Hello,
I am trying to troubleshoot a problem here. Let me provide some background. I have a lab of 30 HP Prodesk 600's all with the exact same specs. It has MS Windows 7 SP1 on it that was purchased as being preloaded on the PC from HP. So its HP branded Windows 7. HP branded activation key for the OS as well. When i configured the computer, i never had to enter an activation key as it was already factory activated. So i want all 30 computers to be exactly the same with the exception of the name of course. The naming will go: Lab-01, Lab-02, Lab-03 ect.... The computer i am pulling the master image from is Lab-01. Its got all the software i want loaded and activated. It has been joined to the domain. Everything is good with it. It uploads the image fine.
When i send the image to the other 29 computers, some of them complete as expected with the appropriate names. Others complete, but when you go to log into them it says the primary trust between the workstation and domain is broken. The name of the computers that exhibit that error are all Lab-01. I was under the impression that i did not have to sysprep manufacturer activated Windows 7.
Do i need to use sysprep? If i do, do i do it when uploading the disk or downloading the disk or both? I assume i choose the option to use existing key? And finally, do i need to play around with any of the answer xml files or will the default one installed with Altiris work?
Thanks in advance.