Q. Can I run the Sysprep utility that's in the Windows Server 2003 deployment tools under Windows 2000 Server?

A. For Win2K Server installations, you must use the Win2K Server version of the Sysprep files (sysprep.exe and setupcl.exe) instead of the Windows 2003 version. You can find the Win2K Server version of these files on the Win2K Server installation CD-ROM in \support\tools\deploy.cab. The switches for the Win2K Server version of Sysprep differ from those in the Windows 2003 version. Also, in most cases, you can simply run the Win2K Server version of Sysprep without any command-line arguments. You can display the few command-line options that are available in the Win2K Server version of Sysprep by running the command

sysprep /?