Sysprep tool

[cyklop0]

Does any one using sysprep to do an image on the machine? I'm using sysprep to reghost a machine. But when I reghost it on a Different computer it will have the same Computer name. Is there a command or something to change it in the process of ghosting the image onto a different computer?

thank you
tony

 

[pbxman]

You can either rename it after the imaging, or change the settings in your answer files to the pc name you want to use. Please let Tek-Tips members know their posts were helpful. Thanks!

Pbxman
Systems Administrator

 

[cyklop0]

I know I can do that. But i want it to change while the imaging take place. If you use norton ghost then you can use ghostwalk to do that.

 

[a073235]

The line...

ComputerName = "8"

...added to SysPrep.inf will generate a random Computer Name for each system - is this what you want? Heath
Principal Systems Engineer
Desktop and Mobile Platforms

 

[cyklop0]

well I'm not try to generate anything random. I need to rename all of the computer that will be ghosted. As you know you can't have the computer name the same for every machine. What am I trying to do is ghost the image on to the new computer and before connect to the network I can change the computer name. that's all I want to do

 

[a073235]

Ok then - if you leave the "ComputerName" out of SysPrep.inf it will stop and prompt you for a new name as the image is applied to each different machine.

This is already a feature of SysPrep - have you tried it and had a problem...? Heath
Principal Systems Engineer
Desktop and Mobile Platforms

 

[cyklop0]

well if you leave out the computer the name it's won't move on to complete the sysprep. So no matter what i have to put in a computer name for it to be able to finish the sysprep. I try so many thing but it doesn't work... I was thinking of some type of command to modified it or change something in the ini thing