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Invalid Answer File

About to pull my hair out trying to figure out what I'm doing wrong. Trying to pull an image of LTSC 2019 and keep getting the image attached once I push it out. Did some quick google searches and still drawing a blank. SMA version 6.1 and using latest version of sysprep creator utility. Not sure where to start or what info I could offer that could help. Thanks

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Posted by: SMal.tmcc 5 years ago

I am using LTSC. check your error logs and post the last couple of lines of it. C:\Windows\System32\Sysprep\panther and C:\Windows\panther setuperr.log

could you either email me your xml file or post it (my email under my profile)

here is my answer file

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend">
    <settings pass="generalize">
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <OEMInformation>
                <Manufacturer>TMCC ITO</Manufacturer>
                <Model>Admin Image</Model>
                <SupportHours>8-5</SupportHours>
                <SupportPhone>673-7800</SupportPhone>
                <SupportURL>http://www.tmcc.edu/it/contact/</SupportURL>
            </OEMInformation>
            <DoNotCleanTaskBar>true</DoNotCleanTaskBar>
        </component>
    </settings>
    <settings pass="specialize">
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Deployment" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <RunSynchronous>
                <RunSynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
                    <Order>1</Order>
                    <Path>net user administrator /active:yes</Path>
                </RunSynchronousCommand>
            </RunSynchronous>
        </component>
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <TaskbarLinks>
                <Link0>%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\File Explorer.lnk</Link0>
                <Link1>%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Firefox.lnk</Link1>
                <Link2>%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\google chrome.lnk</Link2>
                <Link3>%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Internet Explorer.lnk</Link3>
				</TaskbarLinks>
            <DoNotCleanTaskBar>true</DoNotCleanTaskBar>
            <CopyProfile>true</CopyProfile>
            <ProductKey>M7XTQ-FN8P6-TTKYV-9D4CC-J462D</ProductKey>
            <EnableStartMenu>true</EnableStartMenu>
            <ComputerName>*</ComputerName>
            <WindowsFeatures>
                <ShowInternetExplorer>true</ShowInternetExplorer>
                <ShowWindowsMediaPlayer>true</ShowWindowsMediaPlayer>
            </WindowsFeatures>
        </component>
    </settings>
    <settings pass="oobeSystem">
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <AutoLogon>
                <Enabled>true</Enabled>
                <LogonCount>7</LogonCount>
                <Username>administrator</Username>
                <Password>
                    <Value>QAGEAcwBzAHVABNAEMAQwBQAGyAGQA=</Value>
                    <PlainText>false</PlainText>
                </Password>
            </AutoLogon>
            <UserAccounts>
                <AdministratorPassword>
                    <Value>QAGEAcwBzAHVABNAEMAQwBQAGyAGQABvAHIAUABhAHMAcwB3AG8AcgBkAA==</Value>
                    <PlainText>false</PlainText>
                </AdministratorPassword>
                <LocalAccounts>
                    <LocalAccount wcm:action="add">
                        <Password>
                            <Value>QAGEAcwBzAHVABNAEMAQwBQAGyAGQA</Value>
                            <PlainText>false</PlainText>
                        </Password>
                        <DisplayName>Student</DisplayName>
                        <Group>administrators</Group>
                        <Name>Student</Name>
                    </LocalAccount>
                </LocalAccounts>
            </UserAccounts>
            <RegisteredOrganization>TMCC</RegisteredOrganization>
            <RegisteredOwner>Staff</RegisteredOwner>
            <EnableStartMenu>true</EnableStartMenu>
            <DoNotCleanTaskBar>true</DoNotCleanTaskBar>
            <DesktopOptimization>
                <GoToDesktopOnSignIn>true</GoToDesktopOnSignIn>
            </DesktopOptimization>
            <OOBE>
                <HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage>
                <HideOEMRegistrationScreen>true</HideOEMRegistrationScreen>
                <HideOnlineAccountScreens>true</HideOnlineAccountScreens>
                <HideWirelessSetupInOOBE>true</HideWirelessSetupInOOBE>
                <HideLocalAccountScreen>false</HideLocalAccountScreen>
                <ProtectYourPC>3</ProtectYourPC>
            </OOBE>
            <WindowsFeatures>
                <ShowInternetExplorer>true</ShowInternetExplorer>
                <ShowWindowsMediaPlayer>true</ShowWindowsMediaPlayer>
            </WindowsFeatures>
        </component>
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <InputLocale>en-us</InputLocale>
            <SystemLocale>en-us</SystemLocale>
            <UILanguage>en-us</UILanguage>
            <UserLocale>en-us</UserLocale>
        </component>
    </settings>
    <cpi:offlineImage cpi:source="wim:f:/win10_ltsc/install.wim#Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2019" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" />
</unattend>

