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What am I doing wrong? I have created and deployed images on several managed computers in my organization but having trouble imaging unknown computers. I know that I need to add the new machines as predefined and I can get the computers to take an image. But after I boot to production, the computer will sit until I logon and click on the Sysprep dialog box. (See attached) I am using a custom sysprep file when deploying my image. But why isn't this getting processed until I log on to the machine and manually click this popup?

Thanks,

~Michael

How are you building and capturing your images before you deploy them? Most use the method of:

• Build Windows OS and install/configure as needed with Symantec Management Agent installed, as well.
• Run Prepare for Image Capture Task (takes care of Sysprep elements for you, so no need to run it manually)
• Run Create Image task

Let's see how you build out your images and see where the trouble is happening.

That's exactly the steps I have done. The only reason I am using a custom Sysprep file is because when I select "Generate Sysprep configuration file using inventory data" option it fails because I suppose it doesn't have inventory data since it is a new computer. I have been able to deploy images fine to managed PCs using the process you outline above. So I'm confused as to what I am doing wrong for these new machines. 

Any more input on this? I have been having trouble for months with this. 

How do you build your OS before you capture it? My steps are:

-Install Windows/Run Windows Update for all latest patches

-Tweak anything you need to in the OS (registry settings, etc)

-Install Altiris agent with all plugins

-Run Prepare for Image Capture task

As an FYI...I never run Audit Mode in Syprep like the old days of manually running Sysprep. Where is your custom Sysprep file located...here:

.\NSCap\bin\Win32\X86\Deployment\