I have two Windows Server 2025 virtual machines that somehow ended up with identical machine SIDs. Both were supposedly fresh installations, not cloned or deployed from an image.…
I have two Windows Server 2025 virtual machines that somehow ended up with identical security identifiers. They were both installed from scratch, not cloned or created from an…
I'm building a Windows 11 25H2 reference image in audit mode, installing several standard applications, and sealing it with sysprep /generalize /oobe /shutdown before deploying it through a…
I manage Windows PCs at a university and need a USB installer that makes deploying Windows 11 as hands-off as possible. The target machine should install the operating…
I'm looking for best practices regarding using Sysprep in a domain environment. I made sure that BitLocker was disabled and removed my antivirus, but I left the machine…
I'm working with several computers that were imaged using Sysprep, mostly similar models, but a few from a different manufacturer. I can boot into Windows without issues when…
I need some assistance with capturing a Windows 11 image using Sysprep. We've been experiencing repeated errors related to the Microsoft Store app during the Sysprep process. Although…
I recently cloned around 80 Windows 11 PCs and discovered they've all ended up with the same Security Identifier (SID). I've come across several methods people suggest for…
I'm facing problems while trying to create an image for my Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) hosts. Each time I attempt to deploy this image, it fails, and the…
I'm preparing to image around fifty workstations and I'm wondering about the importance of duplicate machine SIDs in the process. I've heard that managing SIDs is becoming more…
I'm struggling to generalize a Windows AVD session host into a deployable image. I'm using a standard Windows 11 Pro + M365 template, but have run into several…
I recently created a new VM template for Windows Server 2025 Datacenter using VMWare. After completing the setup, I ran sysprep, selected OOBE from the options, checked the…
Hey everyone, I'm pretty new to system administration and I've run into a problem while trying to join six different PCs to a domain. The first PC joined…
I'm planning to build a new PC, but I really want to avoid the hassle of reinstalling all my applications. My current M.2 drive is functioning perfectly, so…
I'm facing a problem while trying to create a Windows 11 image for distribution using Clonezilla and Sysprep. I've installed all the necessary applications like Software Center, Office…
I'm facing a challenge since installing KB5065426. We typically deploy a batch of computers by setting one up, applying all updates and customizations, and then cloning it to…
I'm trying to reset some systems back to Out-of-Box Experience (OOBE) using a PowerShell script. Since the users don't have admin access on their machines, I need this…
I'm not a sysadmin, but I volunteer at a local Community Center where we have 20 public PCs running a custom Windows 10 Pro 22H2 image. I'm trying…
Hey everyone, I'm facing some issues with installing Windows after I've run sysprep on a virtual machine. I created a Windows 11 24H2 VM, updated it to the…
Hey folks! I'm working on a project where I need to clone an operating system along with all its applications and settings to several different computers in a…