no no, sorry i didn't mean to imply that.
earlier in my posts i explained that i was still deploying xp to the clients - that is where the xp sysprep came into play. sorry for the confusion.
StarsFan4Life: WDS is part of SP2 - RIS is part of earlier versions of server 2003
yeah i dont know where that 4 came from...my bad
and yes, you still need the vista disk. you can use something else in place of it, says it in that tutorial - but i ran into issues with it -
i used a shitload of tutorials when i first jumped in. to thoroughly explain the whole thing would take me days to type out...
the biggest thing is the configuration of the server. from there on out, you pretty much leave it alone.
i'm also deploying XP as the OS, which makes things a...
i dont like the method you use, because it seems like a royal pain in the ass. i also don't do the whole multiple partition stuff, so that method you use might be necessary in your case.
either way, i set up the client computers to boot from network. once they do, they're prompted to either...
i installed the update this morning at 630est.
i wanted to just check the netflix stuff before i went to work, so i went into it, downloaded the module, and it prompted me to put a code into netflix.com/activate
the only thing is, the damn code doesn't work!
i requested a new code...
you can't.
i just did the same thing a week ago, called up MS, and they said that the data migration cable is for the elite ONLY.
if you can find a friend with an elite serial number, then do that.
i got a little defensive on the phone and politely told them i now owned two consoles...
? dude- that one is usb
http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Product_C2&childpagename=US%2FLayout&cid=1115416827517&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper
yeah - it just won't work like it did on the old xboxes.
ms makes their drives proprietary - so you can't just go out and buy a 120 gig laptop drive and toss it in