ESET Prevents Bootup After Sysprep

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  1. bcrotty

    bcrotty Registered Member

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    I am installing ESET Endpoint 5.0.2126.0 in a VDI environment. When I sysprep the image, it gives a "Windows could not finish configuring the system error". After following the steps listed in a thread on Technet, it appears that the \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ESET\ESET Security\CurrentVersion\Plugins\01000400 key is the culprit, or at least the first one that it hung on.

    Any ideas?

    Thanks,
    Bobby
     
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    AV software should NEVER be part of an image. It should only be installed after a computer has been created from an image.
     
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    Because the image gets rolled back whenever a user logs off, that would require it to install ESET every time someone logs on, which is too much of a performance drain.

    Any other thoughts?
     
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    There are 2 different types of imaging:

    The type used in rolling out multiple computers from a prepared base image. This involves the use of sysprep which strips the image of vital critical identity information which is then created and added when a computer is first boot from a syspreped OS. Is this case, you never install AV software or any other software which is directly dependant upon the OS UID.

    The second type of imaging I am familliar with is that used in places such as kosiaks and gaming centers and such. Once the computer is ready for use, a direct image is taken of that computer by software. Then, a user can do what ever they want to that computer and at the end of the day, the software reverts the computer back to the image.

    I am guessing what you are doing is similliar to the second type, BUT you are using a syspreped image.

    Maybe you need to go to the vendor for the imaging software and find out what they recommend.
     
  5. bcrotty

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    I'm using Hyper-V and Windows Server 2012 to create a pooled remote desktop collection. Server 2012 requires that the base image for the pooled desktops be sysprepped.
     
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    Maybe try to sysprep without the generalize option
     
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    It needs to be generalized to be used as a reference image for the Remote Desktop pool.

    What I ended up doing was pushing ESET to the VMs after the pool had been created. Then I had to update the snapshot that it rolls back to every time a user logs off. That has to be done for all VMs whenever you update the reference image, but I'm working on a PowerShell script to automate a bunch of it.
     
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