Cant customise Windows guests during deployment and template

[Sloane]

When I deploy a Windows 2003 VM from template, the option to customise is grayed out. Could anyone tell me what's causing this and how to get around it?

[admin]

Hi there,

You need to download the relevant syprep version from MS for the OS you are deploying (2000, Xp, 2K3) and copy it to the following location on your VC server.

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\VMware\VMware VirtualCenter\sysprep

Win 2003 sysprep: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/892778

Win 2000 sysprep: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0C4BFB06-2824-4D2B-ABC1-0E2223133AFB&displa...

Win XP SP2 sysprep: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=3E90DC91-AC56-4665-949B-BEDA3080E0F6&displa...

[hicksj]

Technically, you only need the 2003 sysprep, and place it in the 1.1 subfolder (not the 2003 subfolder). Then any version of 2000/XP/2003 will work from this one copy.

[TomHowarth]

rememeber that this is not the case for x64 XP ro 2003 as customisation is not supported via VC. you must do it the traditional way with a configured golden image template.

[Mizzou_RobMan]

Does the entire docs, samples, tools, etc need to be copied or just the contents? pnpids.exe, setupcl.exe, sysprep.exe