Sysprep Xp Pro

[Jay]

Ok...i need to get a better understanding of -factory and
reseal i read MS article and when i do factory it reboots
asking for factory or audit or reseal again, why is this,
i want to sysprep one time, i want to be able to image one
time, i mean totally unattened and after that its ready
for the users. Any ideas why its not doing this?


Jay

 

[Bill Spears [MSFT]]

-factory - Restarts in a network-enabled state without displaying
Windows Welcome or mini-Setup. This parameter is useful for updating
drivers, running Plug and Play enumeration, installing programs,
testing, configuring the computer with customer data, or making other
configuration changes in your factory environment. For companies that
use disk imaging (or cloning) software, Factory mode can reduce the
number of images that are required. When you have finished your desired
set of tasks in Factory mode, run Sysprep.exe with the -reseal
parameter to prepare the computer for end-user delivery.

It doesn't sound like you should be using the factory switch. You should
just use -Reseal.