MDT 2013 Boot straight to CMD after upgrade?

Hi,
I've recently upgraded MDT 2012 to MDT 2013. My images are working if no changes are touched. However, right after I add NIC and other drivers for a new dell model ( e5550) and regenerate the image, all my models boot straight into CMD after the image gets
picked up via WDS. Very weird.
I have a snapshot of my deployment server just after the mdt migration so i can always fall back to the original state for my current models, but I need to resolve this to able to add new drivers and new models going forward.
I'm thinking it had something to do with installing windows 8.1 ADK and perhaps it changed the win PE version? I am new to MDT so there must be something obvious I am overlooking. Has anybody seen this before?
also, when would I be extracting the Dell WinPE cab to the boot image? And how I know which version to use?

This is the set-up for my MDT. I dont have a seperate WinPE folder. is this best pratice or now required?
http://imgur.com/Bs2TnmL

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<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<sequence description="A complete task sequence for deploying a client operating system" name="Standard Client Task Sequence" version="3.00"> -<globalVarList> <variable name="OSGUID" property="OSGUID">{52bb4035-96e5-46f3-9d17-3d2a363895c3}</variable>
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"%SCRIPTROOT%\ZTIGroups.wsf" /restore</action> -<defaultVarList> <variable name="RunAsUser" property="RunAsUser">false</variable> <variable name="SMSTSRunCommandLineUserName" property="SMSTSRunCommandLineUserName"/> <variable
name="SMSTSRunCommandLineUserPassword" property="SMSTSRunCommandLineUserPassword"/> <variable name="LoadProfile" property="LoadProfile">false</variable> </defaultVarList> </step> -<step description="" name="Apply Local GPO Package"
continueOnError="false" disable="false" startIn="" successCodeList="0 3010"> <action>cscript.exe "%SCRIPTROOT%\ZTIApplyGPOPack.wsf"</action> -<condition> -<expression type="SMS_TaskSequence_VariableConditionExpression"> <variable
name="Variable">ApplyGPOPack</variable> <variable name="Operator">notEquals</variable> <variable name="Value">NO</variable> </expression> </condition> -<defaultVarList> <variable name="RunAsUser" property="RunAsUser">false</variable>
<variable name="SMSTSRunCommandLineUserName" property="SMSTSRunCommandLineUserName"/> <variable name="SMSTSRunCommandLineUserPassword" property="SMSTSRunCommandLineUserPassword"/> <variable name="LoadProfile" property="LoadProfile">false</variable>
</defaultVarList> </step> -<group description="" name="Imaging" expand="false" continueOnError="false" disable="false"> <action/> -<group description="" name="Prepare Only" expand="false" continueOnError="false" disable="false">
-<condition> -<expression type="SMS_TaskSequence_VariableConditionExpression"> <variable name="Variable">DoCapture</variable> <variable name="Operator">equals</variable> <variable name="Value">PREPARE</variable>
</expression> </condition> -<step description="" name="Copy Sysprep files" continueOnError="false" disable="false" startIn="" successCodeList="0 3010"> <action>cscript.exe "%SCRIPTROOT%\LTISysprep.wsf"</action> -<defaultVarList>
<variable name="RunAsUser" property="RunAsUser">false</variable> <variable name="SMSTSRunCommandLineUserName" property="SMSTSRunCommandLineUserName"/> <variable name="SMSTSRunCommandLineUserPassword" property="SMSTSRunCommandLineUserPassword"/>
<variable name="LoadProfile" property="LoadProfile">false</variable> </defaultVarList> </step> </group> -<group description="" name="Sysprep Only" expand="false" continueOnError="false" disable="false"> -<condition>
-<expression type="SMS_TaskSequence_VariableConditionExpression"> <variable name="Variable">DoCapture</variable> <variable name="Operator">equals</variable> <variable name="Value">SYSPREP</variable> </expression>
