what would happen if i dont use sysprep when deploying our images?
Brian

After building my RIS image and Riprep'n it to the RIS server i try to drop it onto my machine, it all drops ok but Citrix wont connect for clients. After looking into it i found that USERS didnt have write access to
\Registry\Machine\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSLicensing\HardwareI
But ...

Hi ... Can anyone explain as to why in the devise manager
under "Processor" My Processor is shown twice ? TIA

I have a workgroup network at work running 6 workstation running 4 ME and 2 XP and I recently had to re install XP pro on the server machine and I downloaded SP2 and now my network is horrible slow as well as the workstations too. Could this had been due to SP2. Before the crash ...

I am looking for better ways to deploy XP SP2 into production.  I came across
an article that speaks about editing the file update.inf for SP2 deployment.  
I am having a hard time locating any in depth information on how this file is
constructed and can be used. Any info would be ...

I am currently getting a four-note, full orchestra, logon sound when I log in
to Windows XP Professional, even though I have Logon, Logoff, Start, and
Shutdown sounds set to "none" in the control panel.  The particular sound
that plays does not correspond to any of the wave files ...

The dvd burner drive does not open. Help

I've suddenly lost all radiobuttons in all programs AND lost the text that
used to appear next to the program icons in my start-up menu. If there's a
known fix for this, someone please tell me.
Otherwise, I'm trying to repair my installation but get a message that,

XP Pro would not boot. Reinstalled onto D drive, but could not access files
on C drive and XP would not recognize any devices. Took laptop to shop had
files on C drive backed up to CDs and had them reinstall XP Pro and drivers.
For first few boots, XP started with no problems. ...

I'm installing XP on a new HD in a workstation that has data we want to save
from the existing C: and D: drives. I had hoped to install XP on the new
drive, and then once up and running copy over the files from the previous
drives and then reformat them for use as backup storage. ...

How can I change the sysprep.ini file after I load an ghost image.    I
recently got a new system that has SATA hard drives, but none of my sysprep
images have the proper mass storage drivers.  
What I want to do is load the ghost image and then change the sysprep.ini

I recently deleted WinXPSP2 due to some type of virus or spyware. When to
reinstall a fresh copy it works fine until it starts installing the
networking components. My computer halts about halfway through installing
network components and will not continue. I don't get any error ...

Is it possible to automate computer naming using Sysprep? I know that during
an unattended installation, you can use a .udb file to assign computer
names. Is there a way this can be done using a Sysprep answer file? I have
not found out how to do this so far. When using Setup ...

With the firewall enabled, new messages do not show up in the inbox until you
click on another folder, then they appear.
Are there firewall settings you can change to fix this?

After a hard drive failure, I'm trying to reinstall WinXP Home.  The drive
formats fine.  When the Windows install begins copying files to the hard
drive, it stops halfway through with the message,
"Setup cannot copy the file: dx7ub.dll