Wow. "never" going to install SP2? Talk about fear-of-the-unknown... once you understand the firewall, it's really not that hard. That's almost as bad as the people who DO roll out SP2, and then disable the Firewall via GPO because it is faster than trying to figure out the exceptions that a given environment actually needs... I'll duck now, Glenn Sullivan, MCSE+I MCDBA David Clark Company Inc. ________________________________ From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Martin, Eddie Posted At: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 2:32 PM Posted To: Windows 2000 Conversation: [windows2000] Re: RIS Image problem Subject: [windows2000] Re: RIS Image problem I wanted to do that and I suggested that to the rest of our group , but they want to stay away from it at all costs. Even only to install and test, I suggested it and they said that being that we are "never" going to SP2 we shouldn't even try it. I installed SP2 at home with no problems, but that's different when your dealing with 800+ machines on our network. ________________________________ From: Jensen, Douglas [mailto:douglas.jensen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 2:25 PM To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [windows2000] Re: RIS Image problem Maybe you need to install SP2 on the CD image and upload that to the RIS installation and see if that works. Doug ________________________________ From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Martin, Eddie Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 1:20 PM To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [windows2000] Re: RIS Image problem We have tried this on Acer's which have XP SP1. Like I said before if you install a fresh XP with no service packs it will come down to the Acer's. We also use Micron's that come with Windows 2000 Pro SP4. The same server gives the error message on the Micron's. So far the Acers running XP and no service packs, will bring the image down. Other than that, we haven't tried any other pc's. ________________________________ From: Jensen, Douglas [mailto:douglas.jensen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 2:00 PM To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [windows2000] Re: RIS Image problem I think Windows is mis-identifying your NIC. Have you tried this with any other computers or NICs? It has worked very well here with 3Com cards and PXE compliant computers. Not sure what to do about mis-identifying the NIC. I am sure it is not a SP4 issue. Douglas Jensen Douglas.Jensen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Voice (952) 402-9821 Fax (952) 402-9815 Network Administrator Scott Carver Dakota CAP Agency, Inc. 712 Canterbury Road Shakopee, MN 55379 www.capagency.org ________________________________ From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Martin, Eddie Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 12:53 PM To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [windows2000] Re: RIS Image problem The funny thing is, we enter the computer name and hit enter, and when we check the server, the server actually has the computer registered in the domain, so the nic card is working to some extent. ________________________________ From: Jensen, Douglas [mailto:douglas.jensen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 12:14 PM To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [windows2000] Re: RIS Image problem Is this a PXE compliant machine or are you using a boot disk? RIS uses 2 different sets of drivers and methods of transferring files when installing. The first is something called trivial file transfer which is the first part and then after it copies enough files it uses the actual card drivers. It would help to know at what place it stops with that error. 1) boot from the remote floppy disk or the PXE compliant computer and press F12 to start the download process. 2) At the welcome screen press enter. 3) Enter a user name and domain name and password that can enroll a computer in you domain. 4) A computer account and Global Unique Identifier will be displayed and press enter. 5) Windows 2000 setup starts. 6) May be prompted for a product key if you didn't enter it in a .sif file. How far does it get? Douglas Jensen Douglas.Jensen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Voice (952) 402-9821 Fax (952) 402-9815 Network Administrator Scott Carver Dakota CAP Agency, Inc. 712 Canterbury Road Shakopee, MN 55379 www.capagency.org ________________________________ From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lane, Mark Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 11:01 AM To: 'windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: [windows2000] Re: RIS Image problem Are you using OEM drivers? (KB246184) Is BIOS up to date? (KB247983) -----Original Message----- From: Martin, Eddie [mailto:EMartin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 9:23 AM To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [windows2000] RIS Image problem Hello all, We are trying to get a RIS setup going for our XP and Windows 2000 machines. We tried uploading an image of Windows XP SP1 and after uploading it we were not able to bring it down to a machine. We then uploaded a Windows XP without any service packs and it came down without a problem. So we figured it's a problem with RIS and XP SP1. We then tried to upload Windows 2000 SP4 and bring it down. It went up fine, but when we try and bring it down, it boots into the setup and then right after it tells you if you want to delete all information from the drive and continue, a message appears stating that the network card drivers that are installed for the image up on the server, are not the same drivers for the machine that it is bringing it down to. We checked and they are the same network card and the same drivers. Any reason why this message would appear if they are the same? Thanks for your help in advance, Eddie @ Bridgecom