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Sysprep

(SYStem PREParation) A Windows utility that is used to deploy Windows on new computers. It enables system administrators to create a custom image of the OS that can be reused throughout the organization. Sysprep was introduced with Windows NT 4.0.
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- Added wait timer for the service when computer is going through SYSPREP process.
We see familiar features like VPN, Direct Access, and group policy based centralized management, ability to "sysprep" and deploy images, and all of that good stuff from yesteryears continue.
Desktone provides the ability to try the instances prior to deployment by administratively accessed instances that use Windows SysPrep (as opposed to image snapshots, so as to correctly establish the hardware licensing requirements for Windows 7) and should be familiar to Microsoft admins.
New features of the UIU version 4.5 include: new Windows 7 driver database, support for Macintosh Intel-based hardware via Mac Boot Camp, advanced OS-agnostic UIU Discovery Tool which allows the user to ascertain hardware compatibility for all current Windows Operating Systems, modified Sysprep .
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