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Fix "Setup is preparing your computer for first use" issue on every restart

Fix "Setup is preparing your computer for first use" issue on every restart

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Fix "Setup is preparing your computer for first use" issue on every reboot

Have you ever had the problem where every time you start Windows you get the following message:

This happened to me on a Windows 7 machine. I had actually created an image of Windows 7 and then put that image back on another machine. When I booted the machine I kept getting this message every time and it was really annoying.

You'll probably only see this error if you're trying to restore an image of Windows 7 to dissimilar hardware. In this article, I'll list a few possible solutions that will hopefully remove the message from booting.