For those of you wondering if you can set it up in such a way where it keeps all of your Windows Settings, Shortcuts, Taskbar Setup etc. Yes you can, in that case you need to skip deleting the User account and initializing Sysprep and still follow all of the other steps. For more info, you can watch this video where I created another Custom ISO, but I didn't use Sysprep. ruclips.net/video/VrBVXFiSkJ0/видео.html Also, I'd love for you to be a part of my Discord Community! discord.gg/zWGANV8QAX
Nice tutorial, and just FYI, after the sysprep, when you boot into the Windows ISO, no need to go through all the menus to get the command prompt, instead press SHIFT+F10 to open the command prompt directly.
Excellent tutorial. This is not exactly what I was looking for but you know what? It gave me an alternative solution that turns out to be better than what I wanted to do. Just a comment.. when creating a local user you don't need to do all that overcomplicated registry magic.. Just ender username a@a.a and a random password. It will come back with an error but then you can create local user. But even better if you don't even connect to internet. Just hit SHIFT F10 and in command prompt enter oobe\BypassNRO and hit enter.
Huge thanks!!! Will come in handy when making some Windows mods! Timestamps: 0:00-1:37 - Downloading the Windows 11 ISO 1:37-9:22 - Setting up a VM & Installing the needed programs 9:22-12:05 - Making Windows ask for First-Time Setup (OOBE) 12:05-15:17 - Generating the install.wim file 15:17-18:07 - Testing the VM 18:07-20:00 - Editing the ISO to include our custom install.wim file 20:00-21:26 - Testing the VM again 21:26-21:57 - The end Hope this helps!
Wow, there are quite a few steps to take! You're a genius individual. At least I've learned how to bypass the Microsoft account with the registry. The entire guideline is clear, and it's easy to follow, thanks to your clear explanations. It's just that there are too many steps to take, but they are doable.
Glad I could help! Thanks for your kind comment, really appreciate it! Yeah I can imagine it's not for everyone, but for those who want to do something like this, I hope it's useful.
AWESOME tutorial, thanks so much!! As an added note, I followed your advice and skipped the sysprep step so I could keep the user accounts/settings, but upon boot after completing the rest of the tutorial, I was greeted with a “Windows could not display the images available for installation” message when I selected “I don’t have a product key during the install process. After doing some digging, I found a forum post with a super simple fix: all you have to do is add /Description:”Your Description” to the end of the DISM command when capturing the install.wim file, and then I was able to get past the “I don’t have a product key” section of the install. I hope this helps someone that runs into the same issue, thank you again for this helpful video!! :)
Many thanks from Germany! I had quite a hard time ro follow all of your steps under german conditions, but finally I made it (after 3 days!). You have done a great job producing this video.
This is a great crash course on how to do it. I’m not sure VMware Player will do it, but you should take advantage of snapshots. Make a snapshot just before the last sysprep. Then power off and snapshot again. Then reboot let it go thru OOBE and all and test everything. If it is all good, restore to the Shutdown snapshot. If not, restore the pre-Syspre snapshot and make tweaks. In the custom image you just made in the video, you’re not going to have many problems. But if you full on tweak the system you’re going to find some things just don’t survive thru the sysprep process. One major offender is setting defaults and have them persist across users. Windows 10 made this hard and 11 made it even harder. Microsoft Office has some quirks and requires special handling for imaging but can be done. Microsoft Store apps have major issues some will handle sysprep some will not. Some will outright stall sysprep and requires you to dig thru logs to find out why, only to discover some Store apps refuse to deal with it. Have fun!
You can do the same using a software called mdt, Microsoft deployment tool kit you don't need register key to bypass Microsoft account login instead you can change it to new user logon
Whislt this might be an alternative, it does mention on the download page. The Windows ADK for Windows 10, version 1809 or later, is required for all deployment scenarios.
be aware this MDT may be deprecated soon. It uses a lot of VBScript and they are trying to do away with that. but with newer paid tools they may never convert those scripts to whatever will replace it.
14:00 if you don't find your drive letter (like me) do diskpart then "list volume" and your Windows will have no letter assigned, select the volume by entering "select volume 1" replace the 1 with your volume. then type assign letter=G so that it assigns the letter g and then exit
But at the end you have an iso which have all of your desired softwares and you don't have to install them in such a case where your window corrupts due to some errors or you changed your system or laptop your 2 hours will be saved every time you have to install new windows
Please let me know what you think once you've watched it! I've used VirtualBox before but my VM's kept freezing the whole time, decided to switch the VMware after that.
I have to say I use Oracle Virtualbox too, followed the steps inside windows and voila, I have my first dism windows image. Albeit, it took forever! I thought dism had hung, it was just having a great almighty think. 🙂
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i made a iso without the oobe so when i install it i have instant all my data/apps/loggings thats nice you have to open cmd in system recovery and there you type this 15:00 in there. then follow the tutorial.
Hi. great video, my question is if i got laptop Lenovo and i want to update the driver after using the custom windows. need to manual update after format?
You should just be able to change the wallpaper, but it won't be kept because of the sysprep command. If you want to keep your wallpaper then you can't run the Sysprep command.
