Verifying that the computer sysprep ran successfully

Products

• Ghost Solution Suite
• Deployment Solution

Issue/Introduction

When performing a 'Prepare for Image Capture' task and executingthe  image capture how can I tell if sysprep actually ran successfully?

Environment

GSS 3.3.x and DS 8.x

Resolution

There are a couple of methods to tell that sysprep actually set the machine back to the Out Of Box configuration and was Generalized.

After the imaging task has completed and you are able to login to the endpoint do the following:

Check the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup\State

for a key called ImageState and if IMAGE_STATE_COMPLETE was the value it was sysprepped

-OR-

Go to directory: C:\Windows\System32\sysprep and you should see a file: sysprep_succeed tag file