The "Fatal error during the execution of Sysprep" error witch Unattend


  1. Posts : 106
    Windows 7
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    The "Fatal error during the execution of Sysprep" error witch Unattend


    Hi

    I have Windows 7 SP1 64-bit in Audit mode and I put the Unattend.xml file

    Code:
    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend">
        <settings pass="generalize">
            <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Security-Licensing-SLC" processorArchitecture="x86" <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend">
        <settings pass="generalize">
            <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Security-Licensing-SLC" processorArchitecture="x64" 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="x64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS">
              <PersistAllDeviceInstalls>true</PersistAllDeviceInstalls>
           </component>
        </settings>
        <settings pass="specialize">
            <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="x64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
                <CopyProfile>true</CopyProfile>
            </component>
        </settings>
        <cpi:offlineImage cpi:source="" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" />
    </Unattend>
    in the c:\windows\panther directory.

    Then, I opened the Command Prompt in the c:\windows\system32\sysprep directory, I wrote the sysprep /generalize /oobe /reboot command.

    At this point, the error "Fatal error during the execution of Sysprep" is displayed.

    In the C:\Windows\System32\sysprep\Panther directory, I found the setupact.log file with this content:

    Code:
    2012-09-19 10:08:16, Info                  SYSPRP ========================================================
    2012-09-19 10:08:16, Info                  SYSPRP ===          Beginning of a new sysprep run          ===
    2012-09-19 10:08:16, Info                  SYSPRP ========================================================
    2012-09-19 10:08:16, Info       [0x0f004d] SYSPRP The time is now 2012-09-19 10:08:16
    2012-09-19 10:08:16, Info       [0x0f004e] SYSPRP Initialized SysPrep log at C:\Windows\System32\sysprep\Panther
    2012-09-19 10:08:16, Info       [0x0f0054] SYSPRP ValidateUser:User has required privileges to sysprep machine
    2012-09-19 10:08:16, Info       [0x0f007e] SYSPRP FCreateTagFile:Tag file C:\Windows\System32\sysprep\Sysprep_succeeded.tag does not already exist, no need to delete anything
    2012-09-19 10:08:17, Info       [0x0f005f] SYSPRP ParseCommands:Found supported command line option 'GENERALIZE'
    2012-09-19 10:08:17, Info       [0x0f005f] SYSPRP ParseCommands:Found supported command line option 'OOBE'
    2012-09-19 10:08:17, Info       [0x0f005f] SYSPRP ParseCommands:Found supported command line option 'REBOOT'
    2012-09-19 10:08:17, Info       [0x0f004a] SYSPRP WaitThread:Entering spawned waiting thread
    2012-09-19 10:08:17, Error                        [sysprep.exe] UnattendSearchExplicitPath: Found unattend file at [C:\Windows\Panther\unattend.xml] but unable to deserialize it; status = 0x80073714, hrResult = 0x0.
    2012-09-19 10:08:17, Error      [0x0f009e] SYSPRP SysprepSearchForUnattend: Failed while searching for unattend file; hr = 0x80073714
    2012-09-19 10:08:17, Error      [0x0f00a5] SYSPRP WinMain:Encountered error while searching for unattend file; hr = 0x80073714
    2012-09-19 10:08:18, Info       [0x0f004c] SYSPRP WaitThread:Exiting spawned waiting thread
    2012-09-19 10:08:18, Info       [0x0f0052] SYSPRP Shutting down SysPrep log
    2012-09-19 10:08:18, Info       [0x0f004d] SYSPRP The time is now 2012-09-19 10:08:18
    and I found the setuperr.log file with this content:

    Code:
    2012-09-19 10:08:17, Error                        [sysprep.exe] UnattendSearchExplicitPath: Found unattend file at [C:\Windows\Panther\unattend.xml] but unable to deserialize it; status = 0x80073714, hrResult = 0x0.
    2012-09-19 10:08:17, Error      [0x0f009e] SYSPRP SysprepSearchForUnattend: Failed while searching for unattend file; hr = 0x80073714
    2012-09-19 10:08:17, Error      [0x0f00a5] SYSPRP WinMain:Encountered error while searching for unattend file; hr = 0x80073714
    So, as I do to fix this?

    Thanks

    Bye
    Last edited by balubeto; 19 Sep 2012 at 03:26.
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  2. Posts : 106
    Windows 7
    Thread Starter
       #2

    I was wrong encoding to save: I used Unicode encoding instead of UTF-8.

    Now, the error:

    Could not parse or process the answer file for unattended installation [C:\Windows\Panther\unattend.xml]. The answer file is not valid. Error detected at line 17, column 1 of the answer file.

    is displayed. Why is that?

    Thanks

    Bye
      My Computer


 

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