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Are you using Administrator via Audit Mode to configure the image or is this a normal user account? To use Audit Mode to prepare your image press Shift+Ctrl+F3 when you are prompted to create a user to bypass user creation, log in as Administrator in Audit Mode, make your changes, then Sysprep...

Something else to consider might be specifying PersistAllDeviceInstalls in your answer file to avoid drivers being reset by generalization. Of course this makes the image hardware specific, but from the sound of your description, it is intended to be hardware specific (if you’re even creating an...

Have you tried disabling power management on the USB chips/hubs/devices via Device Manager? It almost seems to me like something is being disabled for power savings during the generalization stage and not re-enabled after reboot. How are you deploying the images to the machines? I wonder if...

Each computer will still have a discrete activation. From the Reimaging Rights Licensing Brief: 7. How do I get the VLKs needed to reimage my product? As a Volume Licensing customer, the VLKs you need should be automatically assigned through the Volume Licensing Service Center. If not, you can...

Also note that ImageX is deprecated for Windows 8 and newer. The cloning tasks that were performed by ImageX in Windows Vista and Windows 7 are now performed by the Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool (DISM). Neither is needed for your scenario where you are physically moving the hard...

That isn’t necessarily true. It is highly recommended to Sysprep, and support from Microsoft requires that you Generalize with Sysprep, but from a technical perspective Sysprep isn’t always necessary. See The Machine SID Duplication Myth (and Why Sysprep Matters) on Mark Russinovich’s Blog...