Checking to see if a PC was “cloned / ghosted”

Q. How can I check whether my installation was a fresh installation or was created via a Sysprep image?

A. To determine whether an installation was created via a Sysprep disk image, perform these steps (on Windows NT 4.0 or later):

Start the registry editor (regedit.exe). Go to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup registry subkey. If the [...]