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 ...

I've been chosen to make an image that will work on 15 different machine types. It will only contain XP SP2 and our customized settings and that's it. I haven't done this type of multi-image before, ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...