So, this has been baffling me for a bit. Trying to run some prep tasks to package a machine automatically, the last step is to sysprep. On a high level, I run a script on the "orchestration" server ...

I know what running sysprep (before) or newsid (after) when creating a image that will be cloned does as far as creating a new random sid, but what I need some clarification on is what the exact ...

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This issue occurs because of a race condition. This race condition occurs when the Sysprep command tries to stop the Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MSDTC) service and the VMware tool ...