Do i need to use skiprearm when creating my master image and/or when cloning the clients? If so, how exactly?ģ) Can I install all the stuff I need (applications, drivers, user profiles and their customized settings) and then sysprep and create the master image? Some articles say one must use syprep /audit mode to install application and customize settings on the master computer before creating the image. With KMS the activation limit (3 per installation) is apparently eliminated. I have read about rearm/skiprearm, but have not understood them completely. I would like continue using my old routine: create a complete image with applications, device drivers and customized user profile settings, but some articles on sysprep suggest that it is not possible, that some settings are lost in the sysprep /generalize process that is required for KMS to work.ġ) Is it possible to install drivers, applications and customize per user profile settings for the master image, or will sysprepr /generalize screw them over?Ģ) Windows activation, KMS and sysprep.

I have installed a KMS-server that has the necessary Windows 7 activation key.

I have not used sysprep with Windows XP. With Windows XP I have created a complete image with applications, drivers and customized user profile settings and then cloned that image to computers that are identical in hardware and function. I should mention that we do not use Active Directory. I have used GSS to clone Windows XP computers for a good while, but I am now facing cloning Windows 7 computers for the first time. I have googled on the subject and discovered many tips (Windows 7 needs two partitions to boot, how to enable local admin account after sysprep and so on) but sysprep has left me confused even after reading several articles and blog posts on the subject.

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