Sysprep changes in Windows XP SP2
If you manage Windows XP images you may find that the default behavior of sysprep changed after SP2 is installed. If you customized the default profile on the system you might find some of these settings missing or overwritten by settings from the administrator profile.
To fix this you can see Microsoft KB article 887816. An non public released hotfix is available (WindowsXP-KB887816-x86-enu.exe) that will restore the original behavior.
In our environment we make heavy changes to the Default User profile to disable the nag and startup configuration of our global applications. Using this hotfix we can continue that model and not have to worry about unwanted settings from the Administrator profile being introduced into the normal users environment.
To fix this you can see Microsoft KB article 887816. An non public released hotfix is available (WindowsXP-KB887816-x86-enu.exe) that will restore the original behavior.
In our environment we make heavy changes to the Default User profile to disable the nag and startup configuration of our global applications. Using this hotfix we can continue that model and not have to worry about unwanted settings from the Administrator profile being introduced into the normal users environment.