Tell me why I can't run regedit after sysprepping a machine?.

[clivebuckwheat]

I want to check the device driver path in the registry, to make sure it points to the proper location.

[cluberti]

Are you talking about running regedit after sysprep but before the reboot? Or are you talking post-image deployment? If you need to run regedit in the former scenario, you need to have it open before you run sysprep. In the latter, I'd have no clue without a procmon showing it failing.

[clivebuckwheat]

after sysprep but before the reboot yes. so have it open?

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\DevicePath

this is the current key right?

[arwidmark]

Another option is to boot the machine in WinPE and load the registry offline.

Either via reg load or in the registry editor directly (load hive).

/ Johan