Hi,

I have been struggling for days to create a deployment environment for Server 2008 using Windows Deployment Services. I can install do unattended installs with success but i am still not getting additional software to be installed. Below is my Unattend.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend">
    <settings pass="windowsPE">
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core-WinPE" processorArchitecture="x86" ...>
            <SetupUILanguage>
                <UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage>
            </SetupUILanguage>
            <InputLocale>0409:00000409</InputLocale>
            <SystemLocale>en-US</SystemLocale>
            <UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage>
            <UserLocale>en-US</UserLocale>
        </component>
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Setup" processorArchitecture="x86" ...>
            <UserData>
                <AcceptEula>true</AcceptEula>
                <FullName>Amit</FullName>
                <Organization>Heaven</Organization>
            </UserData>
            <Display>
                <ColorDepth>32</ColorDepth>
                <HorizontalResolution>1024</HorizontalResolution>
                <RefreshRate>85</RefreshRate>
                <VerticalResolution>768</VerticalResolution>
            </Display>
            <ImageInstall>
                <OSImage>
                    <InstallFrom>
                        <MetaData wcm:action="add">
                            <Key>/IMAGE/NAME</Key>
                            <Value>Windows Longhorn SERVERWEB</Value>
                        </MetaData>
                        <Path>Images\Server 2008 Web\install.wim</Path>
                    </InstallFrom>
                    <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>
                    <InstallToAvailablePartition>false</InstallToAvailablePartition>
                    <InstallTo>
                        <DiskID>0</DiskID>
                        <PartitionID>1</PartitionID>
                    </InstallTo>
                </OSImage>
            </ImageInstall>
            <DiskConfiguration>
                <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>
                <Disk wcm:action="add">
                    <CreatePartitions>
                        <CreatePartition wcm:action="add">
                            <Extend>true</Extend>
                            <Order>1</Order>
                            <Type>Primary</Type>
                        </CreatePartition>
                    </CreatePartitions>
                    <ModifyPartitions>
                        <ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">
                            <Active>true</Active>
                            <Format>NTFS</Format>
                            <Label>HD1</Label>
                            <Letter>C</Letter>
                            <Order>1</Order>
                            <PartitionID>1</PartitionID>
                        </ModifyPartition>
                    </ModifyPartitions>
                    <DiskID>0</DiskID>
                    <WillWipeDisk>true</WillWipeDisk>
                </Disk>
            </DiskConfiguration>
            <WindowsDeploymentServices>
                <Login>
                    <Credentials>
                        <Domain>-------</Domain>
                        <Password>----------</Password>
                        <Username>-----------</Username>
                    </Credentials>
                </Login>
                <ImageSelection>
                    <InstallImage>
                        <Filename>install.wim</Filename>
                        <ImageGroup>Servers</ImageGroup>
                        <ImageName>Windows Longhorn SERVERWEB</ImageName>
                    </InstallImage>
                    <InstallTo>
                        <DiskID>0</DiskID>
                        <PartitionID>1</PartitionID>
                    </InstallTo>
                </ImageSelection>
            </WindowsDeploymentServices>
        </component>
    </settings>
    <settings pass="specialize">
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Security-Licensing-SLC-UX" processorArchitecture="x86" ...>
            <SkipAutoActivation>true</SkipAutoActivation>
        </component>
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Deployment" processorArchitecture="x86" ...>
            <RunSynchronous>
                <RunSynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
                    <Order>1</Order>
                    <Path>%WINDIR%\system32\sysprep\sysprep.exe /quiet /audit</Path>
                </RunSynchronousCommand>
            </RunSynchronous>
        </component>
    </settings>
    <settings pass="auditUser">
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Deployment" processorArchitecture="x86" ...>
            <RunSynchronous>
                <RunSynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">
                    <Order>1</Order>
                    <Path>\\WDSServer\reminst\sw\dotnetfx35.exe /passive /norestart</Path>
                    <Description>.NET Framework 3.5</Description>
                </RunSynchronousCommand>
            </RunSynchronous>
        </component>
    </settings>
    <settings pass="oobeSystem">
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="x86" ...>
            <AutoLogon>
                <Enabled>true</Enabled>
                <LogonCount>5</LogonCount>
                <Username>Administrator</Username>
            </AutoLogon>
            <Display>
                <ColorDepth>32</ColorDepth>
                <DPI>96</DPI>
                <HorizontalResolution>1024</HorizontalResolution>
                <RefreshRate>85</RefreshRate>
                <VerticalResolution>768</VerticalResolution>
            </Display>
            <OOBE>
                <HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage>
                <NetworkLocation>Work</NetworkLocation>
                <ProtectYourPC>1</ProtectYourPC>
                <SkipUserOOBE>true</SkipUserOOBE>
            </OOBE>
            <TimeZone>India Standard Time</TimeZone>
        </component>
    </settings>
    <settings pass="auditSystem">
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="x86" ...>
            <UserAccounts>
                <AdministratorPassword>
                    <Value>----------</Value>
                    <PlainText>false</PlainText>
                </AdministratorPassword>
                <LocalAccounts>
                    <LocalAccount wcm:action="add">
                        <Password>
                            <Value>-------</Value>
                            <PlainText>false</PlainText>
                        </Password>
                        <Description>Sample User</Description>
                        <DisplayName>Sample User</DisplayName>
                        <Group>Administrators</Group>
                        <Name>Carlos</Name>
                    </LocalAccount>
                </LocalAccounts>
            </UserAccounts>
            <AutoLogon>
                <Password>
                    <Value>-------</Value>
                    <PlainText>false</PlainText>
                </Password>
                <Username>Administrator</Username>
                <LogonCount>5</LogonCount>
                <Enabled>true</Enabled>
            </AutoLogon>
        </component>
    </settings>
    <cpi:offlineImage cpi:source="wim://install.wim#Windows Longhorn SERVERWEB" ... />
</unattend>

I am trying to install .Net Framework 3.5, but no luck.

Any help please ?

Best Regards,

Carlos Fernandes

Edited October 10, 200817 yr by cremedios

I think I found the problem . The unattend file must be specified per image, in order to be ran upon image install and not only on pxe