Here is the scenario:
Uploaded a windows 8.1 VHD to Azure. Machine was just an OS that had sysprep (generalize) run prior to upload to Azure.
Installed all of the apps for the development team.
Created a snapshot to save prior to running Sysprep (ran Capture and saved it in Azure Portal)
Wanted to create multiple VM's from this Win 8.1 image, but each time when running Sysprep it would terminate RDP connection before Sysprep completed.
Tried running sysprep with Quit and Shutdown. Ran from command prompt, gui and powershell all with same results (running as Administrator).
Tried stopping the Windows Media service first, turning off Firewall and a few other options with no change.
Each time while sysprep is running it terminates RDP connection before completing.
Since I cannot get back into that machine, I don't know if any error logs were created.
I also tried in Audit mode with same results (using Quit) and that terminated the RDP connection before completing as well.
Any ideas on how to accomplish sysprep on this machine?
Thanks,
Denise