RIS

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Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

I have a new tablet without a CDROM. I have a desktop running XP Pro.
Both of them have ether connections to a D-Link cable router.

I want to reload XP on the tablet by booting from the desktop CD
drive. My sketchy research teaches me that if the desktop is running
RIS and the tablet has a PXE NIC (it does) I have a client and a
server and I can do it.

The desktop doesn't have RIS loaded and it isn't listed in "Add
Windows Components". The MS page that compares Pro with Home says
that Pro has RIS. See it here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/howtobuy/choosing2.mspx

When I search the MS site for RIS all that comes up are Win2K server
and 2003 server. Nothing about XP Pro. What am I missing here?

 

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Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windows.tabletpc (More info?)

Try posting to this Tablet-specific newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.tabletpc (to which I'm
crossposting this reply).
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), AH-VSOP

samjack wrote:
> I have a new tablet without a CDROM. I have a desktop running XP Pro.
> Both of them have ether connections to a D-Link cable router.
>
> I want to reload XP on the tablet by booting from the desktop CD
> drive. My sketchy research teaches me that if the desktop is running
> RIS and the tablet has a PXE NIC (it does) I have a client and a
> server and I can do it.
>
> The desktop doesn't have RIS loaded and it isn't listed in "Add
> Windows Components". The MS page that compares Pro with Home says
> that Pro has RIS. See it here:
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/howtobuy/choosing2.mspx
>
> When I search the MS site for RIS all that comes up are Win2K server
> and 2003 server. Nothing about XP Pro. What am I missing here?

 

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Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windows.tabletpc (More info?)

On Wednesday 14 September 2005 04:01 pm, PA Bear had this to say in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:

> Try posting to this Tablet-specific newsgroup:
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.tabletpc (to which
> I'm crossposting this reply).
> --

Why, when he's asking specifically about XP?


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Now this is Eye-Candy! Most beautiful desktop in the world.
Checkout ELive - a live Linux CD - run R17
http://www.elivecd.org/gb/About/index.html

 

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Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

XP is a bit different when installed on a Tablet PC, hence a specialized
newsgroup.


"-rwxrw-r--" <nostop@stopspam.com> wrote in message
news:9cfWe.492795$5V4.229372@pd7tw3no...
> On Wednesday 14 September 2005 04:01 pm, PA Bear had this to say in
> microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:
>
>> Try posting to this Tablet-specific newsgroup:
>> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.tabletpc (to which
>> I'm crossposting this reply).
>> --
>
> Why, when he's asking specifically about XP?
>
>
> --
> Now this is Eye-Candy! Most beautiful desktop in the world.
> Checkout ELive - a live Linux CD - run R17
> http://www.elivecd.org/gb/About/index.html
>