Finish installing security updates, restart your computer, and run Sysprep again. As you can see, there are several Pending Updates. This can be installed updates, installation of Windows features, system programs, antiviruses, etc. This means you cannot use Sysprep at this time, because your Windows image is locked by some changes.
In our case, the reason for the Sysprep error is specified here: “ An update or servicing operation may be using reserved storage”. 06:12:56, Error SYSPRP WinMain:Hit failure while pre-validate sysprep cleanup internal providers hr = 0x80070975 06:12:56, Error SYSPRP RunDlls:An error occurred while running registry sysprep DLLs, halting sysprep execution. 06:12:56, Error SYSPRP RunPlatformActions:Failed while validating Sysprep session actions dwRet = 0x975 06:12:56, Error SYSPRP SysprepSession::Validate: Error in validating actions from C:\Windows\System32\Sysprep\ActionFiles\Cleanup.xml dwRet = 0x975 06:12:56, Error SYSPRP ActionPlatform::LaunchModule: Failure occurred while executing ‘Sysprep_Clean_Validate_Opk’ from C:\Windows\System32\spopk.dll dwRet = 0x975 An update or servicing operation may be using reserved storage. 06:12:56, Error SYSPRP Sysprep_Clean_Validate_Opk: Audit mode cannot be turned on if reserved storage is in use. Look for the Error lines in the setupact.log file. %WINDIR%\System32\Sysprep\Panther\setupact.log To find out the reason why Sysprep cannot start on your computer, press Win + R and run the command: After resolving the issue, use Sysprep to validate your installation again. Review the log file at %WINDIR%\System32\Sysprep\Panther\setupact.log for details. Sysprep was not able to validate your Windows installation. In our case, Sysprep is returning the following error:
How to Create a Windows 10 or 11 Reference Image? After reaching this limit, you should recreate your Windows image.
Benefits and Disadvantages of Using Sysprep Syprep’s benefits: