[I need help with my ImageUnattend.xml]

Hello,

I am having a hard time trying to install applications via my WDS server. I have no problems whatsoever in installing, capturing and deploying images but somehow so far I have not been able to install applications during an unattended instalation of Windows 7 x64.

I have the applications in the same server share as the images and I am trying to run Synchronous Commands to do silent instalations of Acrobat Reader and SQL Server Express 2008. The commands syntax is correct but I had no sucess.

I tried running the commands in the deployments stage but I always got an error. Now I am trying to run them in the audit stage but so far I achieved nothing; the OS install perfectly but none of the applications will.

I have to admit that I don't fully understand the audit passes but I believe this is possible.

So far I have been doing this using VMware with a Win2K8 R2 server as WDS server but I really want to do this in the production scenario

This is my ImageUnattend.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend">

<settings pass="specialize">

<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">

<ComputerName>*</ComputerName>

<RegisteredOrganization>X Corp</RegisteredOrganization>

<RegisteredOwner>XXX</RegisteredOwner>

</component>

<component name="Microsoft-Windows-TCPIP" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">

<Interfaces>

<Interface>

<Ipv4Settings>

<DhcpEnabled>true</DhcpEnabled>

</Ipv4Settings>

<Ipv6Settings>

<DhcpEnabled>true</DhcpEnabled>

</Ipv6Settings>

<Identifier>Local Area Connection</Identifier>

</Interface>

</Interfaces>

</component>

<component name="Microsoft-Windows-UnattendedJoin" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">

<Identification>

<Credentials>

<Domain>x.corp.local</Domain>

<Password>Pass</Password>

<Username>Administrator</Username>

</Credentials>

<JoinDomain>x.corp.local</JoinDomain>

</Identification>

</component>

</settings>

<settings pass="oobeSystem">

<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">

<UserAccounts>

<AdministratorPassword>

<Value>QQBrAGUAbgBhAHQAbwBuAEEAZABtAGkAbgBpAHMAdAByAGEAdABvAHIAUABhAHMAcwB3AG8AcgBkAA==</Value>

<PlainText>false</PlainText>

</AdministratorPassword>

</UserAccounts>

<RegisteredOrganization>X Corporation</RegisteredOrganization>

<RegisteredOwner>XXX</RegisteredOwner>

</component>

<component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">

<InputLocale>pt-pt</InputLocale>

<UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage>

<UserLocale>pt-pt</UserLocale>

<SystemLocale>pt-pt</SystemLocale>

</component>

</settings>

<settings pass="offlineServicing">

<component name="Microsoft-Windows-LUA-Settings" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">

<EnableLUA>false</EnableLUA>

</component>

</settings>

<settings pass="auditSystem">

<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Deployment" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">

<Reseal>

<Mode>OOBE</Mode>

</Reseal>

</component>

</settings>

<settings pass="auditUser">

<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Deployment" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">

<RunSynchronous>

<RunSynchronousCommand>

<Credentials>

<Domain>x.corp.local</Domain>

<Password>Pass</Password>

<Username>Administrator</Username>

</Credentials>

<Path>\\NAT-SRVW2K8-DC1\REMINST\sql-2008-express.cmd</Path>

<Description>SQL Server 2008 Express</Description>

<Order>1</Order>

</RunSynchronousCommand>

<RunSynchronousCommand>

<Credentials>

<Domain>x.corp.local</Domain>

<Password>Pass</Password>

<Username>Administrator</Username>

</Credentials>

<Description>Adobe Reader</Description>

<Order>2</Order>

<Path>\\NAT-SRVW2K8-DC1\REMINST\"AdbeRdr910_en_US.exe /sALL /rs /msi /qn"</Path>

</RunSynchronousCommand>

</RunSynchronous>

</component>

</settings>

<cpi:offlineImage cpi:source="catalog:d:/sources/install_windows 7 ultimate.clg" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" />

</unattend>

What am I doing wrong? Any ideas?

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you