Seubei's questions

Some software require each computer to have an unique name in the network.

After cloning from an identical ghost image for each computer, each of the 100+ computers will have the same name. As a result, I have to (for each of the computers):

1. Change the computer name
2. Install the software manually
3. Install some other software and configured manually

This takes an enormous amount of time.
Do you know if there are any ways to clone computer with unique names / make this process faster?

Platform: Windows XP
Preferred cloning software: Ghost

I need to apply group policy to several computers in a Windows Server 2008 domain. After running gpmc.msc, we can see Default Domain Policy and Default Domain Controller Policy

1. Can you tell me their difference?
2. Which policy is effective?

technet say this but I don't understand it:

Default Domain Policy is linked to the domain object and affects all users and computers in the domain (including computers that are domain controllers) through policy inheritance.

Default Domain Controllers Policy is linked to the Domain Controllers OU. This policy generally affects only domain controllers, because by default, computer accounts for domain controllers are kept in the Domain Controllers OU.