Old user still there in OOBE after sysprep and deleting it
I want to sysprep a computer before giving it as a gift. I want this since I want it to keep all the drivers already installed and everything. However, if I sysprep it using Administrator account and delete the "User" account, when I boot to OOBE (Out of the Box Experience), it doesn't ask me to create a new user and it's still showing me the "User" I had previously. If I go through the process, I get to the login screen and I cannot login using "User" since the account has been deleted (I was kind of locked the since there was no account at this point but I manage to fix this). Also, at the first screen of OOBE, if I do Shift-F10 and input net user in the command prompt, I do not see "User" so the user has really been deleted. Do you have any idea what's happening? How can I get the computer to sysprep and asking me for a new username at OOBE? I'm on latest version of Windows 10 on this computer.
windows-10 user-accounts sysprep
asked May 7 '18 at 13:14
Jeremy PareJeremy Pare
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I want to sysprep a computer before giving it as a gift. I want this since I want it to keep all the drivers already installed and everything. However, if I sysprep it using Administrator account and delete the "User" account, when I boot to OOBE (Out of the Box Experience), it doesn't ask me to create a new user and it's still showing me the "User" I had previously. If I go through the process, I get to the login screen and I cannot login using "User" since the account has been deleted (I was kind of locked the since there was no account at this point but I manage to fix this). Also, at the first screen of OOBE, if I do Shift-F10 and input net user in the command prompt, I do not see "User" so the user has really been deleted. Do you have any idea what's happening? How can I get the computer to sysprep and asking me for a new username at OOBE? I'm on latest version of Windows 10 on this computer.
windows-10 user-accounts sysprep
asked May 7 '18 at 13:14
Jeremy PareJeremy Pare
14028
2
IIRC, sysprep isn’t supposed to be used on an existing Windows installation.
– Daniel B
May 7 '18 at 13:54
Yes @DanielB, it can be. See this: groovypost.com/howto/windows-sysprep-welcome-screen
– Jeremy Pare
May 8 '18 at 1:25
1
Just because you can doesn’t mean you should. Microsoft says: “Sysprep must be used only to configure new installations of Windows.” and “You must not use Sysprep to reconfigure an existing installation of Windows that has already been deployed.” And that’s it.
– Daniel B
May 8 '18 at 8:33
1
It should be possible to make this work. I have not tested this, but this Microsoft article suggests that you can do a generalize that keeps device drivers by using an answer file. However, creating an answer file is a bit of work.
– Ben N
Jun 4 '18 at 16:18
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I want to sysprep a computer before giving it as a gift. I want this since I want it to keep all the drivers already installed and everything. However, if I sysprep it using Administrator account and delete the "User" account, when I boot to OOBE (Out of the Box Experience), it doesn't ask me to create a new user and it's still showing me the "User" I had previously. If I go through the process, I get to the login screen and I cannot login using "User" since the account has been deleted (I was kind of locked the since there was no account at this point but I manage to fix this). Also, at the first screen of OOBE, if I do Shift-F10 and input net user in the command prompt, I do not see "User" so the user has really been deleted. Do you have any idea what's happening? How can I get the computer to sysprep and asking me for a new username at OOBE? I'm on latest version of Windows 10 on this computer.
windows-10 user-accounts sysprep
asked May 7 '18 at 13:14
Jeremy PareJeremy Pare
14028
I want to sysprep a computer before giving it as a gift. I want this since I want it to keep all the drivers already installed and everything. However, if I sysprep it using Administrator account and delete the "User" account, when I boot to OOBE (Out of the Box Experience), it doesn't ask me to create a new user and it's still showing me the "User" I had previously. If I go through the process, I get to the login screen and I cannot login using "User" since the account has been deleted (I was kind of locked the since there was no account at this point but I manage to fix this). Also, at the first screen of OOBE, if I do Shift-F10 and input net user in the command prompt, I do not see "User" so the user has really been deleted. Do you have any idea what's happening? How can I get the computer to sysprep and asking me for a new username at OOBE? I'm on latest version of Windows 10 on this computer.
windows-10 user-accounts sysprep
windows-10 user-accounts sysprep
asked May 7 '18 at 13:14
Jeremy PareJeremy Pare
14028
asked May 7 '18 at 13:14
Jeremy PareJeremy Pare
14028
asked May 7 '18 at 13:14
Jeremy PareJeremy Pare
14028
asked May 7 '18 at 13:14
Jeremy PareJeremy Pare
14028
asked May 7 '18 at 13:14
Jeremy PareJeremy Pare
14028
14028
2
IIRC, sysprep isn’t supposed to be used on an existing Windows installation.
– Daniel B
May 7 '18 at 13:54
Yes @DanielB, it can be. See this: groovypost.com/howto/windows-sysprep-welcome-screen
– Jeremy Pare
May 8 '18 at 1:25
1
Just because you can doesn’t mean you should. Microsoft says: “Sysprep must be used only to configure new installations of Windows.” and “You must not use Sysprep to reconfigure an existing installation of Windows that has already been deployed.” And that’s it.
