Hi, MY CURRENT SITUATION: I have setup a reference machine running Windows 7 with all drivers and software installed and configured correctly. I then Sysprep my reference PC (I have previous experience of Sysprep in Windows 2000 and XP environments) and have created a unattended answer file in System Image Manager (SIM) and run the following command: sysprep /generalize /oobe /shutdown /unattend:e: sysprep.xml The system goes through the Sysprep process and shuts down.

I am looking for a script that will rename the computer name in Windows XP to the Serial Number of the computer (All Identical Lenovo T400). Just leave the current infrastructure (don't fix a running system) and start building a AD environment, create a WDS image or so and then re-image one by one? About 6 months ago, I started working on a project to do this for free using Windows Deployment Services and ran into the same roadblock of naming machines. How do you autoname. Points 4 years ago (0 children). ComputerName=reddit-%SerialNumber% in customsettings.ini is an easy way to do it.

I then boot into Symantec Ghost 11.5 and take an image of the machine which I can then GhostCast my other PCs. On the first boot the machines go through the Sysprep process and only asks for a PC name to be entered, which is just what I wanted. NOW THE PROBLEM: I can only run Sysprep on the reference machine 3 times and this is a big problem.

However if I alter the unattended answer file and add SkipRearm=1 to the generalize section I can Sysprep the machine as many times as I like. MY QUESTION: What does this SkipRearm setting do? What consequences will it have? Will I have more problems later? Thanks for looking! Best wishes, Matt Courtman, UK.

Hi Matt, According to my understanding, SkipRearm is a setting to postpone resetting the activation clock. Setting the Microsoft-Windows-Security-SPP SkipRearm unattend setting value to 1 specifies that the computer will not be rearmed, and it will not be restored to its original, out-of-box state.

All activation-related licensing and registry data will remain and will not be reset. Otherwise, you can reset the activation clock only three times and only sysprep three times. Generally, we recommend that you use the SkipRearm setting if you plan on running the Sysprep command multiple times on a computer.

Best Regards Dale. Hi Matt, According to my understanding, SkipRearm is a setting to postpone resetting the activation clock. Setting the Microsoft-Windows-Security-SPP SkipRearm unattend setting value to 1 specifies that the computer will not be rearmed, and it will not be restored to its original, out-of-box state. All activation-related licensing and registry data will remain and will not be reset. 3d Hd Videos 1080p Free Download. Otherwise, you can reset the activation clock only three times and only sysprep three times. Generally, we recommend that you use the SkipRearm setting if you plan on running the Sysprep command multiple times on a computer.

Best Regards Dale. The right answer is forget about SkipRearm and rebuild your image from scratch each and every time. Automate the process so that it is hands free so that you get out of the business of doing things manually as well. Your images will be much cleaner (since you won't be adding and deleting software from them all the time) and cleaner images means fewer headaches down the road. I'm confident that every process in an image build can be automated.and that is the best way to go, without a doubt. Ive been dealing with this issue a lot myself. The MAK and OEM keys will allow you to SYSPREP a machine three times and three times only.