I captured a Windows 2008 server and after a deployment, the admin account is disabled. So i added the unattend.xml file with the account enabled, and it worked.

Once.

After trying to redeploy it, it doesn't work now.

So i tried a different task sequence that will join the pc to the domain and also enable the admin account.

No love.

won't even return to the task sequence to apply the windows settings....

it will apply the operating system and then reboot to set it up. and then after a reboot it comes right up to the windows 2008 logon screen.

 

Am I missing something? I can't get to the logs, because there is only one account on the server and it is stripped of its administrator capabilities.

 

Any thoughts?

in the Deploy task sequence, did you set the admin password

 

in the Deploy task sequence, did you set the admin password

 

 

Yes, but it doesn't even get to that step in the task sequence...