Windows 7 Imaging WDS Woes

[witch]

Sorry, but I don't think that is within my capabilities, on my own! sounds great but I know my limits and I just dont have the time (and never do) to have a play.

I am still really just after a way to get around windows reluctance to allow more than three attempts at sysprep.

[Gatt]

Fair enough, thought it might have been of use...

[sukh]

@witch - Not sure where you are with injecting drivers?

 

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup\Status\SysprepStatus\GeneralizationState to 7 then try tp sysprep again.

 

Sukh

[witch]

Gatt: I am grateful and sure it would be of use but I just don't know enought to do it - thanks anyway

Sukh: Tried that and it didnt work I'm afraid

I am nowhere with injecting drivers as I realised I had done the sysprep limit before I got to have a go

[sukh]

@witch - What didn't work? Both the reg key and injecting drivers.

 

Just to confir, the issue you still have is that you dont see a volume?

 

Sukh

[witch]

The issue is that I still don't see a volume but I have reached the sysprep limit so I can't even try to inject the drivers until I can sysprep it again. The reg key didnt work.

[sted]

what happens if you boot of a win7 dvd does that find the hdd as a valid install location or does that also show no drives?

 

what pc is it i will see if i can hunt round and make you a new boot.wim. easiest way to test that is use the ms tool to create a win7 install pen drive (requires a 4gb+ pendrive) and then swap teh boot.wim file in the pendrives sources folder for a new one see if that finds the hdd as a valid install location

Edited April 26, 2011 by sted

[sukh]

@witch

 

In your unattend.xml file under the section Microsoft-Windows-Security-Licensing-SPP component, set SkipRearm to 1 then save this. Then try to sysprep again. If you plan to sysprep /generalise more than 3 times, then you have to set this setting to bypass the activation clock. Also, ensure the reg key is set.

 

Can you also check %WINDIR%\System32\Sysprep\Panther directory for any log files such as seterr.log and post/PM.

 

 

Sukh

[sukh]

@witch

 

In your unattend.xml file under the section Microsoft-Windows-Security-Licensing-SPP component, set SkipRearm to 1 then save this. Then try to sysprep again. If you plan to sysprep /generalise more than 3 times, then you have to set this setting to bypass the activation clock. Also, ensure the reg key is set.

 

Can you also check %WINDIR%\System32\Sysprep\Panther directory for any log files such as seterr.log and post/PM.

 

 

Sukh

[witch]

@witch

 

In your unattend.xml file under the section Microsoft-Windows-Security-Licensing-SPP component, set SkipRearm to 1 then save this. Then try to sysprep again. If you plan to sysprep /generalise more than 3 times, then you have to set this setting to bypass the activation clock. Also, ensure the reg key is set.

 

Can you also check %WINDIR%\System32\Sysprep\Panther directory for any log files such as seterr.log and post/PM.

 

I did try this but it didnt work last time. I will try again tomorrow when I am in the right school

[fredquimby]

This might be useful, as it is detailed instructions on how to reset the rearming to 1, then the above skip rearm would not increment.

 

Reset your Rearm count, run Windows 7 Forever without cracks

[Arthur]

Once you have gone over the SysPrep limit, SkipRearm will no longer work from what I can tell.

 

Typically while creating a deployment image, you will run the Sysprep command multiple times. To ensure that an installation of an image receives the full Activation grace period:

1. Set the SkipRearm to 1 while customizing your computer.
   
2. Before running the Sysprep command the final time before deploying an image, rearm the computer by setting the SkipRearm setting to 0. This resets the Activation grace-period timer.
   

You can review the number of times you can use the SkipRearm setting by running the Slmgr.vbs /dlv command.

 

Values

0 = Specifies that the Windows licensing state will be restored to the original, out-of-box licensing state, and that licensing settings are restored to their defaults. This is the default value.

1 = Specifies that the Windows licensing state will not be changed. The Activation grace-period timer is not reset.