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Do you really need to sysprep a Windows 7 machine?
Hi,
I work in a community college and I we image tons of PCs for classrooms and labs etc. I had been imaging all those labs with sysprep when we were using Windows XP. Now that we are using Windows 7, we decided not to use sysprep as my seniors said its not required if we are using Windows 7.
Now I also work part time on another company, and they are using sysprep on windows 7. So my questions is, do you really need to use sysprep on windows 7? I mean I had been imaging win 7 machines for 2 years without sysprep and I never seen any issue. They work perfect on domain, etc.
Now, when I suggest my co worker's and suggest not to use sysprep, they would pull up many website saying "you must sysprep when deploying win7 machine."
I don't have any clear answer why it worked for us and what will happen if we stop using it on my other job too.
I know sysprep changes SSID, hardware keys(or something) and clears event log. But I think we don't really need SSID. People are just too afraid to try it out I guess.
What do you guys think?
Thanks