This is my own method I run
https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Removing-Built-in-apps-65dc387b

To remove the apps I do not want from the install.wim file if you want to get windows 10 iso...

I am running it on a VBox and you can also disable the new spotlight rubish in GPO if you need a copy there are some availible on mydigitallife site

Hi sorry if this is the wrong forum, I read an article that states windows 10 pro users in education can upgrade to win10 pro education - Great I thought I registered on the business store applied...

Ok so after some searching I created the following PowerShell script to replace the default image for the login page - this works fine for a single user I thought by replacing the image in the...

Hi I used the sysprep tutorial to create an image for the classroom - during sysprep I created a users profile and locked all the personalization settings - in the system group policy I set a default...

Hey Karl quick update checked the two machines today still the same, could not activate error try again later - ran a new install sysprep image (Same version ) on another machine and it was activated...

Thanks for the reply Karl, I did create the sysprep on a spare machine, all the computers were digitally licenced as I had previously run a clean install to get them from x32 to x64 and that worked...

Hi first of all thanks for a great tutorial on Sysprep I have used it to install 22 machines and it saved me hours of tedious installs.

I work at a school and the pesky students keep messing with...

Bingo looks like Avast was the problem, it restarted with the correct screen

- I will create an image and try it out on the machine - thanks for your help

And this is my xml file
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I created a checkpoint prior to running the syprep cmd

Ok so I followed the guide step by step
I installed programs using chocoltey, I installed office2016 and adobe cloud, I installed photoshop, dreamweaver, I set a default theme, I edited the policy...

Ok I will try again thanks for the help

Thanks Karl, In the tutorial it says to open up the answer file to check it is correct do I need to change the wim.install to point to the CD I am using to install windows or leave it pointed to the...

Hi sorry yes you sysprep tutorial, after I Run sysprep with your answer file, Windows will shut down automatically on reboot I am back in as the Administrator and greeted with
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is this...

I see ok, so at what point does Windows try to activate - when I first install windows on the VM I have internet disabled after I enter sysprep I enable internet access so I can dl and install the...

I think it might have somthing to do with UEFI I will try creating the image I want on the machine instead of VM see if that will work :-)

This is what I have after upgrading from Win7 to Win10

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and this is a fresh install windows 10
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Just not sure where I went wrong with the image I made

Strange the first...

Hi I think that is where I got my image from, I ran that command to check prior to rolling back 84491if I run a windows 10 fresh install it shows the same - must be somthing I did wrong when I...

Hi thanks for the reply I downloaded iso Win10_1511_1_English_x64 no I did not have the original licence key to the machine it was already installed I presumed after running the upgrade and checking...

Hi I followed the sysprep tutorial and managed to download a windows 10 pro image before microsoft changed the link back to the image creation tool so I would have an install.wim file as apposed to...