Reference for myself (and anyone else that’s interested) – here’s my unattend.xml file for installing Windows XP SP2 completely unattended. Using this in conjunction with a sysprep.inf file, you can achieve a completely unattended XP install using Windows Deployment Services.
In my last post I went about installing a Windows Deployment Services server and creating a couple of simplistic boot images, ready to perform automated deployment of Windows clients. Now I’m ready to start doing something useful with my new server – let’s get started!
Well I’ve been using Microsoft’s Windows Vista for a little while now and the other day we took delivery of our first Vista PC’s. Coupled with the release of Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2, this gave me the perfect opportunity to take a look at one of the more interesting parts of this service pack, Windows Deployment Services.