We're on console version 5.00.8239.1000 which I believe is SCCM 2012 R2 SP1.
What do I necessarily have to upgrade? Do I have to update the client?
In the task sequence, the step that fails is part of the update for the agent: CCMSETUP.EXE /noservice SMSSITECODE=AUTO
I changed it to: CCMSETUP.EXE /noservice /skipprereq:windowsupdateagent30-x64.exe SMSSITECODE=AUTO which ends up working somewhat. But this doesn't really fix it.
UPDATE:
I decided to completely remove a step from my task sequence and remove the property "PATCH=C:\Windows\hotfix\%processor_architecture%\configmgr2012ac-r2-cu4.msp" from the task sequence step to setup windows and configmgr. I did so because that hotfix was way older than my current infrastructure.
But now, only 2 applications install, and then it fails. Sometimes it will fail instantly after the 2nd application down the list installs (Adobe Acrobat Pro), and sometimes it will fail after about 5 minutes. I have attached the smsts.log from 2 different computers (ones a VM and another a laptop) to see if there are any differences or similarities. This is truly one thing that I have no clue how to get around.
Again thanks for your help and sorry if I'm being a pest!
smsts.log
smsts.log