[lug] Cloning

[David L. Anselmi]

George Sexton wrote:
> Ghost and the like take care of zeroing out the Windows Unique ID for 
> the machine (SIDs).
> 
> It seems like there was an OEM tool to reset an installation so that it 
> would re-ask for the license key, re-generate SIDs, etc.

The MS utility to do that used to be called sysprep.  Build your 
machine, run sysprep, shutdown.  Make your image.  When the clones are 
booted they run mini-setup to recover all the settings.

Dave