- Sysprep resetting my personal settings in IE, WMP, etc
- Posted by Saucer Man on February 26th, 2008
I created an image and launched Windows Media Player, IE7, etc. to run their
intital setups. Sysprep is run on the image with the
switches -mini -reseal - pnp. Afterwards, A Windows Media Player icon is
placed on the desktop and when I launch it, ,I have to go through all the
initial setup options again. The same thing with IE. I notice when I log
on for the first time, I see a "setting up personal settings" dialog box in
the upper left hand corner. I am using XP Pro SP2. Is there a way I can
prevent this from happining?
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Thanks!
- Posted by Hunter01 on February 26th, 2008
Saucer Man wrote:
Sysprep's behaviour since SP2 is regardless of what you set in the
"default user" profile it'll be overwritten with the local Administrator
profile at time of sysprep, so any preconfig you want to do you want to
do under the local administrator. That being said I think some of that
shit it knocks back to default anyway, stuff like the firewall and so on
from memory. We've just got a bunch of post-image jobs to sort that
crap, but I honestly can't remember what Microsoft in their infinite
wisdom refuse to let us customise, it's all too long ago we developed
that stuff.
- Posted by JeffR on February 28th, 2008
Hi,
There is a hotfix that will prevent windows from overwriting the default
user profile with the local administrator profile at time of sysprep. I
pulled out most of my hair before discovering this hotfix.
Go to the following KB article.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/887816/en-us
JeffR
"Saucer Man" wrote:
- Posted by Saucer Man on February 28th, 2008
I tried this hotfix but it doesn't help. The problem happens on the local
administrator account also. I don't even have to sign on as a new user.
If I configure everything the way I want it, (IE, Windows Media Player, OE),
in my Administrator account and then run sysprep, the next time I log on as
Administrator I have to go through the intitial configuration setup screens
in IE, Windows Media Player, etc. Also, my selection to use ClearType to
smooth edges of screen fonts is gone (the checkbox is unchecked).
Thanks.
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