The System Preparation Tool, also known as Sysprep, is a utility used by system administrators and IT professionals in Microsoft Windows. Its main purpose is to prepare and configure Windows operating ...

The System Preparation Tool (Sysprep), is meant for System Administrators and OEMs, to automate the deployment of the Windows 11/10/8/7 operating system. Once you have performed the initial setup ...

If things do go wrong with your Windows 10 template, here's how to fix it (most of the time). In the first part of this article series, I explained that I initially had trouble getting Virtual Machine ...

Last month, as usual, Microsoft released new non-security updates for Windows 10. KB5035941 introduced new lock screen widgets, Windows Spotlight for desktop backgrounds, and many other non-security ...

So, this has been baffling me for a bit. Trying to run some prep tasks to package a machine automatically, the last step is to sysprep. On a high level, I run a script on the "orchestration" server ...

Microsoft has fixed a known issue causing 0x80073cf2 errors when using the System Preparation (Sysprep) tool after installing November Windows 10 updates. Admins use Sysprep to prepare Windows ...

OK all of you Microsoft Maniacs...<BR><BR>What the hell is the secret to sysprep? I have been attempting to make a clone image for a rollout of PC's.<BR><BR>Here are the specs...All XP Pro ...

Update April 05, 13:44 EDT: Microsoft has fixed this known issue in the optional March preview cumulative update. Microsoft says admins are seeing 0x80073cf2 errors when using the System Preparation ...

The conventional wisdom is that third-party tools leave duplicate SIDs across PCs that create serious security holes. The conventional wisdom is wrong Anyone in IT who sets up computers knows Sysprep, ...

Although I am probably best known for the blog posts and articles that I write, I tend to write a few books and produce a few video training courses each year. As you can imagine, these projects ...