Install win xp over a network

I've got 10 problems.
I bought 10 computers recent. Comp dont have a cd/dvd-rom. I must install
win xp pro on every one.
Can i do that over a network.( got switch) or someting else.
Thanks.

You can install XP over a network but you usually need 3rd party software
like ghost , altiris deployment server(think you can try this one out for
free) or a RIS server.

Dion

"Bandul" <ivan.curac@du.htnet.hr> wrote in message
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> I've got 10 problems.
> I bought 10 computers recent. Comp dont have a cd/dvd-rom. I must install
> win xp pro on every one.
> Can i do that over a network.( got switch) or someting else.
> Thanks.
>
>

Bandul wrote:
>
> I've got 10 problems.
> I bought 10 computers recent. Comp dont have a cd/dvd-rom.

No cd drive? They're what, $30 now adays?

> I must install win xp pro on every one.

Too bad. XP is a piece of shit. It's an over-managed, convoluted,
bloated operating system with no real benefits over Win-2K (or even
Win-98) for the typical office. It's a security nightmare from a
network point of view (we use netbuei for inter-office file sharing -
microsoft made it practically impossible to use netbuei on XP).

If the computers are exactly the same - same amount of memory, same
CPU, same hard drive (same make and model number), same motherboard,
then you might be able to make a master drive and clone it.

Go one step further and install all the apps (office, A/V software,
utilities like winzip, multi-media, flash, quicktime, etc). Then use
ghost and duplicate the drives.

Not having an optical drive (cd/dvd) will make it a little tougher to
have the clones pass the WPA activation, but if the computers really
are identical then you should have enough "votes" to get the clones to
pass the WPA.

You'll have to put a CD drive in the master system (just to install XP
from a CD).

These will have to be desk-top computers - not laptops (unless the
hard drives are removable).

"Bandul" <ivan.curac@du.htnet.hr> wrote in message
news:da5i0p$jod$1@bagan.srce.hr...
> I've got 10 problems.
> I bought 10 computers recent. Comp dont have a cd/dvd-rom. I must install
> win xp pro on every one.
> Can i do that over a network.( got switch) or someting else.
> Thanks.
>
>

I think you'll find what you need in the Resource Kit folder on the XP CD.

ss.

"Synapse Syndrome" <paradroid2000@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Bandul" <ivan.curac@du.htnet.hr> wrote in message
> news:da5i0p$jod$1@bagan.srce.hr...
>> I've got 10 problems.
>> I bought 10 computers recent. Comp dont have a cd/dvd-rom. I must install
>> win xp pro on every one.
>> Can i do that over a network.( got switch) or someting else.
>> Thanks.
>>
>>
>
> I think you'll find what you need in the Resource Kit folder on the XP CD.
>
> ss.
>

Ok. Here are a couple of tutorials.

http://www.mcmcse.com/windows_xp/gui...linstall.shtml

http://www.serverwatch.com/tutorials...le.php/1466511

This may be useful too.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro...y/default.mspx

ss.

Some Guy wrote:
> Bandul wrote:
>
>>I've got 10 problems.
>>I bought 10 computers recent. Comp dont have a cd/dvd-rom.
>
>
> No cd drive? They're what, $30 now adays?
>
>
>>I must install win xp pro on every one.
>
>
> Too bad. XP is a piece of shit. It's an over-managed, convoluted,
> bloated operating system with no real benefits over Win-2K (or even
> Win-98) for the typical office. It's a security nightmare from a
> network point of view (we use netbuei for inter-office file sharing -
> microsoft made it practically impossible to use netbuei on XP).

You can install netbeui on XP but the real problem is in using an
antiquated protocol that MS has told you should be migrated away from since
Windows 98.


> If the computers are exactly the same - same amount of memory, same
> CPU, same hard drive (same make and model number), same motherboard,
> then you might be able to make a master drive and clone it.
>
> Go one step further and install all the apps (office, A/V software,
> utilities like winzip, multi-media, flash, quicktime, etc). Then use
> ghost and duplicate the drives.
>
> Not having an optical drive (cd/dvd) will make it a little tougher to
> have the clones pass the WPA activation, but if the computers really
> are identical then you should have enough "votes" to get the clones to
> pass the WPA.
>
> You'll have to put a CD drive in the master system (just to install XP
> from a CD).
>
> These will have to be desk-top computers - not laptops (unless the
> hard drives are removable).

"David Maynard" <nospam@private.net> wrote in message >> Too bad. XP is a
piece of shit. It's an over-managed, convoluted,
>> bloated operating system with no real benefits over Win-2K (or even
>> Win-98) for the typical office. It's a security nightmare from a
>> network point of view (we use netbuei for inter-office file sharing -
>> microsoft made it practically impossible to use netbuei on XP).
>
> You can install netbeui on XP but the real problem is in using an
> antiquated protocol that MS has told you should be migrated away from
> since Windows 98.
>
>

Yup.

http://www.practicallynetworked.com/...hoot/myths.htm

ss.

Bandul wrote:
> I've got 10 problems.
> I bought 10 computers recent. Comp dont have a cd/dvd-rom. I must install
> win xp pro on every one.
> Can i do that over a network.( got switch) or someting else.
> Thanks.
>
>
why dont you just buy a cheap CDROM for $20.00 and just install it normally.

David Maynard wrote:

> You can install netbeui on XP but the real problem is in using an
> antiquated protocol that MS has told you should be migrated away
> from since Windows 98.

Netbuie is non-routable and is a more secure protocal to use on a
mixed network where any given PC needs to have TCP/IP (for general
internet access) and also needs to access internal file shares (where
netbuie can be used without fear that those same shares can be
accessed from outside the network)

I've never read anything concrete that explains just what is wrong
with netbuie - other than Microsoft wanted to base all their new shit
on TCP and to hell with Netbuie (and it's security benefits). Some
on-line writeups recommend that you use netbuie for this reason, and
they say to use Win-2k netbuie DLL files on XP systems because of
problems with XP's version of netbuie.

We've never gotten XP to work properly on our network using netbuie,
so our servers and developer systems run either NT4 or Win-2K. XP is
just too much a piece of shit (configuration wise) to be worth using.

What microsoft wants in terms of product migration is because it
serves their revenue needs, not because their old stuff isin't good
enough or magically stops working. IT droids see the words
"unsupported" and run in fear like a bunch of lemmings to XP or 2003
or what-ever. Exactly what Macro$oft wants. Then everyone runs
around putting out security fires on the new stuff until it's stable
but by then it's time to get people to move to the next OS.

In article <da5i0p$jod$1@bagan.srce.hr>, Bandul says...
> I've got 10 problems.
> I bought 10 computers recent. Comp dont have a cd/dvd-rom. I must install
> win xp pro on every one.
> Can i do that over a network.( got switch) or someting else.
> Thanks.
>
Buy a USB CDROM drive.


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