Sysprep very slow on XPSP2 with Dell Laptop

[hammondc]

I was wondering if someone could help me. It may be a simple fix.

I have 2 models of Dell Laptops (D610 and D620) which Sysprep perfectly with 2000 Pro, but on XP SP2 it takes 15+ minutes to go through the Sysprep process.

Sysprep is fully automated, only the PC name is required. After you put in the desired PC name, it takes 10 minutes to go to the Adding to Domain step, and 5 minutes after that to actually add it. It does add, but is painfully slow. 2000 breezes through this whole process in less than a minute.

All of the drivers are already loaded on the PC as well as in the Drivers folder on the root, I have a feeling it has to do with the built-in Wifi trying to be used to add to the domain or not loading properly.

If anyone has any ideas or needs more info, please let me know. I have included my sysprep for XP XP2 below.

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;SetupMgrTag

[unattended]

OemSkipEula=Yes

InstallFilesPath=C:\sysprep\i386

ResetSourcePath=C:\WINDOWS\OPTIONS

KeepPageFile=0

OEMPnPDriversPath=Drivers\D620A;Drivers\D620B;Drivers\D620M;Drivers\D620N;Drivers\D620O;Drivers\D620V;Drivers\D620W;Drivers\Intel

[GuiUnattended]

AdminPassword=password

EncryptedAdminPassword=NO

OEMSkipRegional=1

AutoLogon=Yes

AutoLogonCount=1

OEMDuplicatorstring="Dell Latitude D620"

TimeZone=35

OemSkipWelcome=1

[userData]

ProductKey=XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX

FullName="Company"

OrgName="Company"

ComputerName=

[Display]

BitsPerPel=32

Xresolution=1280

YResolution=800

Vrefresh=60

[OEM_Ads]

Background=whatever.bmp

[setupMgr]

DistFolder=C:\sysprep\i386

DistShare=windist

[identification]

JoinDomain=DOMAINNAME

DomainAdmin=ADMIN

DomainAdminPassword=ADMINPASSWORD

[Networking]

InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

[Schmagagled]

I know you probably already thought of this but are you using the OEM version of XP that came on the machine?

Sysprep will not work (well it does partially) as expected on OEM versions of XP. It's designed for VL versions. We have a fleet of 254 Lattitude D620's that we had to image using the VL version to get Sysprep to do what we wanted.

Just so you know...

S.

Edited February 7, 2007 by Schmagagled