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To start with, let's make it clear that sysprepping the Windows image with Generalize switch is the only supported by and recommended by Microsoft scenario in transferring and deploying a Windows installation to another computer. This is very clearly stated in this Microsoft support article: Sysprep Command-Line Options.
A quote from said article:
Following these guidelines told in this tutorial I have never failed in deploying Windows, both at my home network and professionally in corporate environment.Important
You must use the Sysprep /generalize command to generalize a complete Windows installation before you can use the installation for deployment to a new computer, whether you use imaging, hard disk duplication, or another method. Moving or copying a Windows image to a different computer without running the Sysprep /generalize command is not supported.
I would start from scratch, installing Windows on a reference computer, entering Audit Mode without setting up users and there installing software, the generalizing the image, capturing it and finally deploying it. Please notice that naturally, both the reference computer and target computers must have the same system (BIOS vs. UEFI), and the target computers must have the same HD structure than the reference computer.
See this article for additional information: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../hh824938.aspx
Kari