Manualy Build and Capture

If you manually want make a Build and Capture you have some prequest:

• Not joining Domain
• Administrator account must have blank password
• Delete all other local account else you get error message “windows could not complete the installation. To install windows on this computer, restart the installation” after building a capture.
• Remove Configuration Manager program
• Remove Endpoint protection program

Windows App Store Apps

If you manually Windows update, you have to delete Windows App Store Apps otherwise you get an error while sysprep the system:

• Twitter
• Candy Crush

You can resolve it to add the follow regkey before you run Windows Update:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CloudContent]
“DisableWindowsConsumerFeatures”=dword:00000001

Example Powershell commandline (Run as Administrator):

Import-Module Appx
Import-Module Dism
 
Get–AppxPackage *twitter* | Remove–AppxPackage
Get-AppxPackage *CandyCrush* | Remove-AppxPackage

Logfile location Sysprep:

C:\Windows\System32\Sysprep\Panther\

Files:
– setupact.log
– setuperr.log