Windows 10: Sysprep was not able to validate your Windows installation

Sysprep or System Preparation Tool is an essential tool for your Windows OS, it helps to automate the deployment of your Windows OS. However, at times, you may experience an error saying “Sysprep was not able to validate your Windows installation” especially when you run the following command:

sysprep /generalize /oobe /shutdown

In this article, we are going to suggest remediation methods that may help you.



Sysprep was not able to validate your Windows installation


There can be multiple reasons causing this error such as installation of the Windows Store App, loss of a default Windows Program, upgrading from the previous version of Windows, etc.

These are the things you can do to fix Sysprep was not able to validate your Windows installation.

1. Check the log file
2. Turn BitLocker off and try
3. Remove UWP apps you may have installed
4. Reinstall default Windows UWP apps
5. Modify Registry
6. Sysprep will not run on an upgraded OS

1] Check the log file


Check the log file at %windir%\system32\Sysprep\panther\setupact.log.

You can open the “setupact.log” file using Notepad and look for the error – maybe it will guide you in the direction to troubleshoot.

2] Turn BitLocker off and try


If after checking the log file, you find that your file has are any of the two errors, try disabling BitLocker.

Error SYSPRP BitLocker-Sysprep: BitLocker is on for the OS volume. Turn BitLocker off to run Sysprep. (0x80310039)​

Error [0x0f0082] SYSPRP ActionPlatform::LaunchModule: Failure occurred while executing ‘ValidateBitLockerState’ from C:\Windows\System32\BdeSysprep.dll​

To turn BitLocker off, launch Command Prompt as an administrator from the Start Menu, type the following commands, and hit Enter.

manage-bde -status

Disable-Bitlocker –MountPoint ‘C:’

This will turn Bitlocker off.

Now, try running Sysprep again and see if it fixes the issue.

3] Remove UWP apps you may have installed


If you are seeing the following errors then this means that you have either downloaded a Universal Windows Platform apps or incorrectly removed an application. Therefore, you should follow the steps in solutions 3 and 4 to fix the issue.

Error SYSPRP Package SomeAppName_1.2.3.500_x64__8we4y23f8b4ws was installed for a user, but not provisioned for all users. This package will not function properly in the sysprep image.​

Error SYSPRP Failed to remove apps for the current user: 0x80073cf2.​

You should delete all the UWP apps to fix the issue. There are multiple ways to bulk uninstall apps.

You can even type the name of the application in the search box, click Uninstall, and follow the on-screen instructions to delete the application.

Read: Sysprep fails on removing or updating Provisioned Windows Store apps.

4] Reinstall default Windows UWP apps




If a default Windows app is missing from your computer, you could face this error. Therefore, we need to restore all the default Windows programs to fix this issue.

To do that, launch Windows PowerShell as an administrator from the Start Menu, type the following command, and hit Enter.

Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers| Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml”}

It will take some time, so, wait for it to complete.

Finally, restart your computer and check if the issue persists.

5] Modify Registry




If you are experiencing the Sysprep error after upgrading to Windows 10 then modifying Registry a bit can solve the issue for you.

To do that, launch Registry Editor from the Start Menu, go to the following location, right-click on the Upgrade key, and click Delete.

Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup

Now, restart your computer and check if the issue is solved.

6] Sysprep will not run on an upgraded OS


If you have upgraded your OS from Windows 7, 8, 8.1 to Windows 10, you will face the following error.

Error [0x0f0036] SYSPRP spopk.dll:: Sysprep will not run on an upgraded OS. You can only run Sysprep on a custom (clean) install version of Windows.​

You can only run Sysprep on a custom (clean) install version of Windows.

To bypass this, change the value of the CleanupState key to 7. To do that, launch Registry Editor from the Start Menu and go to the following location-

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup\Status\SysprepStatus

Double-click on CleanupState and change its value to 7.

Finally, restart your computer and see if your issue is fixed.

Related: A fatal error occurred while trying to sysprep the machine.


