Hello, I am working for a large enterprise department that do server system and application installation, security setting andpatching for Windows Servers 2008 and 2003.I heard of WDS awhile ago, but haven't got a chance to test it.I want tostart using WDS, but Iam still curiousabout the following questions:1. Is it safe to deploy sestem via images of another system?2. We have servermodels of servers- not all of them have the same hardwares componenst installed. Will it make a different in the image deploy?3. What happen to the registry level? will it be safety to do?Thanks

This is a forum for Exchange server issues. Try posting in this forum. http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winservergen/threads Mark Morowczynski|MCT| MCSE 2003:Messaging, Security|MCITP:ES, SA,EA|MCTS:Windows Mobile Admin|Security+|http://almostdailytech.com

Hello,Regarding the WDS issue, I suggest you write a post on our Desktop Deployment Server newsgroup:http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.deployment.server&mid=f2287a46-d4df-479b-bc65-4fe18d6279f3Thanks,Elvis