hello i am getting a new motherboard soon so i will be sysprepping, will sysprep be fine with avast installed because i dont want my computer to screw up if it wont plus i cant back up an image because my computer hdd image is pretty much 100gb, so will avast be fine i think the avast program version is 6
Hi TheTankster, welcome to the Seven Forums.
It's always a good idea to disable AV before sysprepping. However, if your AV program (Avast) licence is tied to a certain computer (SID), it will need to be reactivated after the sysprep.
Well i don't know if you can disable avast also what do you mean by disable avast? the service or just the shields? because i don't know if avast will allow you to disable the service all together. but can you still sysprep with it enabled? i will disable avast self defense module though because i have had conflicts with system restore with that enabled, with recent system restores i have disabled self defense module and system restore went smoothly.
Welcome to Seven Forums TheTankster. To disable the shields only.
Right click on the avast icon in system tray> avast! shields control> Disable until computer is restarted
If Kari thinks that is not sufficient
Open Avast user interface> Settings> Troubleshooting> Uncheck Enable avast! self-defense module> OK
Now go to services> Start> In search box type services.msc> Enter> Scroll down to Avast antivirus> Right click and select Properties> Stop the service> Set the startup type to disabled
After you are finished, reverse the process, set service to automatic, start the service, recheck to enable self defense within Avast.
A Guy
Making the AV program inactive is enough, so I think stopping the shields for a moment is enough. Most probably you can sysprep without doing anything for Avast, this is more like a precautionary suggestion than instructions.
Last edited by Kari; 28 Jan 2014 at 10:12.
Okay thanks.
Also there is a way to reactivate OEM versions of Windows 7 because i switched my motherboard and followed this: Moved my hdd to a new pc. Windows 7 wants a new license
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