"Windows could not parse or process the unattend answer file for pass [specialize].

[Santosh khaple]

Hi Team,

 

Today i have downloaded new Windows 10 (1607) build Iso image from Volume license and created a new TS.

 

 

during the TS i am getting error msg saying that,

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

i have not customized the task sequence.

 

 

i have gone through the logs but i couldn't find any issues over there and i tried manual installation using same iso file and it is installing without any issues.

 

Regards,

Sant

[anyweb]

please attach your smsts.log file and unattend.xml

[Santosh khaple]

hi Admin,

 

this error is occurring after client installs and reboot, during this time i cannot even able to open command prompt to capture the log files.

 

sorry, but i am not aware where this unattend.xml file is located, please help me out with the file location.

 

regards,

Sant

[anyweb]

you can press left shift and f10 does that help, if not grab the logs after the failure

 

the unattend.xml file location varies depending on what part of the deployment process you are in, but in general look in C:\Windows\Panther\

[Santosh khaple]

Hi Admin,

 

Sorry for the delay in response, as per the below post when i remove the product key from TS the TS is getting executed without any issues, thanks to you for the help.

 

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/ae1c61f3-3cfb-49eb-ba20-294fef78ef92/windows-could-not-parse-or-process-the-unattend-answer-file-but-we-are-not-using-an-answer-file?forum=configmanagerosd

 

Regards,

Sant