Alternatively, many admins bypassed the GUI and ran it via the command line: c:\sysprep\sysprep.exe -mini -reseal -forceshutdown
How are you planning to use this Sysprep image—are you or attempting a P2V (Physical to Virtual) migration ? sysprep for Windows 2003 R2 SP2 - Server Fault Windows 2003 R2 Sysprep
Running setupmgr.exe opened the Setup Manager wizard. Alternatively, many admins bypassed the GUI and ran
Once the machine turned off, administrators , or the Sysprep process would complete locally and ruin the image. Windows 2003 R2 Sysprep