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by klh456

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I am preparing a laptop for imaging. I have been told there is a utility that will remove all machine specific drivers before an image is done. Is the utility part of sysprep or another utility.

Thanks for any help.

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by brooky

I believe you are looking for RIS. Remote Installation Server. Its an addon service to the server OS. It can be difficult to find documentation but it is on the Microsoft site. It is much more involved than sysprep but it will give you the ability to install the image without being concerned with software drivers. Good Luck!

by pgm554

Sysprep removes all security identifiers(SID) and machine names (including ip addresses). You would run this to get a generic image.After you copy down(restore an image) from Ghost or whatever , the machine when it starts asks you name it, join a domain, etc. You can do this with an answer file.
With RIS , you must have active directory up and running.

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