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if you got the error :  –2147024864 when using sysprep to create a Windows 7 Template in SCVMM, the workaround is to stop the Windows Media Sharing service before executing sysprep.  Once the service is stopped, you will be able to sysprep the Windows 7 VM and successfully create a template. 

Here are the Release Notes from the RC that discusses this issue.  It’s about half way down under the System Preparation Tool section
http://download.microsoft.com/download/F/D/B/FDBFC5A5-51CD-4C8D-9F18-7BCC3810498E/Windows%207%20RC%20Release%20Notes.htm

 

Remember :  To create the template, the local admin password must be blank.  (no pawword). This might require modification of the local security policy or overriding a domain security policy.

 

The easy way (using SCVMM) is to build your VM, with a blank administrator password.  Power it off. Right click and choose the template option.

SCVMM takes care of applying sysprep.

 

sysprep 1.1 is here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=0C4BFB06-2824-4D2B-ABC1-0E2223133AFB&displaylang=en

and Server 2003 is here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=93F20BB1-97AA-4356-8B43-9584B7E72556&displaylang=en

and XP is here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=673A1019-8E3E-4BE0-AC31-70DD21B5AFA7&displaylang=en

But you most likely want the "Deployment Toolkit"
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=3bd8561f-77ac-4400-a0c1-fe871c461a89&displaylang=en&Hash=HD%2f3UQpbIQnCaKf%2fth6Sfnc8bHXTDgeIgX6nNzQZVmYzRXFYx9%2bZHVDniseSpp6wwteVT%2bTXF6qj3bTF39cAsw%3d%3d