– Daniel B
May 8 '18 at 8:33
1
It should be possible to make this work. I have not tested this, but this Microsoft article suggests that you can do a generalize that keeps device drivers by using an answer file. However, creating an answer file is a bit of work.
– Ben N
Jun 4 '18 at 16:18
add a comment |
2
IIRC, sysprep isn’t supposed to be used on an existing Windows installation.
– Daniel B
May 7 '18 at 13:54
Yes @DanielB, it can be. See this: groovypost.com/howto/windows-sysprep-welcome-screen
– Jeremy Pare
May 8 '18 at 1:25
1
Just because you can doesn’t mean you should. Microsoft says: “Sysprep must be used only to configure new installations of Windows.” and “You must not use Sysprep to reconfigure an existing installation of Windows that has already been deployed.” And that’s it.
– Daniel B
May 8 '18 at 8:33
1
It should be possible to make this work. I have not tested this, but this Microsoft article suggests that you can do a generalize that keeps device drivers by using an answer file. However, creating an answer file is a bit of work.
– Ben N
Jun 4 '18 at 16:18
2
2
IIRC, sysprep isn’t supposed to be used on an existing Windows installation.
– Daniel B
May 7 '18 at 13:54
IIRC, sysprep isn’t supposed to be used on an existing Windows installation.
– Daniel B
May 7 '18 at 13:54
Yes @DanielB, it can be. See this: groovypost.com/howto/windows-sysprep-welcome-screen
– Jeremy Pare
May 8 '18 at 1:25
Yes @DanielB, it can be. See this: groovypost.com/howto/windows-sysprep-welcome-screen
– Jeremy Pare
May 8 '18 at 1:25
1
1
Just because you can doesn’t mean you should. Microsoft says: “Sysprep must be used only to configure new installations of Windows.” and “You must not use Sysprep to reconfigure an existing installation of Windows that has already been deployed.” And that’s it.
– Daniel B
May 8 '18 at 8:33
Just because you can doesn’t mean you should. Microsoft says: “Sysprep must be used only to configure new installations of Windows.” and “You must not use Sysprep to reconfigure an existing installation of Windows that has already been deployed.” And that’s it.
– Daniel B
May 8 '18 at 8:33
1
1
It should be possible to make this work. I have not tested this, but this Microsoft article suggests that you can do a generalize that keeps device drivers by using an answer file. However, creating an answer file is a bit of work.
– Ben N
Jun 4 '18 at 16:18
It should be possible to make this work. I have not tested this, but this Microsoft article suggests that you can do a generalize that keeps device drivers by using an answer file. However, creating an answer file is a bit of work.
– Ben N
Jun 4 '18 at 16:18
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Form working with an old Windows 10 installation disk, I found that if you run the setup after installing the correct drivers, it keeps the old drivers as firmware.... However I can not replicate this repeatedly, it must do a sysprep prior to resetting the device.
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I don't know how this is an answer to my question?
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Form working with an old Windows 10 installation disk, I found that if you run the setup after installing the correct drivers, it keeps the old drivers as firmware.... However I can not replicate this repeatedly, it must do a sysprep prior to resetting the device.
answered Jan 1 at 9:51
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I don't know how this is an answer to my question?
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Form working with an old Windows 10 installation disk, I found that if you run the setup after installing the correct drivers, it keeps the old drivers as firmware.... However I can not replicate this repeatedly, it must do a sysprep prior to resetting the device.
answered Jan 1 at 9:51
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I don't know how this is an answer to my question?
– Jeremy Pare
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Form working with an old Windows 10 installation disk, I found that if you run the setup after installing the correct drivers, it keeps the old drivers as firmware.... However I can not replicate this repeatedly, it must do a sysprep prior to resetting the device.
answered Jan 1 at 9:51
testertester
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Form working with an old Windows 10 installation disk, I found that if you run the setup after installing the correct drivers, it keeps the old drivers as firmware.... However I can not replicate this repeatedly, it must do a sysprep prior to resetting the device.
answered Jan 1 at 9:51
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I don't know how this is an answer to my question?
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IIRC, sysprep isn’t supposed to be used on an existing Windows installation.
– Daniel B
May 7 '18 at 13:54
Yes @DanielB, it can be. See this: groovypost.com/howto/windows-sysprep-welcome-screen
– Jeremy Pare
May 8 '18 at 1:25
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Just because you can doesn’t mean you should. Microsoft says: “Sysprep must be used only to configure new installations of Windows.” and “You must not use Sysprep to reconfigure an existing installation of Windows that has already been deployed.” And that’s it.
– Daniel B
May 8 '18 at 8:33
1
It should be possible to make this work. I have not tested this, but this Microsoft article suggests that you can do a generalize that keeps device drivers by using an answer file. However, creating an answer file is a bit of work.
– Ben N
Jun 4 '18 at 16:18