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Making Windows Image Without Sysprep Generalize tools, is Wrong?

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I have a question about Windows Image, if i took Windows Image Without Sysprep (Generalize) tools, I installed all apps and Restated machine and took image with Acronis , and Restored this image in others machines, is this steps Wrong ?

Should I make Sysprep (Generalize) ??

Best Regards,

Hany Barbis

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My first thought was “How will this deal with SID?”

In reply to Making Windows Image Without Sysprep Generalize tools, is Wrong?

And yep, Acronis without you telling a lot more won’t do that.

I’m going to stop here as you would be an IT staffer and reading https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/sysprep–generalize–a-windows-installation?view=windows-11 among other articles and training.

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Any method of moving a Windows image to a new computer, either through imaging, hard disk duplication, or another method, must be prepared with the Sysprep /generalize command. Moving or copying a Windows image to a different computer without running Sysprep /generalize is not supported.

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