Error with syspreped windows 7 image related to capisp.dll execution...

Question

Hi Folks,
some time ago I crafted an windows 7 image with sysprep generalization for WDS deployment. In real there are 2 images: one dumped w/o sysprep and the another w/ (dumping with ImageX Tool from WAIK for W7/W2K8R2). The syspreped one I delivered to our WDS
Server. In the past I made several changes based on the non-syspreped image (incl. WUs) and afterward I've generated a new syspreped version from it. ...and now, since the last revision und sysprep run the last syspreped version (stored at the WDS) is no longer
installable onto any target machine... Ervery time I tried to deploy this version from the WDS at the target machine an error popup occurs and says that this image cannot be installed at this target machine type (see *** - the german message). Examinig the
SETUPACT.LOG / SETUPERR.LOG files the following problem has been stated:
2010-06-21 14:22:54, Info       [0x0f0081] SYSPRP LaunchDll:Successfully executed 'C:\Windows\System32\sppnp.dll,Sysprep_Specialize_Pnp' without error
2010-06-21 14:22:54, Info       [0x0f008b] SYSPRP RunRegistryDlls:Found entrypoint in registry at SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup\SysPrep\Specialize\{2172c981-2c23-e969-b30d-046ffeeb096e}; will try to launch 'C:\Windows\system32\capisp.dll,CryptoSysPrep_Specialize'
2010-06-21 14:22:54, Info       [0x0f0080] SYSPRP LaunchDll:Found 'C:\Windows\system32\capisp.dll,CryptoSysPrep_Specialize'; executing it
2010-06-21 14:22:54, Info                         capisp.dll::CheckIFCryptoSysPrepSpecialized: returning 0
2010-06-21 14:22:55, Info                         capisp.dll::CryptoSysPrep_Specialize: assigned CAPI machine guid "44d42aa2-dee4-4023-bea5-d2f166bbb42c"
2010-06-21 14:22:55, Info                         capisp.dll::DisableAdministratorIfApplicable disabled the admin account.
2010-06-21 14:22:55, Info                         capisp.dll::CryptoSysPrep_Specialize: returning 5
2010-06-21 14:22:55, Error      [0x0f0082] SYSPRP LaunchDll:Failure occurred while executing 'C:\Windows\system32\capisp.dll,CryptoSysPrep_Specialize', returned error code 5[gle=0x000003e5]
2010-06-21 14:22:55, Info                  IBS    Callback_Specialize: Internal Providers Specialized Failed. System can't proceed to handle Internal Providers
2010-06-21 14:22:55, Info                  IBS    Callback_Specialize: Specialize return: [5]
2010-06-21 14:22:55, Error      [0x060435] IBS    Callback_Specialize: An error occurred while either deciding if we need to specialize or while specializing; dwRet = 0x5
2010-06-21 14:22:55, Info       [0x0640ae] IBSLIB PublishMessage: Publishing message [***Windows kann nicht für die Ausführung auf der Hardware dieses Computers konfiguriert werden.]
The mentioned error is the only one.
ANY help is very appreciated!
From Colonel Gizmo

Answer 1

Hi,
Regarding the returned error code, error code 0x5 is a “Access denied” error. It seems that the sysprep disables the administrator account, it can’t
process the capisp.dll and pass CryptoSysPrep_Specialize. To resolve this kind of issue, I would like to suggest:
1.       
Ensure that you deploy image running as Administrator account.
2.       
Mount the image and check if the capisp.dll file exists and try taking ownership of it.
3.       
Open Registry Editor and navigate to the following path:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup\Sysprep\Specialize
Check if there is an entry with the Data:
C:\Windows\system32\capisp.dll,CryptoSysPrep_Specialize , make sure it is spelled correctly and check the permissions on the above key.
4.       
Then deploy again.
Best Regards
Dale
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