Sysprep Disaster

[PortgazHyde]

Well i tried to sysprep..And i got an fatal error!My driver isnt updating but my administrator account is gone.As guest, i cannot do anything.So i want to install new OS, but can i installed it as guest?

 

[pparks1]

When you reinstall your operating system, you do so from a bootable DVD or USB key. Therefore, you wouldn't be logged into Windows and running from any account.

 

[event3horizon]

when sysprepping the admin account is not gone but is disabled by default. It should have prompted you to create a NEW user account.. did it??

At what point did you get 'fatal error'? After or before sysprep? Need more details.

 

[PortgazHyde]

I think it started

when sysprepping the admin account is not gone but is disabled by default. It should have prompted you to create a NEW user account.. did it?? At what point did you get 'fatal error'? After or before sysprep? Need more details.

After i clicked the Shutdown option at sysprep menu before reinstalling the driver.Then fatal error appear and my administrator account is gone.

 

[event3horizon]

reboot and hit F8 after BIOS screen and go into safe mode, see if you can login to admin account from there. Your admin account is not "gone" it's just disabled.

 

[kennyidaho]

My guess is that the image has reached it's rearm limit. If you are going to sysprep an image more then once you should create an unattend.xml file and set it to skip rearm.

From my past experiences and information I've gleaned from other sources the only option you might have at this point is to rebuild your image from scratch.

An error message occurs when you run "Sysprep /generalize" in Windows Vista or Windows 7: "A fatal error occurred while trying to Sysprep the machine"
Windows 7 Professional 64-bit Fatal Sysprep errors

 

[PortgazHyde]

Here Some Screenies

Here what i got.Sir, where i can find the file in that tutorial?

 

[event3horizon]

Here what i got.Sir, where i can find the file in that tutorial?

post the error log in the sysprep folder.

Have you turned off windows media network sharing service?? This is important. Go to run, services.msc, find the mentioned, and click stop.

 

[PortgazHyde]

Where is it?

I cant find it in my service.Beside where can i find the log?

 

[event3horizon]

I cant find it in my service.Beside where can i find the log?

In your services, it should exactly be named "Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service"

the logs are in c:\Windows\system32\sysprep and maybe a folder within the sysprep folder but I don't know its name.

 

[kennyidaho]

As event3 says the logs should be located at

c:\Windows\System32\Sysprep\Panther\Setuperr.log

That location was detailed in this link that I posted above. If you're going to be messing with sysprep you probably should familiarize yourself with its documentation.