Windows Deployment Services

[christy2112]

Hi All

I have been using RIS for quite some time and would like to move to Windows Deployment Services, just a few questions:-

1. Is it possible to use WDS with windows xp sp2
2. If it is possible anyone know any good documentation.
3. Am I better off staying with RIS if not what are the main advantages of WDS.

Cheers

Christy

 

[porkchopexpress]

1. Yes you can deploy XP i think you need to run in legacy mode to do that.

2. Documentation is a bit poor just like RIS

http://technet2.microsoft.com/Windo...6711-4c20-bfad-fc80fc2151301033.mspx?mfr=true

3. SP2 will install WDS so you will have to go that way at some point, legacy mode is similar to RIS but it can take a bit of tinkering to get it running again after SP2.

 

[porkchopexpress]

There's actually quite a good thread here.

http://www.edugeek.net/index.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=7354&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=30

 

[58sniper]

IIRC, if you don't have RIS installed BEFORE installing SP2, AND have images in it, installing WDS will default to native mode, with no way of going back to legacy mode.

I could be wrong, but I remember having that problem at a client site about 6 months ago.

Pat Richard
Microsoft Exchange MVP