Hi,i know this has been asked and i've read the posts but i'm still not finding any solutions. I've created my unattend.xml with WSIM and placed in it's own package. I have specified Use an unattended or sysprep answer file for a custom installation, choosen the package and typed in the name of the unattend.xml file name. But the unattend.xml is never applied. In my smsts.log i see this: Action command line: OSDApplyOS.exe /image:XXX00000,%OSDImageIndex% "/config:XXX00000,%OSDConfigFileName%" TSManager 11/26/2010 8:54:00 PM 2212 (0x08A4) From what i see the the log does not indicate the unattend.xml after the OSDConfigFileName. Any ideas why it is not applying, or being logged? Any suggestions or ideas what to try?

Are you perofmring a build & capture or deployment TS? Which pass are your settings in? What settings are not being applied?Jason | http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/jsandys | http://blogs.catapultsystems.com/jsandys/default.aspx | Twitter @JasonSandys

It is a deployment TS...and my settings in the XML are many...IE, local user accounts...list goes on. The only place i know to specify the XML is in the deployment TS Apply Operating System Image. I select package in this step, and specify the TS in the Use an unattended or sysprep answer file for a custom installation Seems simple, i don't know what i am missing.

It is a deployment TS...and my settings in the XML are many...IE, local user accounts...list goes on. The only place i know to specify the XML is in the deployment TS Apply Operating System Image. I select package in this step, and specify the TS in the Use an unattended or sysprep answer file for a custom installation Seems simple, i don't know what i am missing.

By pass I meant generalize, specialize, oobeSystem, auditSystem, or auditUser. These are phases specific to Windows setup that only occur at specific times: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd744580(WS.10).aspx. Knowing where to put the settings depending on what kind of setup you are performing is critical.Jason | http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/jsandys | http://blogs.catapultsystems.com/jsandys/default.aspx | Twitter @JasonSandys

By pass I meant generalize, specialize, oobeSystem, auditSystem, or auditUser. These are phases specific to Windows setup that only occur at specific times: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd744580(WS.10).aspx. Knowing where to put the settings depending on what kind of setup you are performing is critical.Jason | http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/jsandys | http://blogs.catapultsystems.com/jsandys/default.aspx | Twitter @JasonSandys

Sorry, i did not understand you. I am familiarizing myselft with the phases all the time, nonetheless, should i not see in the smsts.log the unattend.xml specificd? The OSDConfigFileName is blank. It is deployment TS is not referencing the unattend.xml. Any ideas? I'm totally stumped here. Makes no sense :(

No, the log file will not contain the actual file name, just the replacement parameter exactly as you have listed above -- I just verified on a working OSD implmentation using an unattend.xml. If you want to verify that your custom unattend.xml is being used, check the %WinDir%\Panther\unattend directory before the "Setup Windows and ConfigMgr" task; this directory will contain the unattend.xml that setup will use. Note that it probably won't be identical to the one you've supplied because the TS will inject things into from your "Apply Windows Settings" and "Apply Network Settings" tasks. This same directory contains complete log files of the unattend setup that you can also examine after the deployment TS is complete specifically setupact.log. Going back to the passes? What pass did you put your settings in? Anything in generalize will be ignored for a deployment TS.Jason | http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/jsandys | http://blogs.catapultsystems.com/jsandys/default.aspx | Twitter @JasonSandys

Sorry for the late response. Doing a lot of reading and understand more now. The unattend.xml is not being applied, because as you were asking, where and what was i trying to change. This was the issue. To many settings to mention, but in reality i don't really need the unattend.xml anyway. The changes i was making/want to test can be made in the TS....still learning :) Thanks.