Using sysprep utility for for automatic deployment of Windows virtual machines
If you often deploy virtual machines with Windows OS, then most likely it takes you a very long time to download, install updates, install a minimal set of software. Below I will show how you can prepare a system image using the sysprep utility, so that you will have a virtual disk that you just need to copy, connect it to a new virtual machine and you will get a completely ready-to-use virtual machine.