SysPrep windows 7 pro for domain?

itdaddy

Hey guys,

for years I have had to sysprep each new pc we made from an image.

do you know have to do that anymore with windows 7 pro for domains.

This guys I talked with says you do and he never has had to sysprep any images
he made from even his XP machines. And he is an IT vendor.

Now I am not completely stupid. I have tried not syspreping XP images for our domain
but when I didn't sysprep them with their exclusive/unique key code they always
had issues say mapping drives etc... within in the domain.

so can someone explain to sysprep or not anymore. and why?

I am aware of software assurance where you pay so much a year or volume licensing
but I thought vol licensing was for being able to move a OS from one machine platform
to another but not for creating duplicates to **** the system???

can someone explain this to me thanks.

TheCorporation

I have gone round and round with this issue in my environment. Short answer is YES you need to sysprep any machine you plan on imaging into your environment. Mostly due to SID generation on a "new" PC brought into your domain.

Here are a few links that helped me get on the right path:
How To Image and Deploy Windows 7 a Complete Guide - Using sysprep and imagex

Windows 7 Sysprep: Windows 7, Sysprep, Unattend.xml

Hope this helps. Let me know if you have any specific questions.