SCCM 2012 OSD Error

[Matthew1985]

Hi All,

 

I'm trying to deploy Windows 7 using SCCM 2012 but after it applies the image and restarts I keep getting the following error when it tries to run the unattend.xml file.

 

Windows could not parse or process the unattend answer file for pass [specialize]. The settings specified in the answer file cannot be applied. The error was detected while processing settings for component [Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup].

 

The thing is the same .wim image and unattend.xml files work fine when I use WDS and I never get the error, so I have no idea what's going wrong. The contents of my unattend file is below can anyone see anything wrong with it?

 

   
       
           1
       
   
   
       
           true
           false
           GMT Standard Time
           %machinename%
           School Name
           User
           
       
       
           
               
                   Username
                   Domain
                   Password
               
               Domain
           
       
   
   
       
           en-gb
           en-gb
           en-gb
           en-gb
       
       
           
               true
               Work
               1
           
           School Name
           User
           
               School Name
               Image v1
               8am-4pm Mon-Fri
               Extension 200
               http://intranet
               C:\Windows\Logo.bmp
           
       
   
   

[free780]

My money would be in the %machinename%. If you check c:\windows\setupgc should be some logs. Use cmtrace to view them. In terms on answer file I iust went for the locale and timezone and didn't add anything else as sccm does the computer name etc for me.

[Gatt]

If you're using SCCM then you shouldn't need to specify a machine name in the unattend.xml

 

If the machine is already in SCCM, then it will keep that name

If its a new name, then it's a little trickier, but you can get it to prompt you for a PC name during OSD: Specify Computername during SCCM OS Deployment | Gatt's Ramblings

[Matthew1985]

I have given that a go but still get the exact same error message.

 

There didn't seem to be a folder called c:\windows\setupgc but the logs I did find didn't seem to have any errors in them. It's very weird.

[free780]

In the panther folder in c:\windows Sorry my mistake.