That is what we are doing as well. So we have a virgin never been touched image, an image with everything on it prior to sysprep, and the ImageX image after sysprep. Just sometimes the imagex image is junk after coming out of mini-setup. So we go back and try again. Is there a better way to image machines that I could try?
-----Original Message----- From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:[email protected]] Posted At: Friday, January 18, 2013 4:30 PM Posted To: [email protected] Conversation: Windows 7 Sysprep, PITA Subject: RE: Windows 7 Sysprep, PITA What I do is make an image just before I sysprep it. Then reboot it and sysprep and make an image and use that in production. So I always have an image that is in audit mode to fall back on. -----Original Message----- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, January 18, 2013 4:12 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows 7 Sysprep, PITA I've had issues with windows Vista/7 images. Here's one of the big gotchas: You can only sysprep an image 3 times. After that, it's no good... you'll have to start over. What that means: You make a base install of 7 and sysprep (1) image it. then you make a basic image with your usual software ans sysprep (2) that. Then you make a very specific lab image and sysprep (3) that... That's it. you can't do it anymore. If you try to modify your 3rd sysprep image and re-sysprep (4) it... game over. This is one of the ways Microsoft is trying to prevent piracy. Either that or they are trying to drive techs crazy. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Fri, 18 Jan 2013 13:01:31 -0800 Subject: Windows 7 Sysprep, PITA > Why is the sysprep on Windows 7 so hard to get right? > > I have an image that has worked for over a year. > > I added some software to it and reimaged. > > Not the original machine comes out of Sysprep just fine but the > install.wim is failing on all imaged devices with a Windows failed to > load please insert Windows media and try again. > > WTF??? > > Any ideas? > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
