Sysprep runs by itself in Audit Mode

I am cloning a HP desktop and when I put it into Audit Mode everything seems to work fine until you would normally see the sysprep utility with drop down menus, check boxes and the OK or Cancel buttons.  Instead the sysprep utility is already running
as if I had already selected OK.  Sometimes if I am quick enough I can hit Ctrl-Shift-Esc to bring up Task Manager and End the sysprep utility.  This happens every time it boots in Audit Mode.  I have removed the HP bloatware and now it runs
too quickly for me to stop it and boots to the OOBE screen and I have to press Ctrl-Shift-F3 and try it again.
Is there a better way to stop the sysprep utility from running automatically in Audit Mode?
Can anyone explain why this is happening?

Hi,
There is a better way to stop this, you can select "shutdown" not "restart" item when you run the sysprep utility. Then you can manually start the computer. Or You can use Windows System Image Manager to create an answer file.
To Boot to Audit Mode with answer file:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc722413(v=ws.10).aspx
Regards
Wade Liu
TechNet Community Support

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