Few things from my exp, when i was learning: in VM, when creating new machine, in hardware choose to create VHD. After win in VM is prepped, then, in HOST machine open disk mgmt and attach VHD in actions menu. Then you can continue capturing image and making new ISO on host machine and way faster. After that just detach VHD. Also, as for my self, i didnt delete users. Question: what does SYSPREP do? as i didnt use it and new bootable iso works anyway
How does this work in conjunction with an answer file? E.g. if my custom image has some packages installed and product key entered, can an answer file override that and remove those packages and change the product key? Which one takes prescedence, the custom image config or answer file config?
@@memstechtips Just FyI I tried to use this same method using oem pc but drivers are really not carrying over 100% I guess depends on the motherboard and you have. if it's a custom chinese generic on them you will need a diff program to force feed those drivers into the iso. Even HP prodesk and elitedesks have problem with drivers when using this method and will still require manually loading the drivers to the iso using different methods.
Excellent guide. Is there a way to change the default preference options for any account created after you make the custom image, like start menu and taskbar items, custom desktop icons, chrome/edge extensions and options. ect...?
I'm so glad you like it! So the thing is, if you don't initialize sysprep, then all of those options will remain as you set them up, but then you are loaded into the same user you used to create the custom image. I have another video on how I created a custom gaming ISO, you can also watch that because I didn't use sysprep in that video. You have to keep in mind if you don't use Sysprep then I think the PC name and system ID will all stay the same on all of the different pc's you install Windows on using the custom ISO. If that's not an issue then don't use the sysprep command.
Of much help. But friend. Could you make a video to do the same with w11 ltsc 2024? After capturing the image. The system does not install. Throws an error It says that the edition license key could not be validated, something like this
Thanks! I can't really because LTSC is tricky due to the fact that you can't download the iso file directly from MS (only eval version) and you can't get a key to activate it (easily and legally) - so its just too much of a risk because I'll get striked on RUclips and could face legal troubles, sorry.
Hi. Thank you for great and strait forward tutorial. Is there any way to capture Drive C ( windows drive ) and Drive D ( ex. MySQL installed ) and put them in a single .iso file like what you did ?
I like the tutorial, but I have to ask: if I apply my serial keys from my paid apps, then delete the user, and do everything needed until exporting the ISO, when I install Windows, will my paid apps be installed and activated? Or will I need to activate them again? I am asking because I am about to do this, and if I will need to activate them again, I will not activate them now.
If you do it that way then you'll have to activate them again I think. If you choose not to run the sysprep command and just create the image, everything will stay exactly as is and you will load into the existing user after the Windows install completes.
@@memstechtips I think I find a fix for the problem. Before I use NTLITE, disable Microsoft Account and WIFI Connection on UNATTENDED, and in the same page I enable Sysprep(allow the user changes go to all users). After this I create the ISO with those changes and start your tutorial on this video. I believe It will inherit the activation of my paid apps, because Administrator of the computer could be on of All Users.
hi...i wondering is it the same methods used by the computer manafactures to pre-install windows on their product like laptop?...coz new laptops today has already windows installed on it preloaded apps, and customized setting...
It could be one of the methods they use yes. There are also other methods to run scripts and stuff to install the programs, but most likely they are using this type of Imaging method.
EDIT: I made it work by putting the autounattend inside the sysprep folder but renaming it first to unattend.xml @@memstechtips Uhmm, okay so I tried installing the OS+autounattend and installed the apps. I then got to the sysprep step but it keeps giving me the error "Sysprep was not able to verify your Windows Installation". I then tried to do another clean OS+autounattend without any apps installed and just followed the steps in here, and unfortunately, it gave me the same error. I tried tinkering with the autounattend file but I still get the same error.
Very good tutorial. What about Windows Updates, should you do those or aren't they done automatically? I worry a bit about device specific drivers that might be downloaded via Windows-Update, making the ISO only work properly on the same device the ISO is created.. . And what about any settings that you do that are not account-based? Services disabled, OneDrive removed, some Registry changes? Would they be "saved" to the new ISO that way or only the installed Software?
I don't think the drivers through windows update should be a problem. I think if you set settings in the HKLM registry key or group policy for the entire computer they should be carried through on the ISO.
@@memstechtips i think by device specific drivers he means drivers like gpu drivers, chipset drivers, i was also going to ask that. Is there another way to make a iso with gpu drivers, audio drivers and chipset drivers installed? i also have a program for my laptop which i also need to install and install updates from it. and i doubt i can install them on virtual machine. is there a solution for that?
Amazing, This will be create for my company as we have programs we normally install that was created for us. Question, would it be okay after installing our programs to update windows fully before moving forward with the rest of the process?
If you use the Sysprep command, no, but you can check this video where I don't use the Sysprep command and everything stays the same: ruclips.net/video/VrBVXFiSkJ0/видео.html
Once you have your custom ISO file and are in the process of installing the OS are you limited to using only a local account, or does this maintain functionality with logging into your Microsoft account?
Excellent video, very well explained as well! I have a small question, let's say I change a few settings, I install the latest updates and customize Firefox/Edge to my liking. Do those setting also carry over to the custom ISO file?
