SysPrep gone horribly wrong
Today I spent almost whole day trying to solve a problem, caused by SysPrep
The problem was:
The computer restarted unexpectedly or encountered an unexpected error. Windows installation cannot proceed.
To install Windows, click "OK" to restart the computer, and then restart the installation.
In retro-aspect it was just a little registry that needed to be changed. Here is the solution:
- On the error screen press
SHIFT+F10
to startCommand Prompt
. - Start
Registry Editor
by typingregedit
and pressENTER
. - Navigate to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/SETUP/STATUS/ChildCompletion
on the left panel (tree) - Double-Click on
setup.exe
in right panel and change the value to3
(in my case from1
). - Close the
Registry Editor
. - Close the
Command Prompt
by typingexit
and pressENTER
. - Click on
OK
, computer will restart and setup will continue.
I wonder how much time I would have saved, if I had known about it in the morning.