy
Originally posted by: guy
After loading the image onto your additional machines (but before booting them for the first time) run ghstwalk.exe. It will allow you to rename the machine and generate a new SID (and propagate those changes throughout the registry, etc) to avoid conflicts.
Um, that's one of the main functions of Sysprep.
Correct, but if he isn't familiar with Sysprep, it is much easier to use ghstwalk.
Re:Originally posted by: guy
After loading the image onto your additional machines (but before booting them for the first time) run ghstwalk.exe. It will allow you to rename the machine and generate a new SID (and propagate those changes throughout the registry, etc) to avoid conflicts.
Um, that's one of the main functions of Sysprep.
Re:Originally posted by: guy
Originally posted by: guy
Originally posted by: guy
After loading the image onto your additional machines (but before booting them for the first time) run ghstwalk.exe. It will allow you to rename the machine and generate a new SID (and propagate those changes throughout the registry, etc) to avoid conflicts.
I assume that is a program on the Ghost (or in this case, Norton SystemWorks) disk?
guy
Yes, it ships with Ghost.
Great. I will give it a look.
guy
Re:Originally posted by: guy
Originally posted by: guy
After loading the image onto your additional machines (but before booting them for the first time) run ghstwalk.exe. It will allow you to rename the machine and generate a new SID (and propagate those changes throughout the registry, etc) to avoid conflicts.
I assume that is a program on the Ghost (or in this case, Norton SystemWorks) disk?
guy
Yes, it ships with Ghost.
Re:Originally posted by: guy
After loading the image onto your additional machines (but before booting them for the first time) run ghstwalk.exe. It will allow you to rename the machine and generate a new SID (and propagate those changes throughout the registry, etc) to avoid conflicts.
I assume that is a program on the Ghost (or in this case, Norton SystemWorks) disk?
guy
Re:After loading the image onto your additional machines (but before booting them for the first time) run ghstwalk.exe. It will allow you to rename the machine and generate a new SID (and propagate those changes throughout the registry, etc) to avoid conflicts.
Re:Originally posted by: guy18
Sysprep prepares the computer before you use Ghost. You use them together, they aren't competitors. Sysprep works to remove all of the identifying features of the OS (computer name, IP, license key, admin password, so on).
I did not realize that. Then Sysprep does sound like something I will try prior to Ghosting the original drive.
Thanks!
guy
Re:Sysprep prepares the computer before you use Ghost. You use them together, they aren't competitors. Sysprep works to remove all of the identifying features of the OS (computer name, IP, license key, admin password, so on).
Re:Originally posted by: guy18
It's been a while since I've done this but why not just use Sysprep (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;302577)?
I will look into using Sysprep instead of Ghost, as that seems to create identical computers, but I am not sure that answers my question regarding networking settings.
Thanks.
guy
Re:It's been a while since I've done this but why not just use Sysprep (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;302577)?
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