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Posted

It would appear that only on certain machines whilst installing Windows 7 Pro (some HP DC5850s only) the install all goes fine and under Applying System Settings it will error out with:

 

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]

 

I've ran it on some older Dell GX520s and they seem to image absolutely fine, it only seems to be certain DC5850s, we spent a good few hours playing about with the answer file originally assuming it had generically "broken", but then found some other machines would image fine...?

 

Any ideas? I can post the unattend file if needed.

 

Cheers,

 

Ruan

Posted


 
   
     
       
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Hope this helps!

Posted

Hi

 

The Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup does not exist on your specialize pass.

 

Create this and test again. At least have the section there even if you don't intend to use it.

 

Regards

Sukh

  • 5 months later...
Posted (edited)
Hi

 

The Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup does not exist on your specialize pass.

 

Create this and test again. At least have the section there even if you don't intend to use it.

 

Regards

Sukh

 

I have this problem as well. I have installed 2-- machines but have 4 difficult ones that are compaining about the specialize pass. Can any one help?

Here is the unnattend file:

 


   
       
           
               True
               coombes
               OU=Coombes Computers,DC=coombes,DC=local
           
       
       
           false
           true
           Coombes Primary School
           Coombes Primary School
           false
           *
           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
       
   
   
       
           
               
                   
                       
                           Administrators
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Edited by ZeroHour
Posted

Hi,

 

I'm also getting this error on 5 PC's The thing is I haven't even used an unattend file for the machine name etc (I filled this in manually). I did it over 2 rooms and every PC worked fine apart from 5 which all give the error.

Posted
Hi,

 

I'm also getting this error on 5 PC's The thing is I haven't even used an unattend file for the machine name etc (I filled this in manually). I did it over 2 rooms and every PC worked fine apart from 5 which all give the error.

 

I am also having this issue, I am loading 40 HP Laptops with a pretty basic Windows 7 load. I am multicasting them 4 at a time (limited lab space).

 

It worked perfectly on the first 10, then I started getting the error on one of the four. I would leave it in the group and retransmit the image. It would fail again and I may get another that fails. I left 4 on unicast over night and when I came in, all 4 had failed.

 

It is the progression that has me a little stumped. Should not be an image issue, because it has worked.

 

Anyone have any thoughts? I am at a loss...

 

JKling

Posted
Yeah, it doesn't make sense. I've done the same image on another 30 PC's now and all worked perfectly. It's just these 5 machines will not work. As I've said the weird thing is, is that is does it even when I'm not using an answer file.
Posted
I am also having this issue, I am loading 40 HP Laptops with a pretty basic Windows 7 load. I am multicasting them 4 at a time (limited lab space).

 

It worked perfectly on the first 10, then I started getting the error on one of the four. I would leave it in the group and retransmit the image. It would fail again and I may get another that fails. I left 4 on unicast over night and when I came in, all 4 had failed.

 

It is the progression that has me a little stumped. Should not be an image issue, because it has worked.

 

Anyone have any thoughts? I am at a loss...

 

JKling

 

OK, just spitballing here...

 

I went into AD and deleted the computers that were automatically created (looks like it is an incremented version of the username that imaged the PC) and seems to have fixed th problem on 1 computer. I am testing further.

 

My guess is that the computer is trying to join the domain with a computer name that already exists. That is causing the unattend.xml to bomb.

 

I will let you know what I get...

  • Thanks 1
Posted

This sounds promising. I checked AD and had exactly 5 weird automatically created names. Can't be coincidence, surely. The strange thing was it had named them the same as the others but then added what appears to be an IPV6 address onto the end of the name.

Anyway, I've set one of them imaging now and will see shortly.

Posted

Looks like that is the answer if you are doing small batches...

 

Not sure what it looks like when doing a full lab. I will check that in the next day or two.