Thanks so much! So the thing is, if you don't initialize sysprep, then all of those options & settings will remain as you set them up, but then you are loaded into the same user you used to create the custom image. I have another video on how I created a custom gaming ISO, you can also watch that because I didn't use sysprep in that video. You have to keep in mind if you don't use Sysprep then I think the PC name and system ID will all stay the same on all of the different pc's you install Windows on using the custom ISO. If that's not an issue then don't use the sysprep command.
Hi ! I tried this with Windows 11 24H2 and some virtual machines, I managed to create the new ISO with my install.wim file. But when I tried to install with the new ISO, after a moment it will say that the installation failed. But it used to work with Windows 10 ! Too bad it doesn't work anymore.
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I get the exact same error. I also tried applying the install.wim from DISM directly (in WinPE loaded from Hiren's Boot CD) an dI got the same error: the install.wim file is corrupted and unreadable (at 44% for me), although the .wim file creation finished succesfuly after following the steps mentioned in this video
👍👍Thank you for your valuable tutorial. I have a question: I followed every step until the Windows Sysprep at 9:30, but when Windows restarted, it came back clean and all the stuff I installed was gone. What is the issue? Thank you for your time and effort.
Hi ! Great tutorial, Thanks ! Just one thing, there is no install.wim file in the ISO I downloaded from Microsoft but a install.esd. Is that the same ? Would it work if i delte it and put the wim file instead ?
@@memstechtips Thanks for the answer, I just watched the other tutorail you made for Win10 and I got the answer there too ! I feel a bit stupid now... 🤣😅
@@memstechtips It did work for me with a little problem though : at the end of the installation the PC just hangs up, vCPU @100% et no activity on the virtual disk. I let it like that for 5-6 minutes and shut it down. I then restarted the VM and it went through some final steps and there you go, VM started with all softwares installed. I think that depending on what software you want it to install for you during the OS installation, it may have some little issues like that. But it finally worked for me. Thanks again for that tutorial !
Would you please redo this video with windows 11 24h2? I followed each n every step, but while installing it goes up to 80% and then says installation failed. It worked with windows 10 tho
is it possible to install for example all the apps from adobe creative cloud, red giant plugin for after effects , Cinema 4D and then re-enter the credentials of the licenses? I ask because in the office I solidly do a normal installation of everything then I directly clone the disk for the other systems in 25 minutes clone 400 gb of installation and repeat for 8 pc. your method seems interesting because windows is installed according to the personal pc configuration but I think it is much slower or wrong? thanks to share
You can do that but then you shouldn't run the sysprep command, I basically show it in this video: ruclips.net/video/VrBVXFiSkJ0/видео.html But then all of the pc's will have the same name and user etc.
if i recall, anyiso is installed in the template VM after capture and is then a throwaway, it can’t affect the host system above the VM. So unless it injects something into the ISO, this won’t be a concern since you’ll delete the VM later anyway.
great walkthrough indeed! so if we choose win11 Pro instead, does that mean that all devices we install the custom iso to will just need to run win11 pro then? and you need to buy a prod key? also, thanks for some program suggestions, will definitely check them out.
That is correct, it is bound on the version you select, but with Home, if you enter a Pro key, it will convert to Pro, same with Single Language. But if you install Pro and enter a Home key it won't work.
This method is great but on the new PC that is setup with this ISO, there is an error that pops up, about the VMWare tools, during startup. And there is no way to uninstall it even after trying to uninstall through the control panel. Is there a solution for this?
I think that is a very helpful and precise explanation on how to use sysprep. Wil try that! However: please stop using that hypernervous (and fully useless) yellow subtitles. They are only distracting from the really good content!
Thanks for your comment and feedback, I really appreciate it. I thought the word by word captions might be good because I'm a faceless channel but maybe it might be hurting the channel. I will make my next videos without the burned in subtitles and see if there is any negative impact on my content and then decide from there. Thanks
Sir any way to create custom iso using AOMEI Backuper. Because i have some appliccation install on my pc when install this application create automatic useraccount for this application,
Trying to use this using windows 11 24h2, then trim the iso using tinybuilder, => the tiny11 iso generated from this can be installed, but after adding few programs and generate the install.wim, and then incorporate the install.wim to the iso, the installation failed at 5% Meanwhile using it on latest 23h2 is successful. Thank you, it's make my life alot easier. Btw any idea why it's failed using win 11 24h2?
Yeah, I got this same error. I ended up just starting over. I'm going to try using Virtual Box this time (not that I think VMWare had anything to do with it.) If I get the error again I'll try to figure out a fix & post it here. I'm pretty sure I saw another video on here mention this error and how to fix it.
At 17:11, you said to navigate to the VMShare folder "that we created earlier"... I must have missed a step where you created that folder. I don't recall us creating that folder earlier.
tried several times each with a new VM starting from scratch and sysprep always fails on the final step of generalizing. The error was that "applications were installed for a user, not provisioned for all users"...then it chokes and fails. The only way to get sysprep to complete successfully was to uninstall all the apps I installed (one by one hoping it would work eventually) as every single one I installed caused this error, which of course defeats the entire purpose of doing this. I will give it another try if I can figure how to install all applications for all users
i didnt get any error messages either during any of the steps . what can i do to validate the 1) install.wim file and 2) validate the .iso file so i can make sure both are independently working before i use anyburn?
hi..I already installed apps, customizing setting, set language etc..i try to do sysprep via cmd..chose audit mode and untick generalize box and the command said review log file %WINDIR%System32\Sysprep\Panther\setupact.log.. i need to resolve that issue first then run again sysprep..do you any idea why this happen? i didn't modify anything in the registry...
i tried to do this with windows 11 24h2 after doing all the steps i got the iso but when trying to install it it asks for product key and no option to i dont have product key...i switched to windows 11 23h2 and i made it....all work perfectly...so i suggest people avoid windows 11 24h2 it has a lot of problems
what about windwos updates, i work at an it support company and i have sometimes to install the same stuff in around 300 same pc's, can the windows updates be saved to?
For those of you wondering if you can set it up in such a way where it keeps all of your Windows Settings, Shortcuts, Taskbar Setup etc. Yes you can, in that case you need to skip deleting the User account and initializing Sysprep and still follow all of the other steps. For more info, you can watch this video where I created another Custom ISO, but I didn't use Sysprep. ruclips.net/video/VrBVXFiSkJ0/видео.html
Also, I'd love for you to be a part of my Discord Community! discord.gg/zWGANV8QAX
Nice tutorial, and just FYI, after the sysprep, when you boot into the Windows ISO, no need to go through all the menus to get the command prompt, instead press SHIFT+F10 to open the command prompt directly.
Excellent tutorial. This is not exactly what I was looking for but you know what? It gave me an alternative solution that turns out to be better than what I wanted to do. Just a comment.. when creating a local user you don't need to do all that overcomplicated registry magic.. Just ender username a@a.a and a random password. It will come back with an error but then you can create local user. But even better if you don't even connect to internet. Just hit SHIFT F10 and in command prompt enter oobe\BypassNRO and hit enter.
I've actually been trying to find a way to install a custom iso with app i want, so this is very helpful, thanks
As someone who reinstalls Windows frequently (mainly because of Insider program) this is very helpful. Thank you for this guide.
Question my update says it cannot run windows11 I am running windows 10 I tried several times but no success can it can carry windows 11
Huge thanks!!! Will come in handy when making some Windows mods!
Timestamps:
0:00-1:37 - Downloading the Windows 11 ISO
1:37-9:22 - Setting up a VM & Installing the needed programs
9:22-12:05 - Making Windows ask for First-Time Setup (OOBE)
12:05-15:17 - Generating the install.wim file
15:17-18:07 - Testing the VM
18:07-20:00 - Editing the ISO to include our custom install.wim file
20:00-21:26 - Testing the VM again
21:26-21:57 - The end
Hope this helps!
It's a pleasure! Thanks for the timestamps, appreciate it! 🙂
Very useful video. I'm permanently bookmarking it.
Glad it was helpful! And thanks so much for the tip! 😀 I really appreciate it and may God bless you!
Wow, there are quite a few steps to take! You're a genius individual. At least I've learned how to bypass the Microsoft account with the registry. The entire guideline is clear, and it's easy to follow, thanks to your clear explanations. It's just that there are too many steps to take, but they are doable.
Glad I could help! Thanks for your kind comment, really appreciate it! Yeah I can imagine it's not for everyone, but for those who want to do something like this, I hope it's useful.
AWESOME tutorial, thanks so much!!
As an added note, I followed your advice and skipped the sysprep step so I could keep the user accounts/settings, but upon boot after completing the rest of the tutorial, I was greeted with a “Windows could not display the images available for installation” message when I selected “I don’t have a product key during the install process.
After doing some digging, I found a forum post with a super simple fix: all you have to do is add /Description:”Your Description” to the end of the DISM command when capturing the install.wim file, and then I was able to get past the “I don’t have a product key” section of the install.
I hope this helps someone that runs into the same issue, thank you again for this helpful video!! :)
Thanks so much for clarifying! I wasn't aware of this issue, but now I know for the future. Glad my video got you halfway there!
what i have to write in ”Your Description”?
@@BuzzForex It shouldn’t really matter, personally I just make it the same as the Name :)
The most complete guide for this puzzled operation
Thanks!
Welcome! Thank you so much for the tip! 🤝
Many thanks from Germany! I had quite a hard time ro follow all of your steps under german conditions, but finally I made it (after 3 days!). You have done a great job producing this video.
Bro, I appreciate it. I'm searching for this during hall time.
Thank you.
This is a great crash course on how to do it. I’m not sure VMware Player will do it, but you should take advantage of snapshots. Make a snapshot just before the last sysprep. Then power off and snapshot again. Then reboot let it go thru OOBE and all and test everything. If it is all good, restore to the Shutdown snapshot. If not, restore the pre-Syspre snapshot and make tweaks.
In the custom image you just made in the video, you’re not going to have many problems. But if you full on tweak the system you’re going to find some things just don’t survive thru the sysprep process. One major offender is setting defaults and have them persist across users. Windows 10 made this hard and 11 made it even harder. Microsoft Office has some quirks and requires special handling for imaging but can be done. Microsoft Store apps have major issues some will handle sysprep some will not. Some will outright stall sysprep and requires you to dig thru logs to find out why, only to discover some Store apps refuse to deal with it.
Have fun!
Thanks for your detailed comment, I really appreciate it! Yeah I think the Pro version of VMWare can take snapshots and it's now free.
Very good tutorial! Thanks for sharing.
You can do the same using a software called mdt, Microsoft deployment tool kit you don't need register key to bypass Microsoft account login instead you can change it to new user logon
Thanks, I will have a look at this.
Whislt this might be an alternative, it does mention on the download page. The Windows ADK for Windows 10, version 1809 or later, is required for all deployment scenarios.
be aware this MDT may be deprecated soon. It uses a lot of VBScript and they are trying to do away with that. but with newer paid tools they may never convert those scripts to whatever will replace it.
14:00 if you don't find your drive letter (like me) do diskpart then "list volume" and your Windows will have no letter assigned, select the volume by entering "select volume 1" replace the 1 with your volume. then type assign letter=G so that it assigns the letter g and then exit
thanks buddy :D
And just like that, 9 hours later you have a custom ISO with Chrome on it.
Lol
*Firefox
Lol that's gonna be me bc I stay making dual boot systems for my friends, gonna have preset steam,Firefox,etc
But at the end you have an iso which have all of your desired softwares and you don't have to install them in such a case where your window corrupts due to some errors or you changed your system or laptop your 2 hours will be saved every time you have to install new windows
@@memstechtipsby the way thank you very much vro
Ill have to rewatch this later! I personally use Oracle Virtualbox, but VMware is also good
Please let me know what you think once you've watched it! I've used VirtualBox before but my VM's kept freezing the whole time, decided to switch the VMware after that.
I have to say I use Oracle Virtualbox too, followed the steps inside windows and voila, I have my first dism windows image. Albeit, it took forever! I thought dism had hung, it was just having a great almighty think. 🙂
I am following along to build a reference ISO based on your new answer file :)
Excellent video, but you don’t need to add the caption to the screen, your accent is pure and easy to understand.
Noted! Thanks so much, I have stopped adding them after this video. Appreciate your comment.
Don't stop.. Better with caption for clear instructions and those not good in listening along the voice
I upload proper subtitles to RUclips, so now you can just click the CC button and you will see the subs.
This video is definitly usefull, thanks a lot for the efforts to make it happend.
You're very welcome!
hey
so you can also to lookups on witch drives you have, by usning diskpart and list Vol, simpler then going around and guess the drive letter
Hey, yes that is also a good point, thanks!
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Thanks for share your knowledge mate...!👀
You have serious computers skills...👀
Congratulations for that...!
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Thanks a lot for making this video.
Pleasure, glad you like it.
i made a iso without the oobe so when i install it i have instant all my data/apps/loggings thats nice
you have to open cmd in system recovery and there you type this 15:00 in there.
then follow the tutorial.
Great video, you've earned a sub 👍
Awesome, thank you!
Great job!!!
Fantastic, thank you so much.
Glad you liked it!
Very cool tutorial, thank you!
You're very welcome!
Hi.
great video, my question is if i got laptop Lenovo and i want to update the driver after using the custom windows. need to manual update after format?
Thank you so much can you please show me how can I customise the wallpaper as well
You should just be able to change the wallpaper, but it won't be kept because of the sysprep command. If you want to keep your wallpaper then you can't run the Sysprep command.
Few things from my exp, when i was learning: in VM, when creating new machine, in hardware choose to create VHD. After win in VM is prepped, then, in HOST machine open disk mgmt and attach VHD in actions menu. Then you can continue capturing image and making new ISO on host machine and way faster. After that just detach VHD.
Also, as for my self, i didnt delete users.
Question: what does SYSPREP do? as i didnt use it and new bootable iso works anyway
This channel is so good! keep it up! btw i did not create the D drive. instead i created the wim image to my pendrive lol. thx man! (u earned a sub :)
Glad I could help! Thanks for the positive feedback! Yeah you can also use a USB drive, no problem. 🙂
Thanks a lot!
You're welcome! Glad it was helpful.
Nice 👍
Thanks for the visit!
Thanks that is handy I guess that's how all these custom made windows are done
Pleasure! There are a lot of different ways to create a custom Windows ISO, this is just one of them.
@@memstechtips Yes a good one thanks
Wow, that was a mouth full however I did understand it all. Thanks.
Glad it was helpful!
Great Idea! Thanks! I´ll try...
You are welcome 😊
Hi quick question: Can you set up fully PC and then create ISO from it? I don't want to bother with VM and have one PC with fresh install.
WOW ! I WILL MAKE MY CUSTOM ISO LATER
Very helpful, great video
Glad it was helpful!
Awesome! thanks 👍👍
No problem! Glad you like it!
kinda complicated for newbies, but great job, thanks anyway
Yeah I figured that it won't be for everyone, you'll need to have advanced computer knowledge to follow it. Thanks for the support.
How does this work in conjunction with an answer file? E.g. if my custom image has some packages installed and product key entered, can an answer file override that and remove those packages and change the product key?
Which one takes prescedence, the custom image config or answer file config?
Awesome video, sir. Could you do a video of custom windows ISO with drivers or diverpacks pre-installed, please?
You can use this same method but just install all of the drivers for your pc before creating the install.wim file. It will work.
@@memstechtips
Just FyI
I tried to use this same method using oem pc but drivers are really not carrying over 100%
I guess depends on the motherboard and you have. if it's a custom chinese generic on them you will need a diff program to force feed those drivers into the iso.
Even HP prodesk and elitedesks have problem with drivers when using this method and will still require manually loading the drivers to the iso using different methods.
You don't have to do the F10 thing. Just choose the domain choice and options and create a local account.
That only works on the Pro version of Windows, not Home.
Very useful info.Thank you bro
So nice of you, thanks!
Excellent guide. Is there a way to change the default preference options for any account created after you make the custom image, like start menu and taskbar items, custom desktop icons, chrome/edge extensions and options. ect...?
I'm so glad you like it! So the thing is, if you don't initialize sysprep, then all of those options will remain as you set them up, but then you are loaded into the same user you used to create the custom image. I have another video on how I created a custom gaming ISO, you can also watch that because I didn't use sysprep in that video. You have to keep in mind if you don't use Sysprep then I think the PC name and system ID will all stay the same on all of the different pc's you install Windows on using the custom ISO. If that's not an issue then don't use the sysprep command.
thank you your video helped me very much
You're welcome!
Of much help. But friend. Could you make a video to do the same with w11 ltsc 2024? After capturing the image. The system does not install. Throws an error It says that the edition license key could not be validated, something like this
Thanks! I can't really because LTSC is tricky due to the fact that you can't download the iso file directly from MS (only eval version) and you can't get a key to activate it (easily and legally) - so its just too much of a risk because I'll get striked on RUclips and could face legal troubles, sorry.
0:33 same for Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008
Thanks for letting me know!
@@memstechtips you're welcome
thank you for this awesome video.and i would like to ask if it's the same steps for physical computers ?
Hi. Thank you for great and strait forward tutorial. Is there any way to capture Drive C ( windows drive ) and Drive D ( ex. MySQL installed ) and put them in a single .iso file like what you did ?
Not that I know of, sorry. I haven't done too much research into that.
I like the tutorial, but I have to ask: if I apply my serial keys from my paid apps, then delete the user, and do everything needed until exporting the ISO, when I install Windows, will my paid apps be installed and activated? Or will I need to activate them again? I am asking because I am about to do this, and if I will need to activate them again, I will not activate them now.
If you do it that way then you'll have to activate them again I think. If you choose not to run the sysprep command and just create the image, everything will stay exactly as is and you will load into the existing user after the Windows install completes.
@@memstechtips I think I find a fix for the problem. Before I use NTLITE, disable Microsoft Account and WIFI Connection on UNATTENDED, and in the same page I enable Sysprep(allow the user changes go to all users). After this I create the ISO with those changes and start your tutorial on this video. I believe It will inherit the activation of my paid apps, because Administrator of the computer could be on of All Users.
hi...i wondering is it the same methods used by the computer manafactures to pre-install windows on their product like laptop?...coz new laptops today has already windows installed on it preloaded apps, and customized setting...
It could be one of the methods they use yes. There are also other methods to run scripts and stuff to install the programs, but most likely they are using this type of Imaging method.
Do you need to download win deployment kit? or adk setup for all this? In regards to win10 pro
someone tell you who are you?
YOU: i'm your OS
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I see what you did there... 😄
How or can you combine this with autounattend tutorial you created?
Yeah you can do the install with the answer file and then follow this video to create a new ISO with all of your apps if you want.
EDIT: I made it work by putting the autounattend inside the sysprep folder but renaming it first to unattend.xml
@@memstechtips Uhmm, okay so I tried installing the OS+autounattend and installed the apps. I then got to the sysprep step but it keeps giving me the error "Sysprep was not able to verify your Windows Installation". I then tried to do another clean OS+autounattend without any apps installed and just followed the steps in here, and unfortunately, it gave me the same error. I tried tinkering with the autounattend file but I still get the same error.
Very good tutorial.
What about Windows Updates, should you do those or aren't they done automatically? I worry a bit about device specific drivers that might be downloaded via Windows-Update, making the ISO only work properly on the same device the ISO is created.. .
And what about any settings that you do that are not account-based? Services disabled, OneDrive removed, some Registry changes? Would they be "saved" to the new ISO that way or only the installed Software?
I don't think the drivers through windows update should be a problem. I think if you set settings in the HKLM registry key or group policy for the entire computer they should be carried through on the ISO.
@@memstechtips i think by device specific drivers he means drivers like gpu drivers, chipset drivers, i was also going to ask that. Is there another way to make a iso with gpu drivers, audio drivers and chipset drivers installed? i also have a program for my laptop which i also need to install and install updates from it. and i doubt i can install them on virtual machine. is there a solution for that?
Amazing, This will be create for my company as we have programs we normally install that was created for us. Question, would it be okay after installing our programs to update windows fully before moving forward with the rest of the process?
Yes you can also do that, should work perfectly fine.
Does this method also Provide all Changes regarding Regs and Settings? Huge thank you this will Speed Up fresh installs soooo much.
If you use the Sysprep command, no, but you can check this video where I don't use the Sysprep command and everything stays the same: ruclips.net/video/VrBVXFiSkJ0/видео.html
hi..pls help
After starting DISM
Saving Image stuck every time at 5%
saying error 6
the handle is invalid
Once you have your custom ISO file and are in the process of installing the OS are you limited to using only a local account, or does this maintain functionality with logging into your Microsoft account?
You should still be able to use a Microsoft account like always.
Excellent video, very well explained as well!
I have a small question, let's say I change a few settings, I install the latest updates and customize Firefox/Edge to my liking. Do those setting also carry over to the custom ISO file?
Thanks so much! So the thing is, if you don't initialize sysprep, then all of those options & settings will remain as you set them up, but then you are loaded into the same user you used to create the custom image. I have another video on how I created a custom gaming ISO, you can also watch that because I didn't use sysprep in that video. You have to keep in mind if you don't use Sysprep then I think the PC name and system ID will all stay the same on all of the different pc's you install Windows on using the custom ISO. If that's not an issue then don't use the sysprep command.
Hi !
I tried this with Windows 11 24H2 and some virtual machines, I managed to create the new ISO with my install.wim file. But when I tried to install with the new ISO, after a moment it will say that the installation failed. But it used to work with Windows 10 ! Too bad it doesn't work anymore.
I get the exact same error. I also tried applying the install.wim from DISM directly (in WinPE loaded from Hiren's Boot CD) an dI got the same error: the install.wim file is corrupted and unreadable (at 44% for me), although the .wim file creation finished succesfuly after following the steps mentioned in this video
👍👍Thank you for your valuable tutorial. I have a question: I followed every step until the Windows Sysprep at 9:30, but when Windows restarted, it came back clean and all the stuff I installed was gone. What is the issue? Thank you for your time and effort.
Glad you like it. Uhm I'm not sure, that shouldn't be happening.
Hi !
Great tutorial, Thanks !
Just one thing, there is no install.wim file in the ISO I downloaded from Microsoft but a install.esd. Is that the same ? Would it work if i delte it and put the wim file instead ?
Yes you can delete the. esd and replace it with your .wim 🙂
@@memstechtips Thanks for the answer, I just watched the other tutorail you made for Win10 and I got the answer there too ! I feel a bit stupid now... 🤣😅
@@memstechtips It did work for me with a little problem though : at the end of the installation the PC just hangs up, vCPU @100% et no activity on the virtual disk. I let it like that for 5-6 minutes and shut it down. I then restarted the VM and it went through some final steps and there you go, VM started with all softwares installed.
I think that depending on what software you want it to install for you during the OS installation, it may have some little issues like that. But it finally worked for me.
Thanks again for that tutorial !
Windows could not display the images available for installation... i go this promt after clicking on install
At which point in the video?
Question: When haved install in C: you have an Windows.old folder why?
Nice
Sir I have problem with the setup says setup has failed to validate the product key..
Would you please redo this video with windows 11 24h2? I followed each n every step, but while installing it goes up to 80% and then says installation failed.
It worked with windows 10 tho
How did you get that context menu that transparent 😮
It's Nilesoft Shell and it has a config file where you can set the transparency. I might make a video in the future.
is it possible to install for example all the apps from adobe creative cloud, red giant plugin for after effects , Cinema 4D and then re-enter the credentials of the licenses? I ask because in the office I solidly do a normal installation of everything then I directly clone the disk for the other systems in 25 minutes clone 400 gb of installation and repeat for 8 pc. your method seems interesting because windows is installed according to the personal pc configuration but I think it is much slower or wrong? thanks to share
You can do that but then you shouldn't run the sysprep command, I basically show it in this video: ruclips.net/video/VrBVXFiSkJ0/видео.html
But then all of the pc's will have the same name and user etc.
I prefer portable version of anydesk just to prevent the auto startup of the service and possible attacks.
Good point, haven't thought of that yet tbh.
if i recall, anyiso is installed in the template VM after capture and is then a throwaway, it can’t affect the host system above the VM. So unless it injects something into the ISO, this won’t be a concern since you’ll delete the VM later anyway.
great walkthrough indeed! so if we choose win11 Pro instead, does that mean that all devices we install the custom iso to will just need to run win11 pro then? and you need to buy a prod key? also, thanks for some program suggestions, will definitely check them out.
That is correct, it is bound on the version you select, but with Home, if you enter a Pro key, it will convert to Pro, same with Single Language. But if you install Pro and enter a Home key it won't work.
Is there a way to do this for SCCM or WDS?
This method is great but on the new PC that is setup with this ISO, there is an error that pops up, about the VMWare tools, during startup. And there is no way to uninstall it even after trying to uninstall through the control panel. Is there a solution for this?
