Computer Hope
Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows XP => Topic started by: davidarel on January 20, 2009, 02:32:00 PM
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My job requires me to image and deploy several different generations of Dell laptops and desktops (all lattitude and optiplex). All systems are XP Pro with SP3 installed. I have modified the answer file to work much better than it was but there are still some driver issues that I can't seem to work out. For example, the dell wireless drivers are installed when windows is starting for the first time but the actual application isn't intalled. This is because I followed the instructions from another source so I removed everything except for the .inf and .cat files for all the hardware. What I would like to do is get rid of the sysprep driver installation and use a runonce command to really install all the drivers, i.e. wireless, audio, video. How can I write a batch file to prompt the user to enter the model and then proceed to execute the install files (.exe)? Here is a copy of the code I have so far:
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Do a search for unattended installs and network deployment...Tons of reading but the solutions reside there.
nLite may also be a solution as well.