 

@Jambo_C thanks for the confirmation

  • 2 years later...
Posted

Hi All I'm having this issue too here is my file to look at. I installed WAIK to see if there were any errors and only see the following.

 

2013-09-06 07:25:40, Error [setup.exe] [Action Queue] : Unattend action failed with exit code 4

2013-09-06 07:25:40, Error [setup.exe] Execution of unattend GCs failed; hr = 0x0; pResults->hrResult = 0x8030000b

 

 

 

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The settings specified in the answer file cannot be applied. The error was detected while processing settings for component [Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup] \u00a0 \nI\u0027ve ran it on some older Dell GX520s and they seem to image absolutely fine, it only seems to be certain DC5850s, we spent a good few hours playing about with the answer file originally assuming it had generically \"broken\", but then found some other machines would image fine...? \u00a0 \nAny ideas? I can post the unattend file if needed. \u00a0 \nCheers, \u00a0 \nRuan ", "dateCreated": "2011-02-23T10:10:09+0000", "datePublished": "2011-02-23T10:10:09+0000", "dateModified": "2013-09-06T20:46:08+0000", "image": "https://www.edugeek.net/applications/core/interface/email/default_photo.png", "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ruan", "image": "https://www.edugeek.net/applications/core/interface/email/default_photo.png", "url": "https://www.edugeek.net/profile/29418-ruan/" }, "interactionStatistic": [ { "@type": "InteractionCounter", "interactionType": "http://schema.org/ViewAction", "userInteractionCount": 86271 }, { "@type": "InteractionCounter", "interactionType": "http://schema.org/CommentAction", "userInteractionCount": 12 }, { "@type": "InteractionCounter", "interactionType": "http://schema.org/FollowAction", "userInteractionCount": 6 } ], "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "DiscussionForumPosting", "@id": "https://www.edugeek.net/forums/topic/66689-could-not-parse-or-process-the-unattend-answer-file-for-pass-specialize/", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://www.edugeek.net/#website" }, "publisher": { "@id": "https://www.edugeek.net/#organization", "member": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ruan", "image": "https://www.edugeek.net/applications/core/interface/email/default_photo.png", "url": "https://www.edugeek.net/profile/29418-ruan/" } }, "url": "https://www.edugeek.net/forums/topic/66689-could-not-parse-or-process-the-unattend-answer-file-for-pass-specialize/", "discussionUrl": "https://www.edugeek.net/forums/topic/66689-could-not-parse-or-process-the-unattend-answer-file-for-pass-specialize/", "mainEntityOfPage": { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://www.edugeek.net/forums/topic/66689-could-not-parse-or-process-the-unattend-answer-file-for-pass-specialize/" }, "pageStart": 1, "pageEnd": 1, "comment": [ { "@type": "Comment", "@id": "https://www.edugeek.net/forums/topic/66689-could-not-parse-or-process-the-unattend-answer-file-for-pass-specialize/#comment-622826", "url": "https://www.edugeek.net/forums/topic/66689-could-not-parse-or-process-the-unattend-answer-file-for-pass-specialize/#comment-622826", "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "sukh", "image": "https://www.edugeek.net/applications/core/interface/email/default_photo.png", "url": "https://www.edugeek.net/profile/9601-sukh/" }, "dateCreated": "2011-02-25T23:10:47+0000", "text": "Hi \u00a0 \nPost your unattend if you can please. \u00a0 \nRegards \nSukh ", "upvoteCount": 0 }, { "@type": "Comment", "@id": "https://www.edugeek.net/forums/topic/66689-could-not-parse-or-process-the-unattend-answer-file-for-pass-specialize/#comment-623335", "url": "https://www.edugeek.net/forums/topic/66689-could-not-parse-or-process-the-unattend-answer-file-for-pass-specialize/#comment-623335", "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ruan", "image": "https://www.edugeek.net/applications/core/interface/email/default_photo.png", "url": "https://www.edugeek.net/profile/29418-ruan/" }, "dateCreated": "2011-02-28T11:51:09+0000", "text": "OnError\n \n 0\n 1\n \n \n .