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Hi current setup is 4 machines, hard wired to router.

All machines run XP Pro SP2.

I have decided its that time to reformat all the machines and do a
reinstall.

All together i have to setup 6 user accounts on each machine. Email, desktop
items, internet explorer homepage etc.

Is there any easy way to do this? Rather than individually?

TIA

Carl

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>Hi current setup is 4 machines, hard wired to router.
>
>All machines run XP Pro SP2.
>
>I have decided its that time to reformat all the machines and do a
>reinstall.
>
>All together i have to setup 6 user accounts on each machine. Email, desktop
>items, internet explorer homepage etc.
>
>Is there any easy way to do this? Rather than individually?

Use the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard?

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"Carl" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:9t2nd.757$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi current setup is 4 machines, hard wired to router.
>
> All machines run XP Pro SP2.
>
> I have decided its that time to reformat all the machines and do a
> reinstall.
>
> All together i have to setup 6 user accounts on each machine. Email,
desktop
> items, internet explorer homepage etc.
>
> Is there any easy way to do this? Rather than individually?
>
> TIA
>
> Carl


If all four have identical hardware, you could set one machine up the way
you want it, then make a CD image of the harddrive using Norton Ghost.

The other 3 could then be cloned in a few minutes using the CD just like
using a store-bought PC recovery disk.

At the very minimum you would have to redefine the hostname of these
machines,
Maybe that's all you would need to do.


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Graham.



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Graham wrote:
> "Carl" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:9t2nd.757$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Hi current setup is 4 machines, hard wired to router.
>>
>> All machines run XP Pro SP2.
>>
>> I have decided its that time to reformat all the machines and do a
>> reinstall.
>>
>> All together i have to setup 6 user accounts on each machine. Email,
>> desktop items, internet explorer homepage etc.
>>
>> Is there any easy way to do this? Rather than individually?
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> Carl
>
>
> If all four have identical hardware, you could set one machine up the
> way you want it, then make a CD image of the harddrive using Norton
> Ghost.
>
> The other 3 could then be cloned in a few minutes using the CD just
> like using a store-bought PC recovery disk.
>
> At the very minimum you would have to redefine the hostname of these
> machines,
> Maybe that's all you would need to do.

Doesn't that leave you with SID problems as they'll all be built with the
same SID.?

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Alan

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In message <nwdnd.192$(E-Mail Removed)>, Alan
<(E-Mail Removed)> writes
>> If all four have identical hardware, you could set one machine up the
>> way you want it, then make a CD image of the harddrive using Norton
>> Ghost.
>>
>> The other 3 could then be cloned in a few minutes using the CD just
>> like using a store-bought PC recovery disk.
>>
>> At the very minimum you would have to redefine the hostname of these
>> machines,
>> Maybe that's all you would need to do.
>
>Doesn't that leave you with SID problems as they'll all be built with the
>same SID.?
>
Nope, you sysprep the machine after you build it and then ghost it...

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Clint Sharp

> >> If all four have identical hardware, you could set one machine up the
> >> way you want it, then make a CD image of the harddrive using Norton
> >> Ghost.
> >>
> >> The other 3 could then be cloned in a few minutes using the CD just
> >> like using a store-bought PC recovery disk.
> >>
> >> At the very minimum you would have to redefine the hostname of these
> >> machines,
> >> Maybe that's all you would need to do.
> >
> >Doesn't that leave you with SID problems as they'll all be built with the
> >same SID.?
> >
> Nope, you sysprep the machine after you build it and then ghost it...
>
> --
> Clint Sharp

You do end up with the same Volume Serial Number but that CAN be an
advantage.


Graham.


%Profound_observation%

In message <(E-Mail Removed)>, Graham <(E-Mail Removed)>
writes
>> Nope, you sysprep the machine after you build it and then ghost it...
>>
>> --
>> Clint Sharp
>
>You do end up with the same Volume Serial Number but that CAN be an
>advantage.
Do tell? Volume serial number as in disk number? How is this a
dis/advantage?
>
>
>Graham.
>
>
>%Profound_observation%
>
>

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Clint Sharp

> >You do end up with the same Volume Serial Number but that CAN be an
> >advantage.
> Do tell? Volume serial number as in disk number? How is this a
> dis/advantage?


Because it is not unknown for software vendors to use it as the seed for a
registration key, to try to prevent you from moving the application between
machines.


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Graham.

In message <(E-Mail Removed)>, Graham <(E-Mail Removed)>
writes
>> Do tell? Volume serial number as in disk number? How is this a
>> dis/advantage?
>Because it is not unknown for software vendors to use it as the seed for a
>registration key, to try to prevent you from moving the application between
>machines.
>
>
Ahh, I see....

>
>--
>Graham.
>

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Clint Sharp