Oops, you are right, it's the Oobe pass. I'll try to deploy the image to a few customers and report if there are any problems.
Btw, do you have links for good information on Sysprep and Windows...

I wasn't satisfied with the answer so I decided to test it myself. If I "forget" to create the extra partition, Sysprep fails at the specialize pass with a blank error message. So, I restored the...

Works like a charm. I followed the exact same steps (plus added some of my own customizations) and haven't had any problems.

Just curious about this scenario. I captured the image and after...

Alright, makes sense! I omitted /generalize as I thought it could save me some time during testing :)

Hello Kari,

Thank you for your outstanding tutorial. It took me several tries using a Hyper-V VM (snapshots are a blessing!) but everything works well in the end. However, I'm trying to accomplish...