Setupmgr for vista

The Sysprep. If you run sysprep from the command prompt then you can check its switches, for example, -factory, -quiet or -reboot. You should get a dialog box like the one on the right. Will and Guy are always on the lookout for original material. This week Will has extracted stories and jokes from trawler man Jackson. You may like this humour, you may hate it, but I guarantee that you will not have seen these stories anywhere else. Jackson Jokes and Stories.

About The Author Guy Thomas. Related Posts. More info. Download your free VM Console Best Practice Ezine — Sysprep As usual, my aim is to introduce a tool, or remind you of a utility that you had forgotten. The Destination Installations are lots of new machines which are cloned images of the master. Basic check list Sysprep works best if the Master and Destination machines are identical. Anytime you wish to check what updates are installed you can: - Start button Control Panel Programs Under Programs and Features - click View installed updates.

Rename the Catroot2 folder 1. Click Start, type cmd in the Start Search box, right-click cmd. Important: Do not rename the Catroot folder. The Catroot2 folder is automatically recreated by Windows, but the Catroot folder is not recreated if the Catroot folder is renamed.

To reinstall Windows Update Agent - download the relevant file for your system and save it to a drive where Vista is not loaded because the file cannot be launched directly from the system root directory.

D: is the drive where Windows is not installed ie a flash drive or a 2nd hard drive etc. Was this reply helpful? Yes No. Sorry this didn't help. Thanks for your feedback. When I use sysprep along with the xml file and reboot the machine - I get an error of - "Windows cannot install system components. Please reinstall components. What I'm trying to achieve is - is to create a Vista ready machine with all of the important information already pre-filled, so I don't have enter any information.

I want to make an image of this and use Ghost Below is my unattend. Tuesday, February 6, PM. Bilal Aslam. Thanks for your response.

However, I am not able to load Vista after this error happens. It reboots and keeps giving me the error of "Windows was not able to complete the installation.

Is there a way to bypass it or somehow get into the OS? Thanks again. Wednesday, February 7, AM.