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    Sysprep seems to reset susclientid when other articles I read says it doesnt

    How is susclientid generated? If you sysprep it seems to gen a new Id when you check windows update If you clone a machine without sysprep that has a Susclientid it keeps it when checking windows update. If you delete susclientid it regens a new one Does sysprep clear the susclientid and is...
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    Windows 10 Windows 10 upgrade fail

    I have had several failures to upgrade. I am running Windows 7 SP1 on a Dell XP8500. I have recently installed a SSD to use as my main drive with the original as data store. Bought ViewSonic touch screen monitor specially for Windows 10. The most recent attempt gave the most information. error...
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    Windows 7 Activating a Win 7 Installation (for a end user) as a MS Registered Refurbisher.

    I have applied to join the MRR program and have passed the test and am awaiting approval. I was reading in the MRR manual that MS prefers that a refurbished PC is set up with sysprep so that the end user has to accept the license agreements and activate before using Windows. However, the...
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    Windows 7 Understanding SysPrep: Fix Dock & User Account Issues on Mac's Bootcamp

    Can someone explain SysPrep to me? Im trying to use it to remove drivers from a Macs BOOTCAMP, I have two problems: a) whenever I use SysPrep it screws up my dock settings/ colour & theme settings b) I don't want to make a new user account after the system reboots, why is this even an option &...
  5. Windows 7 Multi Installations of Windows 7 Professional in organization...

    Hi, What is the BEST way to preform: 1. Installation of Win7 Pro on 50 NEW computers? Create one image? Use sysprep? Ghost manager to develop the image on several computer at the same time? 2. What is the best way to Upgrade from XP pro to Win7 Pro? Thanks...
  6. Unsupported Sysprep scenarios

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  7. Windows 8 Sysprep message "Sysprep was not able to validate your windows installation"

    Our organization has recently received a number of Tablet devices (over 100) which we require a standardized image to be deployed to them all, the obvious thing to this was to create a standard image using sysprep however when i run sysprep I get the message 'Sysprep was not able to validate...
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    Windows 7 Sysprep causes BSOD. SSD fault?

    Hi, Posted this in the Installation & Upgrade forum but might be better here. My company has about 10 new HP 2570p laptops. These have 128GB SSD. I have set up two of these laptops in audit mode with all drivers, updates and software configured. I then went to sysprep, selected OOBE -...
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    Windows 7 Sysprep causes BSOD. SSD fault?

    Hi, My company has about 10 new HP 2570p laptops. These have 128GB SSD. I have set up two of these laptops in audit mode with all drivers, updates and software configured. I then went to sysprep, selected OOBE - generalise and shutdown. The first laptop gave me a BSOD preventing Windows...
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    Windows 7 Sysprep Fails After Deployment With: Windows could not finish configuring the system....

    Getting the message after Sysprep stating "Sysprep Fails After Deployment With: Windows could not finish configuring the system...." This is a new out-of-box Lenovo T530 laptop, it came pre-loaded with Windows 7 Pro. I pulled laptop from box and inserted our Windows 7 Pro SP 1 disk and...
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    Windows 7 Audit mode, Disk Cleanup utility of Windows 7 SP1 and sysprep

    Hi In Audit mode, before running the sysprep /generalize /oobe /reboot command, I have to run the Disk Cleanup utility of Windows 7 SP1 to delete any unnecessary files or this is not necessary? In other words, the removal of unnecessary files made ​​with the generalize option of Sysprep is the...
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    Windows 7 Changing default profile and problems

    Hi To change the default profile in Windows 7 SP1 64-bit, during the its installation, I passed immediately in Audit mode by means of the Ctrl+Shift+F3 sequence. So, I have updated Windows 7 and I have configured it. Then, I put in the c:\windows\panther directory the Unattend.xml file...
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    Windows 7 Including some commands in an unatttend file

    Hi Running the sysprep /generalize /oobe /reboot /unattend:c:\Unattend.xml command in Audit mode, how do I create an answer file that allows to: 1) include a partition in the system protection of Windows 7 SP1. 2) rename and put a password to the Administrator account. 3) permanently...
  14. Windows Experience Index shows "1.0" for Graphics Subscore

    Consider the following scenario: You are building an image for Windows 7 deployment. All supplemental components are also installed. You run the WinSAT prepop command to generate a Windows Experience Index score. You run sysprep to seal the image for... More...
  15. "A fatal error occurred" error message when you run the Sysprep command on a VMware virtual machine

    Fixes an issue in which you cannot run the Sysprep command on a VMware virtual machine. This issue occurs when the virtual machine is running Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, or Windows Server 2008 R2. More...
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    Windows 7 Changing XP Mode VHD

    So I made an image with XP Mode that I want to use as a base image for multiple other users XP Mode on my network. I put all of the applications on the image and syspreped (Resealed it). So now I have a clean VHD with all my applications on it that is ready for first time use for each machine. I...
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    Windows 7 Deploying W7 ??

    I have a learning center with 12 systems that I need to make identical. There also needs to be an easy plan to update OS & software to keep things identical. I need some opinions and direction to figure out best way to do this. Choices: Windows AIK - sysprep and imagex process using a winpe...
  18. Unsupported Sysprep scenarios

    Describes Sysprep scenarios that Microsoft does not support. Link Removed
  19. Windows 7 Microsoft Security Essentials problem.

    I am currently trying to determine if MSE is having a problem that Microsoft is not addressing. If you check the Event Viewer and show a SxS error or a Microsoft Anti-malware error, it might be caused by a problem with MseSysPrep.DLL. It seems running the Scheduled Task related to Application...
  20. Deploying Windows 7 Image using Sysprep -audit -oobe results Inaccessible Network Printers

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