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Vernalex Grame
This is a problem that has plagued me from since I can remember. But, I
am hoping that someone knows the answer.
Usually when I use the system preparation tool (sysprep) for resealing
the program it goes into what appears to be a loop as it sits in "sysprep is
working ..." while it prepares the system to shutdown. I have not timed this
delay as of yet, but it takes somewhere between 10 and 20 minutes. If I
watch the processes as it does it sysprep continually starts and stops a
process (runonce.exe) with a delay of about 30 seconds before each restart
on that process. But, like I said, it eventually finishes and shuts down
properly. I imagine it is because it times out whatever is hanging it up.
If I reboot the computer, let the minisetup run and then run sysprep
again once I get back to Windows then the behavior changes. The second time
it almost always takes the proper 15 seconds or so to reseal the computer.
But, if I let it go through the minisetup again and resysprep it then
sometimes it does it again. And so it follows this basic pattern of working
and not working correctly. It's not a terrible problem because it works, but
it's a waste of time I'd like to avoid.
I have tried this on both SP1 and SP2 of XP, with both versions of XP's
sysprep. It happens on new computers and old computers. And I've tested it
on an array of computers, but all of which are Dells (Optiplex 280, 270,
260, 240, 1, 1p, etc.) and it happens on all of them, seemingly random. I
have tried it with no other processes running (all services stopped, all
un-needed processes kill including explorer), but the problem remains
unchanged. I think it has something to do with the mass storage drivers
because I don't think it does it when I leave the rebuild section out of the
sysprep.inf.
Has any of you seen this problem? Any ideas as to what could be doing
it? I have seen a few others that have complained of this problem, but I
have never seen a resolution.
Thanks everyone,
Vernalex Grame
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http://www.vernalex.com
am hoping that someone knows the answer.
Usually when I use the system preparation tool (sysprep) for resealing
the program it goes into what appears to be a loop as it sits in "sysprep is
working ..." while it prepares the system to shutdown. I have not timed this
delay as of yet, but it takes somewhere between 10 and 20 minutes. If I
watch the processes as it does it sysprep continually starts and stops a
process (runonce.exe) with a delay of about 30 seconds before each restart
on that process. But, like I said, it eventually finishes and shuts down
properly. I imagine it is because it times out whatever is hanging it up.
If I reboot the computer, let the minisetup run and then run sysprep
again once I get back to Windows then the behavior changes. The second time
it almost always takes the proper 15 seconds or so to reseal the computer.
But, if I let it go through the minisetup again and resysprep it then
sometimes it does it again. And so it follows this basic pattern of working
and not working correctly. It's not a terrible problem because it works, but
it's a waste of time I'd like to avoid.
I have tried this on both SP1 and SP2 of XP, with both versions of XP's
sysprep. It happens on new computers and old computers. And I've tested it
on an array of computers, but all of which are Dells (Optiplex 280, 270,
260, 240, 1, 1p, etc.) and it happens on all of them, seemingly random. I
have tried it with no other processes running (all services stopped, all
un-needed processes kill including explorer), but the problem remains
unchanged. I think it has something to do with the mass storage drivers
because I don't think it does it when I leave the rebuild section out of the
sysprep.inf.
Has any of you seen this problem? Any ideas as to what could be doing
it? I have seen a few others that have complained of this problem, but I
have never seen a resolution.
Thanks everyone,
Vernalex Grame
-
http://www.vernalex.com