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Here at the company where I work we have created a custom Windows 7 image for our computers. When we have an issue, or receive a new computer, we just re-image them with our master backup. We have done this for about a decade.

Recently, however, we have discovered that customers are taking our image through dos-based usb drives and installing it on their own computers.

Is there a way to protect our image from being copied? Would encrypting the drive prevent someone from doing this?

Thank you, Luke

Luke R
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Normally the image would have all the required drivers and software but would not have been activated with a serial key. This happens after the imaging process manually by a member of IT. If the image was stolen and used, after 30 days the machine enters the not licenced mode if the user does not activate with a key.

It sounds like your image is fully activated, I recommend deregistering the licence from the image template.

If the image is stored on a separate partition you could bitlocker encrypt the partition with a password that only your company knows.

William Eccles
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