Create a new user account if a customized default account template is desired. In this guide, we will show you how to use powershell and windows system preparation tool sysprep to prepare a highly customized, personal windows 10 install image. Fixes an issue in which windows crashes and does not restart after you run the mountvol n command and then try to run the sysprep generalize command. Software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\setup\sysprepexternal\cleanup. After running sysprep 8 times, you must recreate your windows image. I havehad the same problem, but i remembered from a different sysprep issue that sysprep executes those dlls because they are mentioned in a registry location. Run and runonce registry keys cause programs to run each time that a user logs on. Run and runonce keys are run each time a new user logs in. Trying to run sysprep fatal error because mse was once. Once sysprep has completed the generalization and shutdown the vm, you can. This issue occurs on a computer that is running windows 7 or windows server 2008 r2. The commands run after logon, prior to showing the desktop.
You must also run sysprep on the same version of windows that you used to install sysprep. Pull all those files out and put them on a file shares. The call script worked once for me when i was calling it from usb but i wanted to put it on the drive along with the answer file but then it didnt work. Register programs to run by adding entries of the form descriptionstringcommandline. In azure we can create custom images according to our requirements and use it. Optional on the run once page, specify commands to run the first time a user logs into the guest operating system and click next. Building an image of windows 10 for massdistribution jason watkins. It seems that after deleting task in microsoft\windows\application experience sysprep failed. Update your windows deployment workflow to use the sysprep command line. Obviously the usual precautions are necesary when editing the registry. How to use slmgr to change, remove, or extend your windows. By default, the value of a runonce key is deleted before the command line is run. You can run the sysprep command up to 8 times on a single windows image.
See the microsoft sysprep documentation for information about runonce commands. Closes the sysprep tool without rebooting or shutting down the computer after sysprep runs the specified commands. How to install windows 10 on your mac mini with an. Remember that for copyprofile to work you must use the generalize switch with sysprep command, for instance to run sysprep and shutdown to be.
Tech support scams are an industrywide issue where scammers trick you into paying for unnecessary technical support services. Make sure that you unplug any external hardware such as keyboards, mice, external displays, and removable drives. The script runs one time during the next boot and then disables these tasks from running again. Runservices and runservicesonce are run in the background when the logon dialog box first appears or at this stage of the boot process if there is no logon. After running sysprep 8 times, you must recreate your windows. Using sysprep in windows 10 by daniel petri in windows 10. When sysprep runs, it goes through the following process. If the command launches a separate system process, the system process will run independently of the commands. Without the exclamation point prefix, if the runonce operation fails the associated program will not be asked to run the next. Using sysprep to create a windows xp image part iii. For more information about the sysprep command line tool, see sysprep command line options. Review the log file a %windir% \ssytem 32\ sysprep \panther\setupact. Microsoft hyperv comes with x64 server versions of windows. Once sysprep has successfully duplicated the reference computer and shutdown remember the computer can be shutdown automatically by using.
In azure marketplace there are many different templates available for os deployment. In order to even get sysprep to process, though, i had to run some powershell commands to remove those pesky store apps that microsoft is shoving down our throats candy crush, twitter, etc. Building an image of windows 10 for massdistribution. But in corporate environment administrators use custom images for their os deployments. The options available here can also be set using command line switches when sysprep is run from the command prompt as outlined above. After the winclone image has been restored to the new mac, sysprep will run on first start and attempt to discover the new hardware. Since i configured sysprep to have the target machine autologin as administrator a few times, that means that i need to load in the administrators ntuser. Limits on how many times you can run sysprep you can run the sysprep command up to 8 times on a single windows image. Sysprep and vmware guest customization with terraform. You can help protect yourself from scammers by verifying that the contact is a microsoft agent or microsoft employee and that the phone number is an official microsoft global customer service number. Once the updates are finished, shut down the vm, and take another snapshot.
Each time you run the sysprep command with the generalize switch, the. Shuts down the computer after the sysprep command finishes running. In the shutdown options, do not select reboot as you will not want windows to restart again once sysprep is complete. The start menu button doesnt work, and most run commands get the error device is not. Sysprep generalize a windows installation microsoft docs. Run and runonce registry keys win32 apps microsoft docs. Using sysprep in audit mode before creating a system image. This topic describes the command line syntax for the system preparation sysprep tool. Sysprep is a windows utility that allows a computer to be generalized. You can also just type sysprep in the run command and click enter. Enable or disable builtin administrator account in.
