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Creating an efficient image deployment lab

In our organization we frequently deploy images on new computers and we would like to optimize this process. We are currently using Norton Ghost - Creating a boot floppy with a unique IP for every ...
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Best strategy to deploy distributed application on nodes

this is a general question about deploying and maintaining nodes. I am not a sysadmin. I am considering the following 'naive' strategy: Pick a linux flavor and stick to it. Create an image with my ...
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Root Certificate Not Applied to Imaged Machines

We have a certificate authority / server in our domain. If we install new machines and join them to the domain, they automatically receive the root certificate in their Trusted Root Certification ...
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Custom WIM image to be deployed through SCCM 2007 r2

I have captured a WIM file using imagex. It is windows 7 with a few apps that wouldnt install properly. I now want to deploy this through SCCM but for some reason it keeps failing. When it loads the ...
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Deploying workstations - best practices?

I've been researching on the subject of workstation deployment for a while, and found a ton of info and dozens different methods and tools, but no "best practice" method that doesn't lack at least one ...
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best WDS alternative

I'm looking for some way to capture an image of a PC after I run a sysprep - a lot like WDS but without networking on the PC. So instead of the network part it would be possible to (with an easy ...
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How do I prepare a Windows 7 image for cloning onto 200 unmanaged machines?

I'm deploying about 200 laptops at a school, with a custom Windows 7 image. The supplier can clone the disk of the 'source' machine onto all 200 target machines. This allows for the pre-installation ...
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SCCM Client Image deployment options

At my organization, we are using SCCM to manage OS deployments. Right now, it's rather complicated to get an image out to a client and I'm looking for an easier way. Here is what we have to do right ...
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Sample code for nice GUI for imageX? (to automatically deploy WIM-files using Windows PE)

I currently use this simple batch-file to deploy an image to our workstations: ECHO HALLO y: cd \ diskpart /s diskpartcmds.txt imagex.exe /apply y:\image.wim 1 c: bootsect /nt52 c: (Y: is a mounted ...