sysprep.inf and Win2k DNS issue??

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Andres

Hello All,

I work for a community college and along with my partner we deploy
300+ Win2k Pro workstations on the computer labs around campus.

Recently the system administrator said he worked close to six hours to
track down an issue on the DNS server. The administrator said that the
sysprep.inf file we used caused the server to shut down and file
replication to stop.

To give a brief background of how we deploy images:
* We install all neccesary programs and patches on one machine
* We add the sysprep folder wih inf file to the root directory (C:\)
and run sysprep
* We then move that image to our ghost server and multicast the image
out.

I do not have that much access to the server, but has anyone else had
a simliar problem of the sysprep.inf causing the DNS server to crash?
Below is the inf file that I use.

Thanks,
Andres


[Unattended]
OemSkipEula = Yes

[GuiUnattended]
OemSkipWelcome = 1
OemSkipRegional = 1
TimeZone = 004
AdminPassword = *****
AutoLogonAccountCreation = No

[UserData]
FullName = "Computer Applications"
OrgName = "College"
ProductID=*****-*****-*****-*****-*****

[Networking]
InstallDefaultComponents = Yes

[Identification]
JoinDomain = college.edu
DomainAdmin = admin
DomainAdminPassword = ******
 
I can't see how this caused any problems at all, maybe the server guy was
blowing smoke.

If you just deployed the workstations, then the sysprep process has nothing
at all to do with DNS and the presence of the sysprep.inf on the server has
nothing to do with a DNS issue.

Maybe you could ask the server guy for a more detailed explanation.
 
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