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a.
On the Altiris Deployment Server, click Tools > Remote Agent Installer. The Remote Agent Installer
screen appears. Select Use this username and password for client/s. Using an Administrative
account local to target, Click Next.
b. Accept the default install directory path or choose your own, and then select Enable this agent to
use SIDgen and/or Microsoft Sysprep.
c. To configure optional settings on the A-client, click the Change Settings button, and then click
Next.
d. Click the dropdown arrow, and then select Use only Microsoft Sysprep utility. Locate the
DEPLOY.cab file you downloaded in Step 2, and in the XP/2003 box, using the browse button
next to Windows® XP/2003, click Next.
e. Select Add client(s) to default group, or select the group to add them to.
f. On the Selecting Clients screen, select or add the Names or IP address of the workstation blades
you want to install A-clients on by using the Add button. You can select multiple workstations at a
time. When finished adding workstations, select Finish. The progress and results of the Altiris
Agent installation appear.
Step 4: Create a job that captures the image using Altiris to run Sysprep.
Perform the following steps to create a new job that captures the OS image using Altiris to run Sysprep:
a. Under the jobs pane in the white area, right-click and select New Job. Enter a unique name for
the job. Double click the new job, click Add>>, and then select Create Disk Image.
b. On the Save Disk Image to a file screen next to the name field, click the browse button, locate
the images folder (<Express Share>\Images), and then enter a unique image name for your
image. Click Save.
c. Select Prepare using Sysprep, and then enter the Product key to be used. If you have a specific
pre-boot environment you want to run the image in, select it at the bottom of the screen. The
default is WinPE.
d. Accept the defaults on the Return Codes screen.
Continue to Step 7.
Step 5: Run Sysprep manually.
To run Sysprep manually, see the article "How to use the Sysprep tool to automate successful deployment
of Windows® XP," available at http://www.microsoft.com/kb/302577
(http://www.microsoft.com/kb/302577
). If you run Sysprep manually, you must run it, shut down the
computer, and boot directly to PXE manually (F12 on POST) to run the image process without booting to
the OS first.
Step 6: Create an Altiris job to capture the image that does not use Altiris to run Sysprep.
To create an Altiris capture job that does not run Sysprep, perform the following steps:
a. Under the jobs pane in the white area, right-click and select New Job. Enter a unique name for
the job. Double click the new job, click Add>>, and then select Create Disk Image.
b. On the Save Disk Image to a file screen, next to the name field, click the browse button, locate
the images folder (<Express Share>\Images), and then enter a unique image name for your
image. Click Save.
c. Click the Advanced button next to the pre-boot select. In the middle of the screen, select Do not
boot to production. Altiris A-Client does not run the system image preparation procedure that
includes Sysprep. Use this selection:
