Windows Vista sysprep.exe /generalize error "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."
I wanted to disable the "Administrator" account for security purposes and I read some "guide" on the internet that recommended that we run "C:\Windows\System32\sysprep\sysprep.exe /generalize". I also clicked the option for "Generalize" and the computer rebooted and gave some OOBE error and restarted, and now I get the error above no matter what.
I read that some drivers such as ones from AVIRA AV can cause this because they're unsigned. I'm using Symantec so I disabled the "Digital Driver Signature Enforcement" with no luck.
I've tried from Safe Mode but the same thing just keeps happening.
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