![]() Save it (and copy it in the sysprep folder).txt extension and click Yes when prompted to change the file extension In the window that appears, select the « View » tab and uncheck « Hide extension for known file types ». To change this, when on a folder window, hit « alt ». Be careful, when creating the file, it will automatically add the.If you don’t have the rights to create a file, then, go to the desktop and then copy it when the next steps are done. In this directory, create a file and name it « unattend.xml« , without the quotes.Go to the directory C:\Windows\System32\sysprep. ![]() Type this command « net stop WMPNetworkSvc » without the quotes.On the application that has been found, right click and select « Use as an Administrator ».Don’t ask me why BUT we need to stop the Windows Media Player Service.Reboot your virtual machine (we’re never too safe…).What we’ll basically do here is create an installation of Windows that is independent of the hardware it’s booting on with the help of sysprep. I must say this step was the most painful to me, because I didn’t have any tutorial and needed to find why things didn’t work by myself ! Step 3 : Generalize the Windows 7 installation with sysprep You’ll only need part 1 and 3 and to reboot the system between these two steps. Just go and use this great article from Terabyteunlimited to do the trick. This is why we need to delete this partition. And this little partition is considered as the principal, which means Windows will eventually boot on this one and not the one we’d like to. Truth is, Windows has created two partitions when installing, to prepare the use of the built-in encryption technology called BitLocker. Step 2: Delete the « System reserved » Partition It’ll take two reboots to finish the installationįirst step is done. Let’s start tricking Microsoft!.Launch the virtual machine and choose the ISO image of Windows 7 installer.Add a VDI hard drive of type and then, choose dynamically allocated that uses 10 Gb (you’ll need less, but it is to be sure, and you can choose more, but it’s going to take longer in the last part of this tutorial).Add a new virtual machine and name it Win7 (easier when prompting commands later), add how much RAM you want.Step 1: Install Windows 7 on the Virtual Machine ![]() But in this first step we’re installing it on a Virtual Machine, which is not a real PC, so we need to say to Windows: Ok, next time you boot, check the hardware and install any necessary driver. Indeed, when Windows is installing, it takes into account the hardware it’s running on to configure only the drivers it needs. Part 1 – Create a « Generalized » Windows 7 imageįirst, we are going to create a Windows 7 installation that will not take into account the hardware on which it’s running.
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