SYS Prep Fatal VM fix

I had indeed run out of “rearms” and slmgr.vbs /dlv showed 0 for the count.
First, I created the “skiprearm.xml” that was a recommended approach in one of the other articles.  It didn’t work.  But hold on, because you’ll still need it later on.  That article can be found here: click here and you should copy and paste the code and store it where they want.
Next, and this is the MONEYchange….you must check/edit 3 registry keys:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup\Status\SysprepStatus\GeneralizationState\CleanupState:2
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup\Status\SysprepStatus\GeneralizationState\GeneralizationState:7
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\SoftwareProtectionPlatform\SkipRearm:1
Next, Start -> Run : msdtc -uninstall (wait few seconds)
Start -> Run : msdtc -install (wait few seconds)
Restart the machine
Check the registry for the right registry keys values sysprep with the new XML answerfile
Run the following command from a command prompt:
sysprep /generalize /oobe /shutdown /unattend:c:\Windows\skiprearm.xml
It should now work for you.  And it makes sense because were changing anything Microsoft may have done by skipping rearm, changing the generalization state, then reinstalling MSDTC.

Please let me know if this works for you.



-<settings pass="generalize">
-<component language="neutral" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" versionScope="nonSxS" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" processorArchitecture="x86" name="Microsoft-Windows-Security-SPP">
<SkipRearm>1</SkipRearm>
</component>
</settings>