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Download Required Utilities

Windows XP and Server 2003 Deployment Tools (Sysprep)

The Windows XP and Server 2003 Deployment Tools are available for free from Microsoft and are required in order for the capture of Windows XP and Server 2003 VCL images to work.  The Sysprep utility is included in the Deployment Tools.  You do not need to download Sysprep for Windows Vista or Server 2008 because it is included in the operating system.

Links to the downloads are below.  You should be able to use the XP SP2 or SP3 version assuming the image you are capturing contains Windows XP Service Pack 3.  We have seen problems with drivers not being installed correctly using the SP3 version of the deployment tools so the SP2 version is recommended.

Download: Windows XP Service Pack 2 Deployment Tools
Download: Windows XP Service Pack 3 Deployment Tools
Download: System Preparation tool for Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 Deployment

The Sysprep files need to be extracted from the file you download which is in Microsoft's .cab format.  It is easiest to extract the files on a Windows computer.  Windows Explorer is able to open the .cab file and then the files contained within can be copied elsewhere.  There are also some Linux utilities which claim to be able to extract .cab files.

Copy the extracted Windows XP Sysprep files to the following directory on the management node after they have been extracted:

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/usr/local/vcl/tools/Windows_XP/Utilities/Sysprep

Copy the extracted Windows Server 2003 Sysprep files to the following directory on the management node after they have been extracted:

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/usr/local/vcl/tools/Windows_Server_2003/Utilities/Sysprep

The Sysprep directory directories should already exist on the management node because it exists they exist the Subversion repository.  There should also already be a sysprep.inf file in the each Sysprep directory.  This is the base Sysprep template file for VCL included in the Subversion repository.

The Sysprep directory directories should contain the following files at a minimum:

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The WSName.exe utility is used to change the name of the computer while it is being installed.  Download the WSName.exe utility:

Download: WSName.exehttp://mystuff.clarke.co.nz/MyStuff/wsname.asp

Save the WSName.exe utility in the following location on the management node:

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