RE: Building workstation install images.

Joseph,

We are using a product that does everything your asking except for the
server side
It is called Universal Imaging Utility

Universal Imaging: One Windows 2000 or XP image that can be deployed to
any hardware - laptop or desktop? Sound impossible? Our new Universal
Imaging Utility allows you to do just that. For more information on how
it works and just how easy it is (5 minutes!) follow the Universal
Imaging links on the left.

http://www.bigbangtraining.com/universal_image.html

Jason Prespolis
SR Support & Anti virus Specialist
New England Research Institutes
JPRESPOL_at_NERI.ORG
P:617-923-7747

-----Original Message-----
From: Joseph Forbes [mailto:jftitan_at_gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 12:18 PM
To: security-basics_at_securityfocus.com
Subject: Building workstation install images.

Hey Everyone!

  I know many of us have wanted to do this, and even have done setups
like this, I even had many opportunities during my schooling at which I
volunteered to help reimage HDDs for each quarter. So machines would be
spyware/crap & more crap free.

  I am wondering what would be the most effective way to build HDD
images, of 3 different installs (example: 2 types of Dell GX
workstations, and 1 type of Dell server) Including security templates,
to secure the workstations (Not on a AD), etc.

  I am currently using Norton Ghost, to build the images of the three
different machines. Before making the images, I step by step configure
the machines to the way I want them. But the way I am doing it, is slow,
and manual.

Question is... Is there any administrative (wizard) that will help be
build the images, but have them be installable (example: When you power
on a new dell for the first time you do a installation process, which as
well configures the machine with its service tag, etc) As well having
the administrative templates installed.

Any tips, or suggestions on what anyone else has done to prepare HDD
images for workstation installs.

--
Joseph Forbes  "Don't Forget to Salt the Fries!"
Network Security Administrator
SwapNEtwork eXtreme, Inc. 
jftitan_at_satx.rr.com (jftitan_at_swapnetx.com) cell 210.834.3450 fax
775.415.9280