So, my team is using Imaging to image laptops that will be given to students for personal use and for personal property. We are trying to get our image in a way that satisfies all stakeholders, and I'm running into an error that I'm hoping somebody has seen and can verify.
The machines shipped with 10.12.3, so we included the 10.12.4 update into the image. Finish the image, turn the machine on, get the "Imaging is finishing installing software" screen, then it goes to setup assistant as expected. Find something somebody doesn't like, tweak the image a bit, wipe the machine, reinstall the OS via Recovery Partition (which we learned puts the last installed OS on), image, and the outcome is different: rather than the Imaging screen appearing, then going to setup assistant, setup assistant starts and then the Imaging screen appears after account creation which absolutely won't work.
Are we experiencing this because we're trying to update to the OS that's already on the machine? Or some other reason?