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Upgrading from Windows 2000 Professional SP4 to Windows XP SP2 using SMS OSD

April 17th, 2007 Vineet Posted in SMS 2003 1 Comment »

This Post describes the configuration required to upgrade the computer running Windows 2000 Professional Service Pack 4 to Windows XP SP2 using SMS OSD. User state will be captured and restored in this scenario. When you will run the OS Deployment package on a computer with State Capture and State restore phases configured, it uses local disk to store the captured data. Read the rest of this entry »



Installing OS Images using System Management Server 2003 OS Deployment Feature Pack (Part -3)

April 5th, 2007 Vineet Posted in SMS 2003 No Comments »

In the Part-2 of this post we have discussed about how to create an OS deployment package, program and distribution point. In this part we will see how to configure Remote Installation Services (RIS) to deploy OS Images. Read the rest of this entry »



Installing OS Images using System Management Server 2003 OS Deployment Feature Pack (Part -2)

April 4th, 2007 Vineet Posted in SMS 2003 2 Comments »

In the Part-1 of this post we discussed about how to capture master image from reference computer. In this part we will see how to create and configure the image package, program and distribution point for the image package. Read the rest of this entry »



Installing OS Images using System Management Server 2003 OS Deployment Feature Pack (Part -1)

April 2nd, 2007 Vineet Posted in SMS 2003 1 Comment »

This post describes the steps to use System Management Server 2003 (SMS) Operating System Deployment (OSD) feature pack to deploy OS images on a new computer. In this scenario a preconfigured OS image will be deployed to a computer system that has no operating system installed. In this three part post we will configure SMS image package and Remote Installation Services (RIS) to deliver SMS OS Images. We will also configure SMS OSD program to create multiple partitions and to install security patches after the installation is completed. In the first part of this post we will capture the image of a reference computer. This post assumes that you already have OSD feature pack installed on SMS server. Read the rest of this entry »