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i also have access to the registry.
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why don't you just let it finish the OOBE? did you sysprep the machine and are stuck in factory mode? <br />
c:\windows\system32\syspre<wbr />p\sysprep /reseal
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why don't you just let it finish the OOBE? did you sysprep the machine and are stuck in factory mode?
c:\windows\system32\sysprep\sysprep /reseal

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somehow my 2012 server is trying to run the OOBE at startup and i have been unable to work around the process. i have access to command prompt and a few other services. the installation CD to repair is giving me conflict issues and will not run. <br />
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any advice on how to work around this would be helpful.
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somehow my 2012 server is trying to run the OOBE at startup and i have been unable to work around the process. i have access to command prompt and a few other services. the installation CD to repair is giving me conflict issues and will not run. 

any advice on how to work around this would be helpful.

Server 2012 stuck in OOBE

Windows Server 2012 is the server version of Windows 8 and the successor to Windows Server 2008 R2. Windows Server 2012 is the first version of Windows Server to have no support for Itanium-based computers since Windows NT 4.0. Windows Server 2012, now in its second release (Windows Server 2012 Release 2) includes Foundation, Essentials, Standard and Datacenter, and does not support IA-32 or IA-64 processors.