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Windows XP – Sysprep (for imaging)

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KB ID 0000599 

Problem

A client who we recently did a WDS (Windows 7) install for, needed to image a couple of Windows XP machines, (They had some software that either would not run, or was not supported on Windows 7).

They asked me for some documentation on how to do this, it’s been such a long time since I imaged any XP machine, so I took the opportunity to document it properly.

Solution

Before you begin, be aware you need to be building your reference machine with a Volume Licenced copy of Windows XP NOT an OEM or Retail copy (i.e. DONT build the machine with manufacturers rescue disks like Dell or HP). If you don’t do this you will need to activate every Windows machine that you deploy with Microsoft.

Make sure the version of sysprep you are using is at the same service pack level as the reference machine or bad things will happen.

Windows XP SP3 version of Deploy.cab

1. Build your reference machine, and configure it as you require.

2. Create a folder on the root of the C: Drive called ‘Sysprep”. Insert the Windows XP CD and locate the Deploy cabinet file. (This is ‘like’ a zip file and it’s in the supporttools folder).

3. Double click the support cab, then copy over the sysprep.exe file, the setupcl.exe file and the setupmgr.exe file to your c:sysprep folder.

4. You can now run sysprep.exe and skip to step 13. BUT if you require an answerfile (a script that will answer all the questions Windows will ask while it’s reinstalling post sysprep) then run the setupmgr.exe program, at the welcome screen click next.

5. Create New > Sysprep Setup > Windows XP Professional.

6. Fully Automate > Enter Name and Organisation > Set the Display Properties.

7. Set Time Zone > Enter the Volume Licence unlock code > If you are joining a domain, I suggest generating a random name then changing it later.

8. Set the Local Administrators password > Typical settings will enable DHCP > Supply any domain and domain credentials you need to join your domain.

9. Telephony (I just skip this) > Regional Settings > Languages.

10. Printers > Run Once commands > Additional Commands.

11. Enter a string that will go into the registry, and can be identified later > Finish > Accept the default save path > OK > At this point it looks like it’s crashed, you can manually close the setupmgr.

12. Now you can run sysprep.exe > OK > I select ‘mini-setup’ (If you don’t, it will run the welcome to windows session and play the annoying music you cant turn down!) > If you have installed applications and are going to image the machine click Reseal > OK.

Note: Factory will literally set the machine back to a ‘day one’ install of Windows XP.

The machine will then shut down and can be imaged.

Final Note: If you power it back on, it will rebuild itself and delete the c:sysprep directory. Which is fine unless you are doing some testing and realise you have to do the whole thing from scratch!

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Error Adding Office KMS Keys “0x80072F8F”

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KB ID 0000584 

Problem

Seen when adding an Office 2010 KMS key on a Windows 2008 R2 KMS Server.

Note: Using the Microsoft Office 2010 KMS Host License pack as per this article.

An error occurred: 0x80072F8F
To display the error text run the following:
slui.exe 0x2a 0x80072F8F

Solution

1. If you do run the command that they have asked you to, all you get is;

Code:
0x80072F8F
Description:
A Security error occurred

2. Not very helpful, however some Google searching turned up the solution. Check the time on the KMS server is correct, mine was way out.

Note: This had happened because the domain controller was on an ESXi host with the incorrect time, the KMS server took its time from the domain controller when it booted. (Domain clients typically take their time from the DC holding the PDC emulator role).

Locate your FSMO Role Servers

3. With the time fixed, try once again, and you should be successful.

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Activation Error: Code 0x8007232b DNS Name does not exist

 

Cisco ISE NFR Appliance Setup

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KB ID 0001066

Problem

The Cisco ISE NFR appliance is for demos and test bench use, I’m currently building a test lab for ISE so I spun a copy up. I looked at the associated ReadMe.pdf for instructions on the basic setup, and found a hyper-link to the instructions, that didn’t work! bah.

Solution

The appliance comes as an OVA file for importation into vSphere/ESX, I’m assuming you have already imported the appliance.

VMware vSphere – How to Import and Export OVF and OVA Files

1. Default username and Password: Username admin Password ISEc0ld

Cisco ISE NFR Setup Basic IP Addressing.

2. By default the appliance has an IP address of 10.1.100.21, you can see that at CLI.

[box]ise/admin# show interface[/box]

3. Or here you can see the IP address in the vSphere console.

4. To change the IP (Note: The ISE appliance has two virtual NIC’s I’m just changing the default ones IP address).

[box]
ise/admin# configure
ise/admin(config)# interface GigabitEthernet 0
ise/admin(config-GigabitEthernet)# ip address 192.168.200.12 255.255.255.0

Enter ‘Y’ to restart the services.

[/box]

[box] ise/admin(config-GigabitEthernet)# exit
 ise/admin(config)#
ip default-gateway 192.168.200.1[/box]

Cisco ISE NFR Set Hostname and DNS Information

6. To change the appliances default domain;

[box]
ise/admin(config)# ip domain-name pnltest1.com

Enter ‘Y’ to restart the services.

[/box]

7. To set the DNS server to use for local lookups;

[box]ise/admin(config)# ip name-server 192.168.200.10

Enter ‘yes’ to restart the services.

[/box]

8. To set the Hostname, simply use the following syntax;

[box]ise/admin(config)# hostname ISE-01 [/box]

Cisco ISE NFR Set NTP Information

9. To set the timezone;

[box]ise/admin(config)# clock timezone GB [/box]

10. To set the NTP servers it’s a little more convoluted, you can have up to three, two are already configured. If you try and delete the pre-configured ones it will error. So you need to add one, then delete the two factory ones, then you can add up to another two.

[box]

To Add an NTP Server

ise/admin(config)# ntp server 123.123.123.123
To Remove an NTP Server

ise/admin(config)# no ntp server 123.123.123.123

[/box]

11. As usual NTP can take a while to synchronise, I’d go and have a coffee at this point, to test;

[box]ise/admin(config)# show ntp [/box]

12. Save your changes.

13. At this point you should be able to get to the web console.

14. Logged in successfully.

 

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