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Vic - 27 Apr 2006 19:26 GMT

I'm using sysprep on win xp sp2 machines to setup before a ghost deployment.
Is there a way to encrypt the password used to join the domain within the
.inf file?

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Filo - 28 Apr 2006 15:56 GMT

There is a sysprep inf file setting called EncryptedAdminPassword that you
can use to encrypt the admin password. Search that word at microsoft.com for
more info if you need it.

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> I'm using sysprep on win xp sp2 machines to setup before a ghost deployment.
> Is there a way to encrypt the password used to join the domain within the
> .inf file?

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Vic - 28 Apr 2006 16:06 GMT

Thanks for the response, but that's not what I'm looking for. I know I could
encrypt the local admin password in the inf file, but I'm looking to encrypt
the password for the user account I'm using to join the computers to the
domain.

> There is a sysprep inf file setting called EncryptedAdminPassword that you
> can use to encrypt the admin password. Search that word at microsoft.com for
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> > Is there a way to encrypt the password used to join the domain within the
> > .inf file?

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Hunter01 - 28 Apr 2006 19:37 GMT

One option is to invest in something like Altiris (god's gift to
deployment) or Zenworks (if you're a masochist) and let that do the job
for you when it comes to adding to the domain and post image software
deployment and all that other fun stuff, and just use sysprep for what
it was designed for, making one image fit multiple hardware types.

> Thanks for the response, but that's not what I'm looking for. I know I could
> encrypt the local admin password in the inf file, but I'm looking to encrypt
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>>> Is there a way to encrypt the password used to join the domain within the
>>> .inf file?

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Vic - 28 Apr 2006 20:37 GMT

Hate to tell you, but sysprep doesn't allow you to make a hardware
independent image for multiple hardware platforms.

But thanks for your two cents!

> One option is to invest in something like Altiris (god's gift to
> deployment) or Zenworks (if you're a masochist) and let that do the job
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> >>> Is there a way to encrypt the password used to join the domain within the
> >>> .inf file?

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Hunter01 - 29 Apr 2006 02:51 GMT

> Hate to tell you, but sysprep doesn't allow you to make a hardware
> independent image for multiple hardware platforms.

Hahahaha, Funny, works for us, in fact that's about the only reason
you'd waste your time using it, considering it would be damn ridiculous
to use it merely to change the SID when there are infinitely better
options around for this. Perhaps you're not using it to it's full
capability, or just don't know it's full capabilities. Because we
currently have a single image that works across two varieties of Ipex, 4
varieties of HP, Compaq Evos (but I spose you should really call that a
5th variety of HP these days), 4 varieties of CDM (generic PC's based on
various Intel motherboards) and a number of various laptop models (Dell,
HP, Ipex).

> But thanks for your two cents!

No problems, another 2 cents for you, perhaps you should play with
Sysprep a bit more, if you're still using individual images for
different hardware platforms then you've got a lot more work updating
when it comes time to update your image (or in your case, images).

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