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Sysprep is a Microsoft tool for deploying multiple Windows operating systems in an enterprise. Running Sysprep removes system-specific information such as security ID (SID) from the Windows OS before you clone an image. Sysprep then re-initializes the OS after the image is cloned and started on multiple computers. Use Sysprep to prepare images when you use Microsoft Key Management Service to activate license keys. Also, use Sysprep when your Windows systems are attached to Active Directory.
In Eucalyptus, you can run Sysprep before you bundle images with the euca-bundle-image or euca-bundle-instance commands.
To configure and run Sysprep: