MDT 2008 and Windows XP SP3

Lasse

Hi

I am trying to deploy Windows XP SP3 through Microsoft Deployment 2008. I
have done a installation of Windows XP, updated it and resealed it with
sysprep (With the latest sysprep version for XP SP3) and then captured it
through PXE.
Now I would like to deploy it but first I would like to create an answer
file so that the computers are added to our domain, but I am having trouble
figuring out how to create the answer file. When I select the image in
Windows Deployment Services and want to add the answer file I can see it has
to be a .XML file, but isn't that only for Vista?
I tried adding my captured WIM file to the System Image Manager but it
return an error and closes the program but again isn't it only for Vista?

So to make a long story short, how do I create an answer file for Windows XP
so it can be used with WDS and my WIM image?

Looking forward to your solutions :-)

/Lasse

Ian Fraser

You don't need to make any changes to the WDS setup apart from add your lite
touch boot wim created from MDT. When you say captured through PXE, what do
you mean?

For creating your answer file, just do this when you select the task
sequence, you have the option of making both sysprep.inf and unattend.txt
changes. But you will need to do these for your task sequence that builds
your reference image prior to capture with XP as you can't inject into an XP
WIM after its been captured.

Hope that helps

Ian

"Lasse" wrote:

> Hi
>
> I am trying to deploy Windows XP SP3 through Microsoft Deployment 2008. I
> have done a installation of Windows XP, updated it and resealed it with
> sysprep (With the latest sysprep version for XP SP3) and then captured it
> through PXE.
> Now I would like to deploy it but first I would like to create an answer
> file so that the computers are added to our domain, but I am having trouble
> figuring out how to create the answer file. When I select the image in
> Windows Deployment Services and want to add the answer file I can see it has
> to be a .XML file, but isn't that only for Vista?
> I tried adding my captured WIM file to the System Image Manager but it
> return an error and closes the program but again isn't it only for Vista?
>
> So to make a long story short, how do I create an answer file for Windows XP
> so it can be used with WDS and my WIM image?
>
> Looking forward to your solutions :-)
>
> /Lasse