Hello -

I am a "newbie" from the network deployment perspective, as have had the
good fortune of having a network image set maintained for me in the past,
and recently have been doing this 'brute-force'. I guess the problem is
self-explanatory.

The original licensed source is Windows 2000 Server SP2. There are a couple
of workstations running Windows 2000 Profwssional SP4 we need to upgrade as
'assistants' for off-loading some key tasks to prior to upgrading to the
Windows 2003 platforms and facilities. As the Server install CD is quick to
point out, this is not a supported upgrade path.

How can I build and deploy a Windows 2000 Server SP4 install image?

What's "a couple"? Literally, two. It will be just as easy and faster
to simply deploy your SP2 image then upgrade the installation to SP4.
Creating a new image for two or three machines will take much more time
than doing them individually.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/deploy/introduction.mspx
http://search.technet.microsoft.com/search/default.aspx?siteId=1&tab=0&query=sysprep+server

John

Windminstrel wrote:

> Hello -
>
> I am a "newbie" from the network deployment perspective, as have had the
> good fortune of having a network image set maintained for me in the past,
> and recently have been doing this 'brute-force'. I guess the problem is
> self-explanatory.
>
> The original licensed source is Windows 2000 Server SP2. There are a couple
> of workstations running Windows 2000 Profwssional SP4 we need to upgrade as
> 'assistants' for off-loading some key tasks to prior to upgrading to the
> Windows 2003 platforms and facilities. As the Server install CD is quick to
> point out, this is not a supported upgrade path.
>
> How can I build and deploy a Windows 2000 Server SP4 install image?
>
>

Another option might be to create a slipstreamed SP4 server disc. Or find one
on Ebay.

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