Please help with Sysprep for XP

[vandy2000]

I am trying to perpare an image to be ghosted on Windows XP for my work and running into problem having to re-keying the CD key number and re-registering again each time that I applied the image to a new workstation. I have the inf file including the corporate edition CD key created using setup manager. I have use sysprep for W2K successfully before and this is my first time with XP. Please help! What am I doing wrong or left out? Thanks in advance.

 

[cleverhandle]

It's been a while since I used sysprep on XP, but I don't remember any particularly tricky points. IIRC, you get a choice of setup types - "full setup" like regular XP setup or "mini-setup" for the short version. I think you need the second option to do an unattended install. Or possibly the inf file is not in the right place or you mistyped somewhere?

Anyway, did you read MS's sysprep page here? That worked for me.

edit: fixed link

 

[vandy2000]

Thanks, Cleverhandle for your response and yes, I read the MS sysprep page. All working OK xcept don't want to having to re-keying the cd key all over again when the image is loaded onto the new workstation. I know it is possible because I have seen it done before. Anybody else?

 

[nod218]

Add these lines to the sysprep.inf file. I think the Product key must be a valid cooperate key.

[userdata]
fullname="YOURUSER"
Orgname="YOURCOMPANY"
ProductKey= "XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX"

 

[vandy2000]

nod218, I do have all that info in the userdata section. Anybody?

 

[spyordie007]

do:
sysprep -mini

if you just do "sysprep" than it wont use the inf

-Spy