Archived Forums. Windows 7 Installation, Setup, and Deployment. Sign in to vote. Hello all,. Is there a way to add a custom prefix to a randomly generated computer name using sysprep in Windows 7. Example: prefix-xxxxxxxxx. I know this was easily done with sysprep in Windows XP. But with Vista and 7, not so much. Thanks in advance for any responses. Monday, November 16, PM. Thank you for responding. What we are trying to do is deploy Windows 7 using Ghost the same way we were deploying XP.
We're going to be changing our method of deployment, so this is just a temporary fix for the time being. It allows you to use any prefix specified in the answer file followed by the serial of the PC. I wish this functionality was built in to Microsoft's version of sysprep. Wednesday, November 18, PM. You can quickly update the password in the xml and reimport on your WDS server when you have another bulk deploy operation. Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top.
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Ask Question. Asked 3 years, 8 months ago. Active 2 years, 8 months ago. Viewed 11k times. Any help would be appreciated. Improve this question. Have you tried explicitly providing credentials and using the -Force parameter? The System ID is strong enough to do it or should be and can do all other admins tasks. Main reason is that I have been asked to not store credentials in the XML — user You might try explicit credentials as a test to rule it out as an issue.
The enhanced version of the script which David created is based off K post install tasks. Essentially what it does is uses an sql query based off WMI Serial number information pulled from bios and performs a rename.
It is worth noting that we also do things like, move in AD based upon an asset setting, install drivers based upon an asset setting and install packages based upon an asset setting. If you are joining a domain, whether it be a part of the sysprep config file or a script that runs after it boots up, a reboot will need to occur between the rename and the domain join. I assume this is windows vista or 7 since you mentioned the setupcomplete. One solution I have seen has been to rename, reboot, autologin, and have a script run that then joins the domain and reboots again.
We're using the K, so we have the ability to run items while it is booted to the KBE Windows PE once it has either finished imaging or running the scripted OS install. We actually rewrite the unattend. WSname had an option to do something similar with WinXP's sysprep.
Not sure what boot environment clonezilla uses guessing Linux but if you had the ability to modify files on the local disk after it images but before it reboots, you could probably do something similar.
Comments: The method outlined by David in his enhancements to our script no longer use wsname uses XMLDOM instead and makes it easy to edit the unattend. Rating comments in this legacy AppDeploy message board thread won't reorder them, so that the conversation will remain readable. Answer this question. Posted by:. Don't be a Stranger! Sign up! View more:.
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