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Sysprep from Win10 x64 ver 1809 fails with an error message, and after checking 16 suggestions, I ask for assistance.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1n_G7_9baHMNmhwWAWKUolW5T5NMnhAsf lists the 24 errors found in %WINDIR%\System32\Sysprep\Panther\setupact.log when I tried to install Windows 10 version 1809 on a new desktop machine, a PC which installs flawlessly with Windows 10 1709.

https://superuser.com/questions/1238880/sysprep-was-not-able-to-validate-windows-installation suggested four things which did not work:

a) reviewing the Remaining Windows rearm count w/ slmgr /dlv, which is 1000.

b) looking at Sysprep fails with Microsoft Store apps - Windows Client for provisioned M$ Store apps removed or updated. None were removed or updated.

c) Running a PowerShell command Get-AppxPackage -AllUser | Where PackageFullName -eq 89006A2E.AutodeskSketchBook_1.8.1.0_x64__tf1gferkr813w| Remove-AppxPackage -AllUsers did not help.

d) Removing default pre-installed Appx for all users as per https://www.thewindowsclub.com/erase-default-preinstalled-modern-apps-windows-8 with Powershell-as-admin commands Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers followed by 'Get-AppXProvisionedPackage -online | Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -online` which did not help.

Windows 8.1 Enterprise Sysprep Error suggested other things I have not done above:

e) Don't upgrade. It's not an upgrade, it's a brand new install.

f) Delete any other user account, use only Administrator. There are no other accounts other than Administrator.

g) Don't update Modern apps. No Modern apps are updated. The LAN is disconnected during install to prevent this.

h) If you need to add any other settings please use the answer file settings. No other settings are added.

i) Delete the Registry item DWORD HKLM\SYSTEM\Setup\Upgrade. No such item found.

j) Delete folders c:\windows.old and the c:\Windows~BT. No such folders found.

k) Following a Reddit tip https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/5gpk9u/sysprep_was_not_able_to_validate_your_windows/, I checked C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\AppRepository\StateRepository-Machine.srd with sqlitebrowser3. No users who should not exist were found in the user and userpackage tables.

l) Sysprep was not able to validate your Windows installation suggested checking to make sure the OD was no labeled as an upgrade (even though it isn't an upgrade) but there was no REG_DWORD 'Upgrade' key found in the Registry at In the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup\ node.

m) As per the suggestion of Origami below, I checked BitLocker with manage-bde -status . It was on, so I ran a PowerShell command as Administrator in another window Disable-Bitlocker –MountPoint ‘C:’ and kept checking with manage-bde -status in another window, until it showed C: was unencrypted. Then, also as per that suggestion, I followed http://computer-help-please.blogspot.com/2016/01/sysprep-error-windows-81-sysprep.html, and in Powershell opened as Administrator, ran Get-AppxPackage | Remove-AppxPackage then went to the Windows 10 Modern menu, selected every live tile, and marked them to turn them off. Also made sure the PC did not connect to a LAN, either Ethernet or WiFi. Made sure HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup\Status\SysprepStatus values for cleanupstate and generalizationstate matched the image shown at http://computer-help-please.blogspot.com/2016/01/sysprep-error-windows-81-sysprep.html. Chose Sysprep again with Generalize selected, it rebooted, and it failed again, returning me to the Administrator screen.

FYI, the Modern apps menu shows several tiles with icons for Calendar, Mail, Xbox, Photos, Microsoft Store, Edge, Skype, OneNote, My Office, Movies and TV, Calculator, Groove Music, and Maps, whereas on the previous reboot all it showed was the down-arrow icon.

https://theitbros.com/sysprep-was-not-able-to-validate-your-windows-installation/ suggested two more approaches to investigate:

n) looking for Error SYSPRP Package SomeAppName_1.2.3.500_x64__8we4y23f8b4ws was installed for a user, but not provisioned for all users. This package will not function properly in the sysprep image. However, there are no other users at this point besides Administrator, and no other packages are iinstalled.

o) looking for Error 0x0f0036 SYSPRP spopk.dll:: Sysprep will not run on an upgraded OS. You can only run Sysprep on a custom (clean) install version of Windows. That error did not appear and this was a clean install.

Another relevant possibility was found at Sysprepping an offline Windows 10 system?

p) Bring up a Administrator's cmd prompt, go to the oobe folder and manually run msoobe. This runs through the OOBE and then it gets to "Just a moment..."; the throbber spins over over an hour before I killed it.

I eagerly await other suggestions on how to resolve this besides https://xkcd.com/2083 or .