System audit mode windows 7 sysprep

You can either use Sysprep by itself or Sysprep with an unattend answer file to generalize your image and make it ready for deployment. On a generalized Windows image, Windows Setup processes settings in the generalize configuration pass. Even if you're capturing an image that's going to be deployed to a PC with similar hardware, you still have to generalize the Windows installation to remove unique PC-specific information from a Windows installation, which allows you to safely reuse your image.

When you generalize an image, Windows replaces the computer SID only on the operating system volume where you ran Sysprep. If a single computer has multiple operating systems, you must run Sysprep on each operating system individually. Generalizing a Windows installation uninstalls these configured devices, but doesn't remove device drivers from the PC. If you're deploying an image to computers that have identical hardware and devices as the original PC, you can keep devices installed on the computer during system generalization by using an unattend file with Microsoft-Windows-PnpSysprep PersistAllDeviceInstalls set to true.

You can run Sysprep command up to times on a single Windows image. After running Sysprep times, you must recreate your Windows image. Refer the following table:. In previous versions of Windows, you could use the SkipRearm answer file setting to reset the Windows Product Activation clock when running Sysprep. Details required :. Cancel Submit. How satisfied are you with this discussion? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site.

This was the only thing that worked for me, I have been struggling with this or over a month. Hopefuly I will now be able to get W Many thanks. How satisfied are you with this reply? OMG thank you so much, I've been trying to do this for ages and I've looked for different solution coz the one that didn't work was the one that kept popping up.

I did as per your instruction, improper shut downx3, got the recovery screen but no system recovery is available. I have included screenshots showing that, I have also included screenshots of what it looks like when it boots normally and fails.

I was surprised to see not see the system recovery option there, as a few weeks ago, the option was there, just that I can't use it since it asked for the password to 'Defaultuser0', I have not touched the laptop since I started this thread and just noticed that option missing. If I choose "Troubleshoot", only Startup Settings is available, no System Restore or any other troubleshooting tools:. If I choose a operating system to boot instead, whether volume one or two, it loads to this screen:.

I really hope the screenshots will show the very odd problems I'm having. If I can't fix this, I just want to wipe this system clean completely and reinstall the operating system all over again, yet I can't seem to since the laptop won't read the USB boot stick. This laptop is also missing its recovery partition so I can't restore it to factory default either.

Please advise, thank you! Thank you for getting back to us. To specify the boot sequence, you may refer to the steps below:. If you are seeing a different interface or unable to follow the steps in order, you may need to contact the manufacturer for further assistance in configuring the BIOS.

So I googled for solutions and tried two typical solutions involving creating a user account in CMD, they didn't work so I googled further and I ran into this article about messing with the System Audit Mode which I should never have. Thank you in advance for your help. This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. I have the same question Report abuse. Details required :. To transfer an image to a different computer, you must first remove the computer-specific information from the configured computer by generalizing the image with the Sysprep tool.

To prepare a computer for the customer, you must generalize the computer, and then set it to boot to OOBE when a customer starts the computer for the first time.

In the following examples we create and transfer a reference image to a different computer, and then create a model-specific image that ships to a customer.

After the installation is complete, boot the computer and install any additional device drivers or applications. Sysprep removes system-specific data from the Windows installation. System-specific information includes event logs, unique security IDs SIDs , and other unique information. After Sysprep removes the unique system information, the computer shuts down. Install the reference image you created in Step 1 that is destined for your customer.

You can then capture the Windows image by booting to another partition or by using Windows PE. Use the new model-specific reference image to install Windows on a new computer. The Windows image is applied to the computer, and Windows boots to audit mode.

Optional You can install additional applications and other updates based on a customer's order.