Sysprep

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Hello Friends,
I want to know what is the use of SYSPREP utility.
All the manuals/documentation/technet tell us that u need run sysprep before
creating a image. It prepares system for installation.
What does it do in actual?
Suppose If I donot run Sysprep before making an image, what will be the
result.

Thanks in advance
KL

 

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With sysprep you can automate some of the manual entries that you would
normally have to make when installing XP - for instance, if you have a
volume XP license, you can get sysprep to automatically enter the license
code when the cloned PC boots up initially.

Also, it will give the cloned PC a new SID, so that all your PCs don't have
the same SID, which would make networking them a real problem.

There's more, too, but that's just a sample.