\\Images\\PBEC\\win7image-(2).wim\n \n /image/index\n 1\n \n \n \n \n \n false\n \n \n 16\n 1024\n 60\n 768\n \n \n OnError\n \n \n true\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n en-US\n \n 0409:00000409\n en-US\n en-US\n en-US\n \n \n \n \n true\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n http://lalala.lalla.cornwall.sch.uk\n false\n \n \n \n \n EnableAdmin\n 1\n cmd /c net user Administrator /active:yes\n \n \n UnfilterAdministratorToken\n 2\n cmd /c reg add HKLM\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\System /v FilterAdministratorToken /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f\n \n \n \n \n 0409:00000409\n en-US\n en-US\n en-US\n \n \n 0\n \n \"\"\n 1\n 9\n 9\n 1\n \"\"\n \"\"\n \"\"\n Default\n \n \n \n 1\n \n \n \n \n \n \n lalalalal\n true\n \n \n \n Temp account\n Temp account\n Users\n TempAccount\n \n \n \n \n true\n Administrator\n .\n \n lalalalala\n true\n \n 999\n \n \n 32\n 1024\n 60\n 768\n \n \n \n cscript.exe C:\\MININT\\Scripts\\LiteTouch.wsf /start\n Lite Touch new OS\n 1\n \n \n cscript.exe D:\\MININT\\Scripts\\LiteTouch.wsf /start\n Lite Touch new OS\n 2\n \n \n cscript.exe E:\\MININT\\Scripts\\LiteTouch.wsf /start\n Lite Touch new OS\n 3\n \n \n cscript.exe F:\\MININT\\Scripts\\LiteTouch.wsf /start\n Lite Touch new OS\n 4\n \n \n \n true\n Work\n 1\n true\n \n Pool Business and Enterprise College\n ICT Dept\n \n \n \n 0409:00000409\n en-US\n en-US\n en-US\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \\Drivers\n \n \n \n \n\n \u00a0 \nHope this helps! ", "upvoteCount": 0 }, { "@type": "Comment", "@id": "https://www.edugeek.net/forums/topic/66689-could-not-parse-or-process-the-unattend-answer-file-for-pass-specialize/#comment-623346", "url": "https://www.edugeek.net/forums/topic/66689-could-not-parse-or-process-the-unattend-answer-file-for-pass-specialize/#comment-623346", "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "sukh", "image": "https://www.edugeek.net/applications/core/interface/email/default_photo.png", "url": "https://www.edugeek.net/profile/9601-sukh/" }, "dateCreated": "2011-02-28T12:08:54+0000", "text": "Hi \u00a0 \nThe Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup does not exist on your specialize pass. \u00a0 \nCreate this and test again. At least have the section there even if you don\u0027t intend to use it. \u00a0 \nRegards \nSukh ", "upvoteCount": 0 }, { "@type": "Comment", "@id": "https://www.edugeek.net/forums/topic/66689-could-not-parse-or-process-the-unattend-answer-file-for-pass-specialize/#comment-700234", "url": "https://www.edugeek.net/forums/topic/66689-could-not-parse-or-process-the-unattend-answer-file-for-pass-specialize/#comment-700234", "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "sparker", "image": "https://www.edugeek.net/applications/core/interface/email/default_photo.png", "url": "https://www.edugeek.net/profile/23003-sparker/" }, "dateCreated": "2011-08-15T12:14:38+0000", "text": "I have this problem as well. I have installed 2-- machines but have 4 difficult ones that are compaining about the specialize pass. Can any one help? \n Here is the unnattend file: \u00a0 \n \n\n \n \n \n True\n coombes\n OU=Coombes Computers,DC=coombes,DC=local\n \n \n \n false\n true\n Coombes Primary School\n Coombes Primary School\n false\n *\n ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Administrators\n Domain Admins\n \n coombes\n \n \n \n dABjAGMAMwBwADUAYQB3AGIAQQBkAG0AaQBuAGkAcwB0AHIAYQB0AG8AcgBQAGEAcwBzAHcAbwByAGQA\n false\n \n \n \n \n dABjAGMAMwBwADUAYQB3AGIAUABhAHMAcwB3AG8AcgBkAA==\n false\n \n HelpDesk\n Administrators\n HelpDesk\n \n \n \n \n GMT Standard Time\n \n true\n Work\n 1\n \n \n \n \n false\n \n \n \n en-GB\n en-GB\n en-GB\n en-GB\n \n \n \n ", "upvoteCount": 0 }, { "@type": "Comment", "@id": "https://www.edugeek.net/forums/topic/66689-could-not-parse-or-process-the-unattend-answer-file-for-pass-specialize/#comment-701111", "url": "https://www.edugeek.net/forums/topic/66689-could-not-parse-or-process-the-unattend-answer-file-for-pass-specialize/#comment-701111", "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jambo_C", "image": "https://www.edugeek.net/applications/core/interface/email/default_photo.png", "url": "https://www.edugeek.net/profile/11422-jambo_c/" }, "dateCreated": "2011-08-18T07:31:49+0000", "text": "Hi, \u00a0 \nI\u0027m also getting this error on 5 PC\u0027s The thing is I haven\u0027t even used an unattend file for the machine name etc (I filled this in manually). I did it over 2 rooms and every PC worked fine apart from 5 which all give the error. ", "upvoteCount": 0 }, { "@type": "Comment", "@id": "https://www.edugeek.net/forums/topic/66689-could-not-parse-or-process-the-unattend-answer-file-for-pass-specialize/#comment-701202", "url": "https://www.edugeek.net/forums/topic/66689-could-not-parse-or-process-the-unattend-answer-file-for-pass-specialize/#comment-701202", "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "JKling", "image": "https://www.edugeek.net/applications/core/interface/email/default_photo.png", "url": "https://www.edugeek.net/profile/36924-jkling/" }, "dateCreated": "2011-08-18T11:50:54+0000", "text": "I am also having this issue, I am loading 40 HP Laptops with a pretty basic Windows 7 load. I am multicasting them 4 at a time (limited lab space). \u00a0 \nIt worked perfectly on the first 10, then I started getting the error on one of the four. I would leave it in the group and retransmit the image. It would fail again and I may get another that fails. I left 4 on unicast over night and when I came in, all 4 had failed. \u00a0 \nIt is the progression that has me a little stumped. Should not be an image issue, because it has worked. \u00a0 \nAnyone have any thoughts? I am at a loss... \u00a0 \nJKling ", "upvoteCount": 0 }, { "@type": "Comment", "@id": "https://www.edugeek.net/forums/topic/66689-could-not-parse-or-process-the-unattend-answer-file-for-pass-specialize/#comment-701206", "url": "https://www.edugeek.net/forums/topic/66689-could-not-parse-or-process-the-unattend-answer-file-for-pass-specialize/#comment-701206", "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jambo_C", "image": "https://www.edugeek.net/applications/core/interface/email/default_photo.png", "url": "https://www.edugeek.net/profile/11422-jambo_c/" }, "dateCreated": "2011-08-18T11:59:30+0000", "text": "Yeah, it doesn\u0027t make sense. I\u0027ve done the same image on another 30 PC\u0027s now and all worked perfectly. It\u0027s just these 5 machines will not work. As I\u0027ve said the weird thing is, is that is does it even when I\u0027m not using an answer file.", "upvoteCount": 0 }, { "@type": "Comment", "@id": "https://www.edugeek.net/forums/topic/66689-could-not-parse-or-process-the-unattend-answer-file-for-pass-specialize/#comment-701221", "url": "https://www.edugeek.net/forums/topic/66689-could-not-parse-or-process-the-unattend-answer-file-for-pass-specialize/#comment-701221", "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "JKling", "image": "https://www.edugeek.net/applications/core/interface/email/default_photo.png", "url": "https://www.edugeek.net/profile/36924-jkling/" }, "dateCreated": "2011-08-18T12:44:38+0000", "text": "OK, just