Windows 7 Bare Metal installation does not update computername and ends in useroobe instead of WIndows

Usage and Config
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Hello!
I’m currently using IBM Endpoint to image a few machines with Windows 7 x64 SP1.
I’ve created the image, with 2 users (Admin, User) and sysprepped (without /generalize) the image.

I uploaded the image to Endpoint and created the Bare Metal Profile, in which I selected that the user should input a hostname.

Then I PXE booted the machine and it installed the wim as intended. It even asks me for the hostname.

Then, you might ask; What is the problem?.. well, it does ask me for the hostname, but it isn’t actually naming the device to the supplied name. And after the image completes, Windows boots to the UserOOBE instead of skipping that (there are already users in the image, and the administrator is being activated).

Does anyone have a clue as to what this might be causing this behaviour?

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Captured a Windows 7 x64 SP1 reference machine with the OSD application, if I deploy this wim via a Bare Metal profile I have the expected hostname (the one provided during the installation) on the target machine.
Which version of MDT bundle are you using?

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It appears that the issue is related to the /generalize option in Sysprep.
I’ve recaptured the image with generalize, and it works like a charm