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Deploying Win 2k Machines

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by ndhiman

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I am installing 1 Win 2k server and 20 Win 2k Prof. All the win 2k Prof machines will have the same hardware and same Sofware on it. I have used Ghost Multicasting before BUT Is there any other way to do this without Ghost ? Or is Ghost the preferedMethod ?

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by matt_s

I would prefer ghost. Once you figure out how to work the console, you'll love it.

Otherwise you can look into RIS(Remote Installation Service) packaged with 2k server. However, if ghost is giving you problems, this won't be any easier.

by yoram

If you are comfortable with GHost it is your best answer. You *can* do everything with RIS but everything will be more complicated. The products that are competing with GHost are PowerQuest Deployment solution and Altiris Deployment Server, and someothers. Make certain that you enable whichever one you choose to change SIDs or alternatively, which is the way I use to do it, prepare your reference workstation (the model) and then run sysprep with an answer file on it before you take the image. This way when you prepare the clones, you can start them up and only need to put in the computer name (or not even that, depends on your network naming plan).

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