sysprep and Vista

[NH]

I have a branded (ASUS) laptop running Vista Home Premium which I have booted
up and created a user account.. (nothing else)

I now want to sell the laptop on and want to get back the inital setup screen.

I have used sysprep with XP in the past with varying success. Sometimes it
retained its activation and all was well, but other times the user needed to
reativate...

So that I get it right this time, can someone explain to me how I delete my
user account and run sysprep (or the Vista equivalent) to retain the
activation and sid so that whoever buys it gets to use the first-boot screens
again..

Thanks

NH

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

You have to use whatever proprietary recovery media was supplied to you by
Asus. It may be on DVD, or it may be a recovery volume on the hard drive
itself that his accessed at boot by hitting a function key. Check your
system documentation or Asus' site for instructions on your model.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

 

[NH]

Thanks for the response

Why can't I just 'reseal' the windows installation?

Thanks

Nick

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

You're limited to what Asus provides for this. Plus, Vista's activation
scheme is not the same as XP's and for the most part does not allow for
preservation on a reinstall.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com