I want to slap myself I just figured it out. In BIOS I had the secure lock on instead of unlocking it. Now that I went ahead and disabled it, DISM is now capturing the image and it's taking a while....

HI,
I am having a very hard time trying to create a new image on a Dell 5320 laptop with windows 10 21H2. I have imaged and captured laptops in the past with no issues once I got it all figured out....

you could convert the file you would just need to research on how to convert it.

I appreciate that I think this is what I was more less looking for.

Hmm I wonder where I would need to insert that at?
I am not sure if it would be inserted in the answer file or run a script afterwards?

Hello IT acquaintances,

I am going to explain what I have done first and the trouble afterwards.
I have created a win10 image 21H1 through sysprep and once the image is complete it automatically...

Oh yes you're right I forgot to mention it is windows 10 pro.

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Well the thing is I want to be able to setup BitLocker with the user logged into the machine on the network. ...

Hi,
I have created a customized image for a Dell 5420 laptop everything has installed correctly was able to login with no issues. Run updates all is going well.
The only issue I have is when I...

Thank you! It's a real relief to finally get this figured out. Now hopefully I will keep this in my memory lol.

Yeah I have used his(Kari's approach) it has helped me out in the past.
I am not sure what is different this time as I continue to get that error message.
I am thinking because I didn't create an...

The message comes up after applying the OS and after reboot that's when it appears.

to create the bootable usb flash drive I used rufus and had to create GPT. On the laptop I had converted the...

Hi all,

I am needing some advice on what else I could try with the error that I continue to get when trying to apply a new created image. I have sysprep a Dell Latitude 5310 with an unattend and...

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend">
<settings pass="oobeSystem">
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core"...

Well this is where sysprep comes into play once you're in audit mode this is where you get to add your programs. This is what is called an image of how YOU want the system to turn out. Now whether or...

I have been using the unattend answer file I am not sure why this is not working for me. I have been trying to look all over the internet and cannot find anything about my situation.
I have used...

So where in my post did I say ARCHIVE?

What you said: "I did not understand what you want to archive with Sysprep"

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Well if you don't understand what I am doing in Audit...

Did you read my posting correctly? I NEVER said I wanted to archive something with sysprep.
I enter into Audit mode so that way I can create the image the way I want it. Once I am complete with...

Hello All,

I was needing some assistance and hoping I can get some input. I have a lenovo T590 and lenovo X1 carbon models. I have updated both models to windows 10 v.1909 as they had the previous...

Ya I tried that came up with an error 50. I looked it up and said to try this:
DISM.exe /image:C: /cleanup-image /revertpendingactions

Yea at this point I think I am just going to start all over...

After running what you suggested SFC /scannow it comes back stating "windows resource protection could not perform the requested operation."

I heard there wasn't many changes from v1903 to v1909...

Hi I have tried researching this issue here in the forums, but can't seem to find it.

I was wondering if anyone else has ran into the issue once you have sysprep the machine and ready to capture...

Hey Ztruker,

I finally got it to work I actually used another tutorial of Kari's and this one is actually much better because it's what I need. I am now leaving of the autounattend file and just...

sounds good thanks

I copied both Kari's files autounattend and unattend then just edit the files with my information. I made a new sysprep image than captured the file. Put the new image in the sources folder on my usb...

I did what I said I was going to do and that was use Kari's original autounattend answer file and use my customized wim file, but unfortunately that didn't work. It came up with the "no images are...