RIS Question

helioshelios Member Posts: 51 ■■□□□□□□□□
in Windows XP Professional
I'm not sure if this is too indept for the exam, but I'm curious anyway...

I've been reading about RIS, and correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems from what I've seen that RIS can only be installed in Win 2K. I tried the usual sources, but I couldn't find any info about installing RIS under Win XP Pro (and I imagine Home doesn't have it)

Thanks for any help!
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  • mwgoodmwgood Member Posts: 293
    RIS is a service that runs on a server edition of Windows. It will also run under Windows Server 2003.
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  • helioshelios Member Posts: 51 ■■□□□□□□□□
    wow, thanks for the quick answer! So as long as XP is installed on a server, the RIS option will be available?
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  • mwgoodmwgood Member Posts: 293
    XP isn't installed on a server. RIS is a service that is available for installation with a server edition of Windows.

    The way it relates to XP is that it can be used to remotely install XP from either a CD based image or an image created with riprep that is stored on the server. You must either have a network card with PXE boot ROM on the target PC, or create a floppy disk with rfbg - as well as DNS, DHCP, & Active Directory.
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