# IT Guys: Desktop Deployment/Imaging **URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/it-guys-desktop-deployment-imaging/250061 **Category:** Shift518 Off Topic **Created:** [February 1, 2010, 12:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/it-guys-desktop-deployment-imaging/250061 "2010-02-01T12:42:16Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 7
### Author: ![Shady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Shady](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shady) #### Post date: [February 1, 2010, 2:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/it-guys-desktop-deployment-imaging/250061/7 "2010-02-01T14:21:15Z")
> [@kingsario vs rrsti](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/kingsario-vs-rrsti/28944/2): > > That’s what I do. I sysprep then use Acronis before it starts to boot to the mini-wizard. But whatever sysprep does wipes out my intel drivers on most of my models and does other stupid things like reset the pagefile settings, etc. It pisses me off. > > Correct. That’s why I HAVE to use Sysprep. Because, really, that is the only way to maintain unique SID’s and key’s. I just wanted to know if anyone had a ‘non-official’ workaround. I re-did the imaging ‘ways’ here at this company (they used to use scripting) to make it faster (can have a machine on a desk in under an hour as opposed to more than 4hrs) but I hate sysprep lol. yeah thats teh only nice thing about sysprep… IDK, I dont find it to much of a hassle to generate a new SID and type in a key but thats just me --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/it-guys-desktop-deployment-imaging/250061)._