This issue occurs because of a race condition. This race condition occurs when the Sysprep command tries to stop the Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MSDTC) service and the VMware tool ...

This repository demonstrates building and 'sysprepping' a basic CentOS VM with Packer and Packer-Virt-Sysprep. This repository is intended as a reference only. The resultant VM should not be used! It ...

This repository demonstrates building and 'sysprepping' a basic CentOS VM with Packer and Packer-Virt-Sysprep. This repository is intended as a reference only. The resultant VM should not be used! It ...

The ‘A fatal error occurred while trying to sysprep the machine’ error often occurs when you have used Sysprep more than three times. Sysprep, also known as ...

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 ...

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 ...

I had to replaced my old motherboard with one that uses a different chipset. As expected, I now experience a BSOD loop. According to this guide Sysprep can be used to prepare a machine for migration ...

I'm building a new image set based on XP SP2. When we deploy images to our 51 schools we config the "Organization" line of the sysprep.inf file as the school's accounting number. For testing purposes, ...

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 ...