Windows 10 1909: Sysprep was not able to validate your Windows installation

While running sysprep on Windows 10 1909, encountered following error:
“Sysprep was not able to validate your Windows installation. Review the log file at %WINDIR%System32\Sysprep\Panther\setupact.log for details. After resolving the issue, use Sysprep to validate your installation again”

2020-01-14 10:53:28, Error                 SYSPRP Sysprep_Clean_Validate_Opk: Audit mode can’t be turned on if there is an active scenario.; hr = 0x800F0975
2020-01-14 10:53:28, Error                 SYSPRP ActionPlatform::LaunchModule: Failure occurred while executing ‘Sysprep_Clean_Validate_Opk’ from C:\Windows\System32\spopk.dll; dwRet = 0x975
2020-01-14 10:53:28, Error                 SYSPRP SysprepSession::Validate: Error in validating actions from C:\Windows\System32\Sysprep\ActionFiles\Cleanup.xml; dwRet = 0x975
2020-01-14 10:53:28, Error                 SYSPRP RunPlatformActions:Failed while validating Sysprep session actions; dwRet = 0x975
2020-01-14 10:53:28, Error      [0x0f0070] SYSPRP RunDlls:An error occurred while running registry sysprep DLLs, halting sysprep execution. dwRet = 0x975

Resolution: Pause updates for 7 days.

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