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So I feel stupid, but I don't know how to pull those files since the image never completes. That being said below is my answer file I saved off before I Sysprepped.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend">
<settings pass="generalize">
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Security-SPP" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<SkipRearm>1</SkipRearm>
</component>
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-PnpSysprep" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<PersistAllDeviceInstalls>false</PersistAllDeviceInstalls>
<DoNotCleanUpNonPresentDevices>false</DoNotCleanUpNonPresentDevices>
</component>
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<DoNotCleanTaskBar>true</DoNotCleanTaskBar>
<RegisteredOrganization>LISD</RegisteredOrganization>
<RegisteredOwner>LISD-PC</RegisteredOwner>
</component>
</settings>
<settings pass="specialize">
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Security-SPP-UX" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<SkipAutoActivation>true</SkipAutoActivation>
</component>
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<ComputerName>*</ComputerName>
<CopyProfile>false</CopyProfile>
<TimeZone>Central Standard Time</TimeZone>
<DoNotCleanTaskBar>true</DoNotCleanTaskBar>
<DisableAutoDaylightTimeSet>false</DisableAutoDaylightTimeSet>
<BluetoothTaskbarIconEnabled>false</BluetoothTaskbarIconEnabled>
</component>
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-UnattendedJoin" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<Identification>
<JoinWorkgroup>WORKGROUP</JoinWorkgroup>
</Identification>
</component>
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Deployment" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<RunSynchronous>
<RunSynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
<Order>1</Order>
<Path>net user Administrator /active:yes</Path>
<WillReboot>Never</WillReboot>
</RunSynchronousCommand>
</RunSynchronous>
</component>
</settings>
<settings pass="oobeSystem">
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<InputLocale>en-US</InputLocale>
<SystemLocale>en-US</SystemLocale>
<UserLocale>en-US</UserLocale>
<UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage>
<UILanguageFallback>en-US</UILanguageFallback>
</component>
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<AutoLogon>
<Password>
<Value>somethingdifferent</Value>
<PlainText>true</PlainText>
</Password>
<LogonCount>0</LogonCount>
<Enabled>true</Enabled>
<Username>Administrator</Username>
</AutoLogon>
<FirstLogonCommands>
<SynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
<Description>Disable UAC</Description>
<Order>1</Order>
<CommandLine>reg.exe ADD HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v EnableLUA /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f</CommandLine>
<RequiresUserInput>false</RequiresUserInput>
</SynchronousCommand>
<SynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
<Description>Control Panel Icon Size</Description>
<Order>2</Order>
<CommandLine>reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ControlPanel" /v AllItemsIconView /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f</CommandLine>
<RequiresUserInput>false</RequiresUserInput>
</SynchronousCommand>
<SynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
<Description>Control Panel View</Description>
<Order>3</Order>
<CommandLine>reg add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ControlPanel" /v StartupPage /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f</CommandLine>
<RequiresUserInput>false</RequiresUserInput>
</SynchronousCommand>
</FirstLogonCommands>
<OOBE>
<HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage>
<ProtectYourPC>3</ProtectYourPC>
<HideOEMRegistrationScreen>true</HideOEMRegistrationScreen>
<HideOnlineAccountScreens>true</HideOnlineAccountScreens>
<HideLocalAccountScreen>true</HideLocalAccountScreen>
<HideWirelessSetupInOOBE>false</HideWirelessSetupInOOBE>
</OOBE>
<DisableAutoDaylightTimeSet>false</DisableAutoDaylightTimeSet>
<BluetoothTaskbarIconEnabled>false</BluetoothTaskbarIconEnabled>
<UserAccounts>
<AdministratorPassword>
<Value>somethingdifferent</Value>
<PlainText>true</PlainText>
</AdministratorPassword>
<LocalAccounts>
<LocalAccount wcm:action="add">
<Password>
<Value>somthingdifferent</Value>
<PlainText>true</PlainText>
</Password>
<Description>Local Administrator</Description>
<DisplayName>Administrator</DisplayName>
<Group>Administrators</Group>
<Name>Administrator</Name>
</LocalAccount>
</LocalAccounts>
</UserAccounts>
<WindowsFeatures>
<ShowMediaCenter>false</ShowMediaCenter>
<ShowInternetExplorer>true</ShowInternetExplorer>
</WindowsFeatures>
<RegisteredOrganization>LISD</RegisteredOrganization>
<RegisteredOwner>LISD-PC</RegisteredOwner>
<DoNotCleanTaskBar>true</DoNotCleanTaskBar>
</component>
</settings>
</unattend> - bryantjb 5 years ago
- looking at your file. To get those you need to boot to install disk and then go to that drive and copy to usb or take picture. Mainly the one in windows\panther - SMal.tmcc 5 years ago
  - This was pulled in a virtual environment. I'm guessing I could create a new VM and attach that VHD to it and see if I can pull those files. I will work on this this evening and try to have them later tonight or tomorrow. I appreciate your help. - bryantjb 5 years ago
  - try the change I suggested before you go thru this - SMal.tmcc 5 years ago
- this is most likely your problem. you have a zero logon count
  
  <LogonCount>0</LogonCount>
  
  that fails when I test in the WSIM
  
  The 'LogonCount' element is invalid - The value '0' is invalid according to its datatype 'LogonCountType' - The MinInclusive constraint failed. Components/oobeSystem/amd64_Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup_neutral/AutoLogon/LogonCount - SMal.tmcc 5 years ago
  - That did the trick. I have been struggling with my auto login not working right after an image and I tried setting it to 0 and had this happen. Been trying to figure this out for so long that forgot that was the change I made. That fixed the problem with the invalid answer file. I now just have to figure out while after my image applies I get an extra login that leaves me at the desktop after everything. That is a separate issue I had a post on and will try to figure out. Thanks for your help. - bryantjb 5 years ago
  - for your very last task create a batch task:
    
    reg.exe add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\WinLogon" /v AutoAdminLogon /d 0 /f
    
    reg.exe delete "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\WinLogon" /v defaultpassword /f
    
    kcleanup should run restart and be good. You may have to add this also to force a restart after kcleanup runs .
    
    reg.exe add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce" /v "do restart" /d "shutdown.exe /r /t 10 /f" /f - SMal.tmcc 5 years ago

Posted by: bryantjb 5 years ago

That was the trick. I ended up just having to have the first reg file. The other two caused it to log in and then log back out lol. Everything is good now. Thanks for your help.

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