Windows 7 Installation - Transfer to a New Computer

iamjim said:

This is a really useful article, but . . .

When I try to use sysprep on my Win7 machine I get the error below. I disabled WMPNetworkSvc as suggested in the writeup. I confess I haven't read all 500 posts in this thread but I've googled the web and used the three or four suggestions I found for fixing this problem, but none worked. I suggest someone add a list of known fixes for this problem to the main article in the area where disabling WMPNetworkSvc was suggested

Can be anything. Did you check eventlog for errors?

iamjim said:

This is a really useful article, but . . .

When I try to use sysprep on my Win7 machine I get the error below. I disabled WMPNetworkSvc as suggested in the writeup. I confess I haven't read all 500 posts in this thread but I've googled the web and used the three or four suggestions I found for fixing this problem, but none worked. I suggest someone add a list of known fixes for this problem to the main article in the area where disabling WMPNetworkSvc was suggested

Post C:\Windows\System32\sysprep\Panther\setuperr.log

iamjim said:

Thanks for your reply.

The setuperr.log is empty (blank), and I must have tried seven or eight times

Post C:\Windows\System32\sysprep\Panther\setuperr.log
First copy to desktop if access is denied

also in command prompt:

Code:

slmgr.vbs /dlv

What's the remaining re-arm count (second last line of output)

iamjim said:

Kaktussoft said:

Post C:\Windows\System32\sysprep\Panther\setuperr.log

2013-04-09 09:32:27, Error [0x0f0085] SYSPRP LaunchDll:Could not load DLL C:\Windows\SysWOW64\iesysprep.dll[gle=0x000000c1]
2013-04-09 09:32:27, Error [0x0f0070] SYSPRP RunExternalDlls:An error occurred while running registry sysprep DLLs, halting sysprep execution. dwRet = 193[gle=0x000000c1]
2013-04-09 09:32:27, Error [0x0f00a8] SYSPRP WinMain:Hit failure while processing sysprep cleanup providers; hr = 0x800700c1[gle=0x000000c1]

Is C:\Windows\SysWOW64\iesysprep.dll on your machine?

iamjim said:

Kaktussoft said:

Is C:\Windows\SysWOW64\iesysprep.dll on your machine?

yes

Internet explorer 10?
Please export registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup\Sysprep and post it

iamjim said:

This is a really useful article, but . . .

When I try to use sysprep on my Win7 machine I get the error below. I disabled WMPNetworkSvc as suggested in the writeup. I confess I haven't read all 500 posts in this thread but I've googled the web and used the three or four suggestions I found for fixing this problem, but none worked. I suggest someone add a list of known fixes for this problem to the main article in the area where disabling WMPNetworkSvc was suggested

The most typical reason for your error message is that the Windows is upgraded. An upgraded Windows cannot be sysprepped.

This means that if you have for instance in-place upgraded Vista to Seven, or using Anytime Upgrade upgraded for instance a Home Premium to Ultimate, you cannot sysprep. Notice that a repair install is also an upgrade install, so if you have ever done a repair install (= in-place upgrade to same edition), you cannot sysprep.

Kari