Instead, it is a set of steps that will closely resemble the same thing sysprep. I presume this means that your host machine is a mac. Batch file that runs once for all new user accounts. Here, well customize windows 10 as desired, then run sysprep with an. I was able to run sysprep before installing update kb36561, which changed the os version to 10. Run the following command at an elevated command prompt. If that fails, hold command optionpr all at once and wait until you hear two chimes. When deploying from a windows 7 template the vm will sysprep its self and then auto login with the administrator account but it just sets there and doesnt run the run once commands that i have that points to batch files.
The later the build of windows 10, the fewer updates will be required. I am going mad to understand why i have an issue with a automated deployment of a syspreped win7 image booting from usb winpe and restoring from a wim file that currently has only drivers and the following setupcomplete. Run sysprep to prepare a windows installation to be captured. Using sysprep to create a windows xp image part iii the. To slipstream drivers into your windows image you can use the command line utility pnputil. Sysprep generalize windows image without oobe bart simons. Applies settings in an answer file to windows during an unattended installation, where specifies the path and file name of the answer file to use. Customize windows during cloning or deployment in the. For the purposes of this guide we will use the term sysprep for mac, although it is not actually a tool such as microsoft sysprep utility. Microsoft sysprep documentation for information about runonce commands. The help file that comes with sysprep says that it puts guirunonce commands in hkcu\software\ microsoft \ windows \currentversion\runonce after sysprep is run. At the command prompt, change to the root folder of drive c, type c. If you use the command line instead of the system preparation tool gui, you must first close the gui and then run sysprep from the %windir%\system32\ sysprep directory.
Sysprep allows you to delete all information related to a. This tool is the same one run by oem manufacturers before a computer is. In the place i work at, my mac exclusive departmentone of 12 i support is constantly turning over systems, or ordering new ones that do not yet have an owner picked out for them. Once booted the computer opened powershell as if it was trying to do something but then it auto closed and didnt do anything. The sysprep ui will continue to be supported in this release however it may be removed in a future release. When you get to the login screen for os x, set up an account called admin. These images are usually fine tuned for corporate requirements. There are steps that supercede registry function, because the machine isnt normal boot at that point, sysprep is running some outstanding commands, and thats why runonce is ignored. Sysprep and vmware guest customization with terraform shows how terraform treats the windows sysprep process and how this is invoked when virtual machines are deployed with terraform. I n windows xp, the builtin administrator user account is automatically created with blank password no password. Or, can anyone here suggest a way to run another script, just once, after the initial setup reboot.
Due to the sysprep process run previously, windows will now present a prompt to create a new account. If you already have a local admin account on the system, login with that account now and do the following. Microsoft 365 plans include premium versions of these applications plus other services that are enabled over the internet, including online storage with onedrive and skype minutes for home use. This command works great from windows, i tested it several times, but it doesnt work when ran from setupcomplete. Once i know its good i revert the snapshot back, boot it back up and capture with altiris. After the guest vm is created for the new image, connect its virtual. From windows 8 windows server 2012, the sysprep command supports a new option mode, only from the command line. How to sysprep sysprep is a great and powerful tool and. If for some reason you have troubles, power down your mac and simply detach your external drive. Run keychain access applicationsutilities, select login and delete the keychain. Provisioning ms windows clones with sysprep and unattend. The only two options available in the sysprep utility are.
Windows sysprep can make an old computer seem like one right out of the box. Migrating a bootcamp partition with winclone twocanoes. In previous versions of windows, you could use the skiprearm answer file setting to reset the windows product activation clock when running sysprep. The new vmmode method for generalizing a windows 8 or server 2012 installation only works from inside a virtual machine. Using sysprep when migrating boot camp twocanoes support. Oracle virtualbox free, and available for windows, macos, and. Solved setting up sysprep to run script after logon. If youre restoring system images using ghost or a similar technology to multiple pcs on a network, then it is imperative that you first run sysprep to generalize the system. You can prefix a runonce value name with an exclamation point. If user account control is disabled, these commands dont run. Microsoft office 2016 has been available for some time, and has a decent amount of available updates online. If you intend to create an image of an installation for deployment to a different computer, you must run the sysprep command together with the generalize option, even if the other computer has. See the microsoft sysprep documentation for more information on run once commands. Create a customization specification for windows in the.
These keys are for background services such as remote registry service and are run only once per boot. Sysprep win7 with bootcamp drivers macrumors forums. Once that is set, run updates on the new vm until there are no more left. Configuring a windows instance using ec2launch amazon.
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