Microsoft KB Archive/304314

= How to Deploy Windows XP Images from Windows 2000 RIS Servers =

Article ID: 304314

Article Last Modified on 2/28/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows XP Professional

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This article was previously published under Q304314



SUMMARY
You can use Windows 2000 Remote Installation Services (RIS) to deploy Windows XP images to client desktop computers, and this capability includes images that you have created by using Risetup.exe or Riprep.exe. This article describes the related changes and updates you must make to the Windows 2000 RIS server.



Images Created by Using Risetup.exe
If you attempt to install Windows XP from a Windows 2000 RIS server, you may receive the following error message:

The file 'asms' on Windows XP Professional CDrom is needed.

To deploy images that you made by using Risetup.exe, apply the update that is described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article before you make any Windows XP images:

308508 Unable to create a Windows 2000 Server image on a RIS server

If you used the older version of Risetup.exe to make any Windows XP images before you applied the preceding update, you must re-create the images.

Images Created by Using Riprep.exe
To deploy images that you made by using Riprep.exe:  Obtain and install the updated binaries that are listed in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

313069 Update for the Riprep tool

 If you have not already done so, apply the updated Riprep.exe file that is described in Q313069, and then create an image by using this update. Each Riprep.exe image requires a backing flat image that matches the Riprep.exe image you are creating in order for the Riprep.exe image to be copied to the RIS server. Before you install the hotfix, back up the following files in the RemoteInstall\Admin\I386 folder by copying them to a subfolder, and then install the hotfix:

Imirror.dll

Riprep.exe

Riprep.inf

Setupcl.exe

 When you install the hotfix and you are prompted for a location to copy the files, install them in the RemoteInstall\Admin\I386 folder.

Once these steps are completed, you can deploy Windows XP Riprep.exe images from a Windows 2000 RIS server.