To install Sysprep, complete the following steps:
Note: Review Microsoft's documentation for information about how to use Sysprep, how to create a Sysprep.inf
file, and how to set the available parameters.
DEPLOY.CAB
file in the SUPPORT\TOOLS
folder. See Microsoft’s documentation for details.Deploy.cab
file. Copy these files to C:\SysPrep
on the reference machine and make sure the directory and files are not set to read-only.Note: Be sure that you are using the latest Sysprep version. If you use an older version, you may receive an error.
If you do not have the appropriate version of Sysprep, you can download it from the Microsoft web site.
Even if you have administrator rights, make sure that you have the appropriate user rights set to run Sysprep. See article #270032, User Rights Required to Run the Sysprep.exe Program on the Microsoft web site. If you do not have the appropriate user rights, when Sysprep runs, you will receive the following error:
You must be an administrator to run this application.
The Image Preparation Wizard will exit and after you set up the appropriate user rights you will need to run the wizard again.
Sysprep.inf
and save it to C:\Sysprep
.