# Windows Provisioning Tips

By default when provisioning windows templates, VM Essentials performs guest customizations which initiates a sysprep. This resets the Administrator user and password. VM Essentials will set the Administrator password from Administration > Settings > Provisioning > Windows Settings > Password.

Users can also set the username on an image as Administrator and enter a different password if unique passwords are required per image.

Guest customizations are required when assigning static IP’s manually or using IP pools. They can be disabled per virtual image advanced settings under Library > Virtual Images > Edit Image > Advanced > Uncheck “Force Guest Customization” if using DHCP. However the SID will not be changed from the source template. In addition, new VM’s will not be able to join a domain that had already been joined by the source template or any other VM’s with that SID.