spitballing here... \u00a0 \nI went into AD and deleted the computers that were automatically created (looks like it is an incremented version of the username that imaged the PC) and seems to have fixed th problem on 1 computer. I am testing further. \u00a0 \nMy guess is that the computer is trying to join the domain with a computer name that already exists. That is causing the unattend.xml to bomb. \u00a0 \nI will let you know what I get... ", "upvoteCount": 1 }, { "@type": "Comment", "@id": "https://www.edugeek.net/forums/topic/66689-could-not-parse-or-process-the-unattend-answer-file-for-pass-specialize/#comment-701222", "url": "https://www.edugeek.net/forums/topic/66689-could-not-parse-or-process-the-unattend-answer-file-for-pass-specialize/#comment-701222", "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jambo_C", "image": "https://www.edugeek.net/applications/core/interface/email/default_photo.png", "url": "https://www.edugeek.net/profile/11422-jambo_c/" }, "dateCreated": "2011-08-18T12:50:43+0000", "text": "This sounds promising. I checked AD and had exactly 5 weird automatically created names. Can\u0027t be coincidence, surely. The strange thing was it had named them the same as the others but then added what appears to be an IPV6 address onto the end of the name. \nAnyway, I\u0027ve set one of them imaging now and will see shortly. ", "upvoteCount": 0 }, { "@type": "Comment", "@id": "https://www.edugeek.net/forums/topic/66689-could-not-parse-or-process-the-unattend-answer-file-for-pass-specialize/#comment-701242", "url": "https://www.edugeek.net/forums/topic/66689-could-not-parse-or-process-the-unattend-answer-file-for-pass-specialize/#comment-701242", "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jambo_C", "image": "https://www.edugeek.net/applications/core/interface/email/default_photo.png", "url": "https://www.edugeek.net/profile/11422-jambo_c/" }, "dateCreated": "2011-08-18T13:43:03+0000", "text": "Deleting the objects in AD appears to have fixed my problem. Hope it\u0027s fixed yours! \u00a0 \nCheers. ", "upvoteCount": 2 }, { "@type": "Comment", "@id": "https://www.edugeek.net/forums/topic/66689-could-not-parse-or-process-the-unattend-answer-file-for-pass-specialize/#comment-701295", "url": "https://www.edugeek.net/forums/topic/66689-could-not-parse-or-process-the-unattend-answer-file-for-pass-specialize/#comment-701295", "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "JKling", "image": "https://www.edugeek.net/applications/core/interface/email/default_photo.png", "url": "https://www.edugeek.net/profile/36924-jkling/" }, "dateCreated": "2011-08-18T14:50:05+0000", "text": "Looks like that is the answer if you are doing small batches... \u00a0 \nNot sure what it looks like when doing a full lab. I will check that in the next day or two. \u00a0 \n@Jambo_C thanks for the confirmation ", "upvoteCount": 0 }, { "@type": "Comment", "@id": "https://www.edugeek.net/forums/topic/66689-could-not-parse-or-process-the-unattend-answer-file-for-pass-specialize/#comment-988655", "url": "https://www.edugeek.net/forums/topic/66689-could-not-parse-or-process-the-unattend-answer-file-for-pass-specialize/#comment-988655", "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "mtv", "image": "https://www.edugeek.net/applications/core/interface/email/default_photo.png", "url": "https://www.edugeek.net/profile/62020-mtv/" }, "dateCreated": "2013-09-06T20:46:08+0000", "text": "Hi All I\u0027m having this issue too here is my file to look at. 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