It seems you installed vmware tools into the vm before capturing the image, so it caused that
I think that is a very helpful and precise explanation on how to use sysprep. Wil try that!
However: please stop using that hypernervous (and fully useless) yellow subtitles. They are only distracting from the really good content!
Thanks for your comment and feedback, I really appreciate it. I thought the word by word captions might be good because I'm a faceless channel but maybe it might be hurting the channel. I will make my next videos without the burned in subtitles and see if there is any negative impact on my content and then decide from there. Thanks
@@memstechtips the yellow subtitles are great for hard of hearing, keep it up :)
Nostalgic feeling that make Custom Windows XP Nlite
Hi!, where can i download you .ISO file?
Sorry but I'm not sharing the ISO file.
windows product id should be different in every installation ?
If you're going to install it on a whole bunch of different computers, then yes. If it's just for your own pc, then it doesn't matter.
Sir any way to create custom iso using AOMEI Backuper. Because i have some appliccation install on my pc when install this application create automatic useraccount for this application,
this way is also greaat, but only if you use for your self. I would make like in a video, for other people, so you don't wait for updates etc.
Trying to use this using windows 11 24h2, then trim the iso using tinybuilder, => the tiny11 iso generated from this can be installed, but after adding few programs and generate the install.wim, and then incorporate the install.wim to the iso, the installation failed at 5%
Meanwhile using it on latest 23h2 is successful.
Thank you, it's make my life alot easier.
Btw any idea why it's failed using win 11 24h2?
I'm not sure why it won't work on 24H2. But I won't be bothered with it until it fully releases into the stable channel.
@@memstechtips yup, rightfully so, i just had the free time and curious to see if it would work, and yup not working..
so i can use this also as a live usb and when i restart the laptop remove the usb and restart it it should be clean system everytime right ?
Sysprep was unable to validate your windows installation error while running sysprep command, what to do
I'm sorry but I haven't received this error yet, I don't know... You'll have to do some research on Google about it.
@@memstechtips Can i share you the screenshot
Yeah, I got this same error. I ended up just starting over. I'm going to try using Virtual Box this time (not that I think VMWare had anything to do with it.) If I get the error again I'll try to figure out a fix & post it here. I'm pretty sure I saw another video on here mention this error and how to fix it.
did you install Windows Store apps? Many of those hate the sysprep process and will stall it.
Let me know if you guys manage to find any fixes so it helps others in the comments as well.
May its helpful, give Necessary command in video description /
Check the first link for my written guide, all commands and step by step is written out for the tutorial.
Can I download & install program without ninite when custom windows with pre installed software ?
Yes you don't have to use Ninite or any of the other programs I installed, it was just an example.
I keep getting a sysprep error saying it can't validate Windows 11 23H2 ( update) ok I had to update Windows so that it would work
Thanks for clarifying and providing the solution.
Windows could not display the images available for installation. How to fix that after following all your tutorial.?
Where did you get that cursor?
Here you go: ruclips.net/video/Bi3sAVa2D00/видео.html
@@memstechtips thank you
Woah 4GB bigger than the normal Win11 ISO... crazy how so little additions to the image blows it out of proportions
Yeah very true, it does make the ISO file HUGE.
there might be a dism option to reduce WIM size.
I was looking for something that also includes removing bloatware and unnecessary files from the windows image
Keep an eye on my channel because I'm releasing something in the near future which will help with that.
At 17:11, you said to navigate to the VMShare folder "that we created earlier"... I must have missed a step where you created that folder. I don't recall us creating that folder earlier.
Can i change the boot logo, too
tried several times each with a new VM starting from scratch and sysprep always fails on the final step of generalizing. The error was that "applications were installed for a user, not provisioned for all users"...then it chokes and fails. The only way to get sysprep to complete successfully was to uninstall all the apps I installed (one by one hoping it would work eventually) as every single one I installed caused this error, which of course defeats the entire purpose of doing this. I will give it another try if I can figure how to install all applications for all users
i got 17gb of windows 11 after a do this..the question is it normal.?
i tried but my ISO says "Windows could not display the images available for installation"
Strange 🤔
i didnt get any error messages either during any of the steps . what can i do to validate the 1) install.wim file and 2) validate the .iso file so i can make sure both are independently working before i use anyburn?
To be honest, I'm not sure how you can validate it before creating the ISO. I would just create it with Anyburn and check if it works.
hi..I already installed apps, customizing setting, set language etc..i try to do sysprep via cmd..chose audit mode and untick generalize box and the command said review log file %WINDIR%System32\Sysprep\Panther\setupact.log.. i need to resolve that issue first then run again sysprep..do you any idea why this happen? i didn't modify anything in the registry...
i tried to do this with windows 11 24h2 after doing all the steps i got the iso but when trying to install it it asks for product key and no option to i dont have product key...i switched to windows 11 23h2 and i made it....all work perfectly...so i suggest people avoid windows 11 24h2 it has a lot of problems
what about windwos updates, i work at an it support company and i have sometimes to install the same stuff in around 300 same pc's, can the windows updates be saved to?
Yes I'm pretty sure it will be saved too.
Bro, i have done that on my main computer (Prepared on main computer)
we can install drivers too?
Yes!