Frenchy

Delete on new PC/Lpatop reformat the hard drive factory configurations and install their own image?

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aximbigfan

i have the ability to restore computers from an image, but i dobnt.


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psionandy

we have a company image which we can install, but our reseller images the machines for us and delivers them ready configured.

Dell also offered to do that for us, but they didn't get the contract

kulnet

Edit: Nevermind. I didn't understand the question apparently. Sorry.

Howard2k

Yep. We buy Dell laptops they are re-imaged before they are deployed to us.

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Alastair

Yep we also buy Dell and our IT re-images them

radimus

I build the image for our company.


One image to rule them all (except the damn tablets...)

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Frenchy

Originally Posted by radimus

I build the image for our company. One image to rule them all (except the damn tablets...)

Which damn tablet are you using. I have my share of grief with some too.

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radimus

HP TC4400.

Damn thing comes with a non-corporate XP, when I wipe it to install our corporate tablet software, it BSODs in DOS mode.

There are probably a bunch of OEM mass storage drivers and such that I have to manually include

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benots4

We use Dell then delete and restore our own image. Even had to get special permission (licience) from Microsoft.

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stevenator65

Dude, I just got a Dell! An Inspiron 1505 w/Vista home premium and the company doesn't care what I do. Schweeet!

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Originally Posted by radimus

HP TC4400. Damn thing comes with a non-corporate XP, when I wipe it to install our corporate tablet software, it BSODs in DOS mode. There are probably a bunch of OEM mass storage drivers and such that I have to manually include

What method are you using to deploy the image?
RIS??
Ghost????

Noiro

Nah our company only does it to certain PCs, many at the main building and the "Audacious building."
Us lower end guys are left out...

Originally Posted by stevenator65

Dude, I just got a Dell! An Inspiron 1505 w/Vista home premium and the company doesn't care what I do. Schweeet!

LOL is it yours or did the company issue it?

radimus

Originally Posted by rogue9

What method are you using to deploy the image? RIS?? Ghost????

Ghost.. The tablet issue turned out to be the Dosmode mass storage drivers.

I took the standard install dvd that I built with the unattended XP and apps install, hit it with nlite and had it integrate the mass storage drivers into the XP install.

It is now booting the XP and installing.

Now just to integrate it into sysprep...

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buckyg

Yes, our company re-images the Dell laptops & desktops with an image customized for each of the business units. (It's a big company) What seems strange and has caused problems is that the image seems to change randomly. It's supposed to be standard, with changes carefully rolled out.

In other words, if we worked in the same business & office... I could get a new machine today, you could get a machine next week. The installed software & configuration are different. A third person could get a new machine a month from now and it seems to be the exact same image as what I have from an earlier machine.

It also was not until the last 9 months or so that you would actually get XP if you got a new machine. 2000 was the standard. If you were fortunate enough to get XP before then, don't expect help from the help desk...