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Sysprep is the name of Microsoft's System Preparation Utility for Microsoft Windows operating system deployment.

History

Sysprep was originally introduced for use with Windows NT 4.0. Later versions introduced for Windows 2000 and Windows XP are available for download from Microsoft and included in the Windows CD. Windows Vista marks the first version of Microsoft's NT operating system to include a hardware abstraction layer (HAL) independent version of Sysprep in the "out of box" installation.

Purpose

Desktop deployment is typically performed via disk cloning applications. Sysprep can be used to prepare an operating system for disk cloning and restoration via a disk image.

Windows operating system installations include many unique elements per installation that need to be "generalized" before capturing and deploying a disk image to multiple computers. Some of these elements include:

  • Computer name
  • Security Identifier (SID)
  • Driver Cache

Sysprep seeks to solve these issues by allowing for the generation of new computer names, unique SIDs, and custom driver cache databases during the Sysprep process.

Administrators can use tools such as SetupMgr.exe (Windows XP) or the Windows Automated Installation Kit (Windows Vista/7/Server 2008) to generate answer files that Sysprep will process on new computer deployments.

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Windows 10 app provisioned to non-existent user

I created an image of Windows 10 1709 and now I want to run sysprep so I can upload to WDS. Sysprep fails: Package Microsoft.BingNews_4.21.2212.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe was installed for a user, but not provisioned for all users. It shows it exists,…
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DPI settings never survive Sysprep Windows 10

I need to set 200% scaling for our Win 10 customers on 5k 27" but every way i've tried to do it has reset to 100% after sysprep to OOBE causing them to have tiny text on first boot. I've tried: copy profile with settings done in audit mode, editing…
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Using VMWare Converter to clone a Win7 VM

I have a win7 VM running in VMWare Server that I built from scratch. I wanted to use this VM as a baseline and use Converter to clone it. However while using the Converter tool, it says it can't find sysprep. I need to be able to reconfigure the SID…
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Generate sysprep unattend.xml After Run

Is there a way to generate the unattend.xml file after running sysprep manually? I would like the just automate the processes of running sysprep oobe non-generalized restart without having to accept the license and changing the admin password.
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sysprep Windows 2008 not enabling service

I have following unattend.xml file for Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise.
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Capturing WIM process hangs in MDT Litetouch

I'm trying to capture a WIM of my reference machine. I setup a Sysprep and Capture task in MDT, ran it and used the default UNC path which is in the captures directory of my deployment share. The task will execute and initiate the LTI capture…
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Windows 10 - Sysprep keeps adding language and keyboard layout

I have a very frustrating problem with my sysprep image. Everytime, I choose fr-CA as keyboard layout in my sysprep answerfile, I always end up with canadian french (Multilangual standard), english US and French (France). I specified in my answer…
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Sysprep'd VHD uploaded to Azure stuck on language selection in boot diagnostics.

I am attempting to upload a VHD to Azure (resource manager) from our internal WDS in order to maintain continuity with an internal platform between Azure and out local VMs. I've been able to successfully sysprep and upload the VHD. I'm also able to…
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Windows 10 Deployment: Sysprep failed to validate

I am attempting to capture a reference image of a Windows 10 machine. It is Windows 10 Education x64. I did a clean install and then added the apps I needed. Now when I try to run sysprep sysprep.exe /generalize /oobe /shutdown…
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SysPrep windows 2012 r2 for VM cloning

I'm trying to SysPrep a 2012 r2 std edition VM that I built which has IIS already configured for my website as well as some additional applications already installed and configured the way I need them. I have an unattend file, that I borrowed from…
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Deploying a windows machine with ansible and sysprep

I was wondering if you could help me? I'm trying to deploy a windows server 2012R2 base image using the vsphere ansible module. I have created a Vsphere template where the guest machine has WinRM enabled, as per the powershell script on the…
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Sysprep for EC2 instances

AWS' documents on creating a custom image reference using sysprep as one of the steps in the creation process. They don't actually specify if it's a required step or if it is run automatically as part of the create image option from the instance…
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How to deactivate onedrive and telemetry in Windows 10 by using a sysprep answer file

We are using the Windows 10 Enterprise LTSB ISO for our company and it does almost all we wanted (no universal apps, no unwanted services, no EDGE, etc). Unfortunatly, Telemetry is still on and OneDrive activated. I know I could deactivate all of…
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Automate the OOBE setup steps for Windows 10

I am not sure if this is possible. I have been reading a bit about answer files but that seems to be more for the actual installation of windows to me. This is the process we currently use: Install windows Go into audit mode Install required…
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Sysprep: "You must be an administrator"

I am trying to sysprep a VM running Server 2012 R2. When I run sysprep.exe as an administrator I get the following modal: --------------------------- System Preparation Tool 3.14 --------------------------- You must be an administrator to run this…
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