Every fortnight or so we get around 10-20 computers back from clients and we have to wipe them, restore to factory default, and then install a few select pieces of software. It's arduous and time-consuming to sit there with each computer individually and go through this process again and again and it can sometimes take up most of the day.
In my head the idea I have for a better system is that we have a server with a bunch of system images on, so we can stack up a load of computers and connect them to a switch. Then without having to plug in every peripheral into every computer, we can just turn them all on, go to the server and push a selected image to all the systems at the same time.
Sound like a simple, feasible idea? Well after looking for how to do this it turns out either it isn't or it's a well kept secret. Does anyone know (preferably from experience) the best way to do this? The computers (bar the server) will not be continuously connected to our network as we ship them off again once they're ready, so any solution that requires the machines to have any form of client software on is not what we're looking for.
Is it even doable without client software?
Further info:
- Client comps use Windows XP