Using Automated Deployment Services to deploy Windows XP

Mark has done some excellent investigation into deploying Windows XP using ADS (Automated Deployment Services). ADS is intended, from a support perspective at least, to deploy server images. As such, deploying client operating systems through ADS is not supported. However, with a little patience, several gotchas, it can be a very useful addition to your deployment arsenal.

Read his article here, which are edited extracts from entries on Marks personal blog.