Image changes after cloning

[The Rob]

Hi group!

Using SP2, EWF Ram Reg, CF with 2 partitions (1 protected, 1 unprotected) &
System Cloning Tool (cmiResealPhase=0).

I ran "fbreseal.exe" (without additional parameters), restarted the machine,
turned it off before it booted and duplicated the image using Symantec Ghost
7.5.

When booted into Windows with this clone, it has added an email icon to the
start menu (!) (which launches Internet Settings) and messed up the Internet
Connection Sharing (ICS) and the IP addresses.

Settings should be:
IP: 192.168.0.1
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
DHCP Enabled: No
etc.

but changes to:
IP: 169.254.......
DHCP Enabled: Yes
etc., etc...

However, disabling/enabling ICS fixes this and the email icon can easily be
removed, but what else could have been changed that I don´t know of??

I had the exact same problems using SP1 without any EWF (removable CF) and
was hoping that SP2 would have fixed it since this is pretty annoying.

Any idea what´s going on anybody??

Thanks in advance,

Rob

 

[Martin Grossen, eMVP [AVNET Silica]]

Hi Rob

Are you aware of the parameter
"RemoveNetSettings",
"Remove Autologon",
"Remove UserSettings"
in the system cloning tool, as well as
for the fbreseal.exe?

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Martin Grossen, eMVP

AVNET EMG Silica
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[The Rob]

Hi Martin,
many thanks for your reply.

Yes, I am aware of them - now ;-)

I should probably use "fbreseal -keepnet -keepuser" command to prevent this
from happening again.
It has been a long time since I last played around with the settings for the
"System Cloning Tool" and therefore didn´t think about it.
I assumed that all settings would be kept unless I forced fbreseal to change
them.

Fortunately I have kept a copy of the golden image prior to resealing it.

In future builds I´ll make sure the settings are correct from scratch, it´s
too late to change them in this one.

Still I can´t help wondering where the email icon came from...

Regards,
Rob