Sysprep causes boot error on partition with following customisations from NTLite

[amsalvidge]

If I use a non-modified Windows 11 24H2 Home/Pro image from Microsoft I can sysprep without any problems.

When I use a script to try and do customisations I get a non-booting machine once I select Sysprep from the command prompt.

I can't see what I have done wrong. Can anyone help please?

I manually format the drive using the attached CreatePartitions-UEFI file

The autounattend.xml that is on my boot media is also attached

Once the error is resolved, I hope to be able to generate a customised default user with some items on the desktop and the taskbar left justified and other settings such as Microsoft Updates enabled that I used to have working when i deployed Windows 7 and 8 but have never got working in Windows 10 and 11.

 

[ChAn]

first of you will stil need all this to make it up to build 26100.3194

Windows 11 servicing stack update (KB5046306)- 26100.2032 (cant bee removed after it got installed)
KB5044284 (OS Build 26100.2033)

Windows 11 servicing stack update (KB5047621)- 26100.2303 (cant bee removed after it got installed)
KB5046617 (OS Build 26100.2314)

Windows 11 servicing stack update (KB5049685)- 26100.2592 (cant bee removed after it got installed)
KB5048667 (OS Build 26100.2605)

Windows 11 servicing stack update (KB5050387)- 26100.2890 (cant bee removed after it got installed)
KB5050009 (OS Build 26100.2894)

Windows 11 servicing stack update (KB5052085)- 26100.3189 (cant bee removed after it got installed)
KB5051987 (OS Build 26100.3194)


https://winscript.cc/ this can create your bat file for this matter (change power scheme to high performance)

generate your own autounattend.xml file the way you wanted https://schneegans.de/windows/unattend-generator/

You can configure the autounattend.xml to do all of that from the website above standard desktop icons and alot more uninstall copilot, remove Linux from explorer bar disable Outlook new

This page can help you with this matter (Only thing is this one blank screen after 1 hour) you can also set it the way to want it to do things if needed https://www.windowsafg.com/power10.html

 

[garlin]

You don't need to add those SSU updates. The current servicing model for W10/11 always bundles a copy of the latest SSU in the Monthly Update when it's released. NTLite knows how to extract the SSU from the CU, and apply it to the image as needed.

That said, there appears to be several reports of 24H2 sysprepped images that don't work when processed by NTLite. And maybe it works when using a 23H2 image.

 

[amsalvidge]

Garlin

Thank you for that information. I was hoping to get items like standard desktop icons and similar to stay for all newly created users.

Currently I am manually (at each customer) running scripts to uninstall copilot, change power scheme to high performance and blank screen after 1 hour, remove Linux from explorer bar, disable Outlook new upgrade in Office 365 and a few settings that I can’t do from NtLite. If they can be set in a default user it would be great.

Have you (or anyone else reading this) please got a script that would work to do some more of the above when a new user first logs on.