sysprep OEM Windows 7

BOB IROC · November 2nd, 2009, 02:01 PM

Just because I really have no experience with using Sysprep I thought I would pick some of your brains to see if I can do this. With XP we always have used NewSID to change the SID on imaged computers, however we recently got some new laptops for a few of my administration staff and they would like to keep Windows 7 on them and I was wondering if there was something I could easily do to change the SID or use sysprep to change the SID so I can upload a basic image with all the software for 3 or 4 laptops and then sysprep after the image download to avoid having to set all these up by hand. I am installing Windows using the OEM supplied Windows disc and a bunch of other software and it would save me hours of work. We use Altiris for our imaging needs and it can Image Windows 7 but we need a volume license key to effectively use Sysprep that way which we do not currently have. I hope to change that sometime soon as my organization would like to move to Windows 7 for the next school year at least on some scale, but until then we will only have a handful of computers running Windows 7 so if I can do a manual sysprep or another method of changing the SID on Win7 64bit that would be awesome. I then can join the computer to the domain and save time if the computer ever needs to be imaged in the future.

Can I just manually run Sysprep out of the C:\Windows\System32\Sysprep folder. I think I read if you check off the generalize checkbox it will change the SID.

Thanks

futuretech · November 3rd, 2009, 01:52 AM

http://blog.brianleejackson.com/sysp...tart-to-finish

This has an illustrated guide to sysprep on windows 7. Have never tried it myself.

November 2nd, 2009, 02:01 PM	#1
BOB IROC Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Chicagoland, IL Posts: 1,052	sysprep OEM Windows 7 Just because I really have no experience with using Sysprep I thought I would pick some of your brains to see if I can do this. With XP we always have used NewSID to change the SID on imaged computers, however we recently got some new laptops for a few of my administration staff and they would like to keep Windows 7 on them and I was wondering if there was something I could easily do to change the SID or use sysprep to change the SID so I can upload a basic image with all the software for 3 or 4 laptops and then sysprep after the image download to avoid having to set all these up by hand. I am installing Windows using the OEM supplied Windows disc and a bunch of other software and it would save me hours of work. We use Altiris for our imaging needs and it can Image Windows 7 but we need a volume license key to effectively use Sysprep that way which we do not currently have. I hope to change that sometime soon as my organization would like to move to Windows 7 for the next school year at least on some scale, but until then we will only have a handful of computers running Windows 7 so if I can do a manual sysprep or another method of changing the SID on Win7 64bit that would be awesome. I then can join the computer to the domain and save time if the computer ever needs to be imaged in the future. Can I just manually run Sysprep out of the C:\Windows\System32\Sysprep folder. I think I read if you check off the generalize checkbox it will change the SID. Thanks __________________ At the source of every error which is blamed on the computer, you will find at least two human errors, including the error of blaming it on the computer. http://bltechservices.com/ Last edited by BOB IROC; November 2nd, 2009 at 05:35 PM.

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November 3rd, 2009, 01:52 AM	#2
futuretech Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Canada Posts: 453	http://blog.brianleejackson.com/sysp...tart-to-finish This has an illustrated guide to sysprep on windows 7. Have never tried it myself.