Step #1

Reboot the machine and login as “Administrator”.

Step #2

Go to the control panel, go up to the file menu and select “Server Properties”.

XP Server Properties

Step #3

Select the “Drivers” tab and then you will now have a list of printer drivers currently installed on the machine. You can select “Remove” to completely uninstall and delete the driver package.

XP Delete Printer Driver

Step #4

Reboot the machine and the driver is gone. You can now test new or different drivers if needed.

Step #1

The first step is to download the Sysprep App which is included in the CAB file for Windows XP Service Pack 3 Deployment Tools. (Download Sysprep Tool)

Step #2

Next go to the PC you are going to be sysprepping and create a folder on the root of the C: drive called sysprep.

Step #3

Next you will need to extract the contents of the deploy.cab file you downloaded in Step #1 to the sysprep folder on the root of the C: drive.

Step #4

Now we are going to run the sysprep Setup Manager. Double click on setupmgr.exe.

Sysprep Setup Manager

Step #5

Click Next and it is going to ask you whether you want to modify an existing Answer File or create a new one. We are wanting to create a new one, so again click next.

Sysprep - New or Existing Answer File

Step #6

You now have three options: Unattended Setup, Sysprep Setup, or Remote Installation Services (RIS). In this example we are going to select the Sysprep setup option and then click next. (This creates a sysprep.inf file)

Sysprep - Sysprep.inf File

Step #7

Select Windows XP Professional and click next. (This will also work on Windows XP Home, Windows Server 2003 Standard, Web, and Enterprise.)

Sysprep - Windows XP Professional

Step #8

In this step it is asking you if you want to fully automate the installation. That is up to you, either way works fine. In this example I will be using the “No, do not fully automate the installation.”

Sysprep - Fully Automate or Not?

Step #9

Now we are at the configuration page. There is a lot in here so I am not going to go into detail. In fact, you don’t even need to input anything here for the sysprep to just work. However, everything you input in here will save you time and help shape your image.

Sysprep - Configuration Page

Step #10

Once you are all done, you should be at the bottom and selected on “Identification String”; click Finish and it is going to prompt you for a location to create and save the sysprep.inf file. The default location is fine, as it will need to be within that sysprep folder on your C: drive. Once you hit ok you will then need to click “Cancel”. There is no close button.

Sysprep - Saving the Sysprep.inf File

Step #11

Now you should verify the sysprep.inf file by double clicking on it and opening it up with Notepad.

Sysprep - Verifying the Sysprep.inf File

Step #12

There were a few changes with Windows XP Service Pack 3 and sysprep. The administrator’s profile is no longer copied over to the default profile. You will need to add a line within the sysprep.inf file to regain this important function. Under the InstallFilesPath section add this:

UpdateServerProfileDirectory=1

Once done, hit save.

Sysprep - Adding line to sysprep.inf so the administrator profile will copy over to default profile

Step #13

Now you are ready to start the sysprep, reboot, and capture your sysprepped image. Double click on the sysprep.exe and then select the following three options in order: Use Mini-Setup, Shutdown Mode: Reboot, and click Reseal. Make sure you have your media ready to capture your image. If you reboot fully without booting to your capturing software it will ruin the sysprep and you will have to redo the sysprep.

Sysprep - Preparation Tool 2.0

Step #1

First you will need to download the ScanGear Tool from Canon’s website. Version 2.21 will work with all the non-color copiers like Canon IR-2200. Version 2.30 will work with all the newer Canon color copiers.

Download Canon ScanGear Tool V.2.21
Download Canon ScanGear Tool V.2.30

Step #2

Run the EXE you just downloaded. By default the EXE unpacks the contents of the EXE to your TEMP folder.

Step #3

Launch the setup file located within the TEMP folder and go through the prompts to install the ScanGear Tool.

Step #4

Once installed, you will need to launch the ScanGear Tool and input the IP address of the copier. Make sure it connects successfully by click the “Test Connection” button.

Canon ScanGear Tool

Step #5

Now you can Scan with the copier. For this example, I am going to be using the “Microsoft Office Document Scanning” tool provided within Microsoft Office 2003 through 2010.

Step #6

Now walk over to your Canon copier. Press the big SCAN button to switch the copier into SCAN mode.

Step #7

Select the “Online” option to force the SCAN mode on. (It will start searching for the ScanGear client on your computer)

Step #8

Place the document you are wanting to scan into the feeder tray on top of the Canon Copier. (It will not start scanning until feeder tray has paper in it)

Step #9

On your computer, select Scan (black and white or color) and then the computer will begin scanning your documents.

Microsoft Office Document Scanning Tool

Step #1

Open up Command Prompt

You can do the first step within a normal command prompt window or within the WAIK Deployment Tools Command Prompt Window.

Step #2

Diskpart

This launches the DiskPart program which is included within Windows Vista x32, x64 and Windows 7 x32, x64.

Step #3

List Disk

Before you do anything you will want to see which disk is which on your computer.

Step #4

select disk 1

You will want to pick the corresponding disk in which you want to use for your bootable flash drive. Careful, because this will completely erase the disk you select.

Step #5

clean

This cleans up your disk.

Step #6

create partition primary

This creates the partition on your flash drive.

Step #7

select partition 1

This selects the partition you just created in Step #6.

Step #8

active

This marks the select partition as active.

Step #9

format fs=fat32 quick

This will format your flash drive in FAT32 format. Make sure you use the quick command otherwise it will do a standard format and will take a while. For bootable flash drives the quick format will always be fine.

Step #10

assign

This will assign the next available drive letter to your flash drive. (You can also specify which drive letter you would like it to be assigned)

Step #11

exit

This exits DiskPart.

Step #12

exit

This exits CMD.

Step #13

Then just copy the contents of the “c:\winpe_x86\ISO\” folder in which you have your WinPE 3.0 environment created in the previous article and you are ready to boot up on a flash drive to WinPE 3.0. Enjoy!

Here are the commands all together:

Diskpart
list disk [See which drive is which]
select disk 1 [corresponding to disk on your computer]
clean
create partition primary
select partition 1
active
format fs=fat32 quick
assign
exit
exit

[Unattended]
InstallFilesPath=C:\sysprep\i386
UpdateServerProfileDirectory=1

This will make sure the administrator profile is copied over to the default profile for ever user.

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