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WDS - unattend answer file

When applying Windows 7 image .wim from WDS server I get this error :

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

But the problem is that I have not attached any answer file to the image.

Joshua Grantom

an answer file can also be in the image itself. Has this image worked before?

soffcec

ASKER

Yes it has worked before I did update it. I only did put some updates on it.

David Johnson, CD

check the root directory of any share or drive that is accessible. look for an unattend.xml or autoaunattend.xml you will probably find one there.

soffcec

ASKER

I keep all my files under this directory
E:\RemoteInstall\WdsClientUnattend
and they are accessible trough \\WDSSERVER\REMINST as they have always be.
I have lot of other images who I have no problem with.
Do you mean the setup can find some xml file through sharing ?

soffcec

ASKER

Ok. I found out now all my images (Win7 Pro,Home Win8 Pro,Win2012) do stop at this same error. So this must be remote install server problem. I have answer file attached to my boot images, maybe he is doing this.

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soffcec

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