</condition> -<step description="" name="Add mass storage drivers to sysprep.inf for XP and 2003" continueOnError="false" disable="false" startIn="" successCodeList="0 3010"> <action>cscript.exe "%SCRIPTROOT%\ZTIDrivers.wsf"</action>
-<defaultVarList> <variable name="RunAsUser" property="RunAsUser">false</variable> <variable name="SMSTSRunCommandLineUserName" property="SMSTSRunCommandLineUserName"/> <variable name="SMSTSRunCommandLineUserPassword" property="SMSTSRunCommandLineUserPassword"/>
<variable name="LoadProfile" property="LoadProfile">false</variable> </defaultVarList> </step> -<step description="" name="Execute Sysprep" continueOnError="false" disable="false" startIn="" successCodeList="0 3010"> <action>cscript.exe
"%SCRIPTROOT%\LTISysprep.wsf"</action> -<defaultVarList> <variable name="RunAsUser" property="RunAsUser">false</variable> <variable name="SMSTSRunCommandLineUserName" property="SMSTSRunCommandLineUserName"/> <variable name="SMSTSRunCommandLineUserPassword"
property="SMSTSRunCommandLineUserPassword"/> <variable name="LoadProfile" property="LoadProfile">false</variable> </defaultVarList> </step> </group> -<group description="" name="Capture Image" expand="false" continueOnError="false"
disable="false"> -<condition> -<expression type="SMS_TaskSequence_VariableConditionExpression"> <variable name="Variable">DoCapture</variable> <variable name="Operator">equals</variable> <variable name="Value">YES</variable>
</expression> </condition> -<step description="" name="Apply Windows PE" continueOnError="false" disable="false" startIn="" successCodeList="0 3010"> <action>cscript.exe "%SCRIPTROOT%\LTIApply.wsf" /PE /STAGE</action> -<defaultVarList>
<variable name="RunAsUser" property="RunAsUser">false</variable> <variable name="SMSTSRunCommandLineUserName" property="SMSTSRunCommandLineUserName"/> <variable name="SMSTSRunCommandLineUserPassword" property="SMSTSRunCommandLineUserPassword"/>
<variable name="LoadProfile" property="LoadProfile">false</variable> </defaultVarList> </step> -<step description="" name="Add mass storage drivers to sysprep.inf for XP and 2003" continueOnError="false" disable="false" startIn=""
successCodeList="0 3010"> <action>cscript.exe "%SCRIPTROOT%\ZTIDrivers.wsf"</action> -<defaultVarList> <variable name="RunAsUser" property="RunAsUser">false</variable> <variable name="SMSTSRunCommandLineUserName" property="SMSTSRunCommandLineUserName"/>
<variable name="SMSTSRunCommandLineUserPassword" property="SMSTSRunCommandLineUserPassword"/> <variable name="LoadProfile" property="LoadProfile">false</variable> </defaultVarList> </step> -<step description="" name="Execute
Sysprep" continueOnError="false" disable="false" startIn="" successCodeList="0 3010"> <action>cscript.exe "%SCRIPTROOT%\LTISysprep.wsf"</action> -<defaultVarList> <variable name="RunAsUser" property="RunAsUser">false</variable>
<variable name="SMSTSRunCommandLineUserName" property="SMSTSRunCommandLineUserName"/> <variable name="SMSTSRunCommandLineUserPassword" property="SMSTSRunCommandLineUserPassword"/> <variable name="LoadProfile" property="LoadProfile">false</variable>
</defaultVarList> </step> -<step description="" name="Apply Windows PE (BCD)" continueOnError="false" disable="false" startIn="" successCodeList="0 3010"> <action>cscript.exe "%_SMSTSMDataPath%\Scripts\LTIApply.wsf" /PE /BCD</action>
-<condition> -<expression type="SMS_TaskSequence_VariableConditionExpression"> <variable name="Variable">ImageBuild</variable> <variable name="Operator">greaterEqual</variable> <variable name="Value">6</variable>
</expression> </condition> -<defaultVarList> <variable name="RunAsUser" property="RunAsUser">false</variable> <variable name="SMSTSRunCommandLineUserName" property="SMSTSRunCommandLineUserName"/> <variable name="SMSTSRunCommandLineUserPassword"
property="SMSTSRunCommandLineUserPassword"/> <variable name="LoadProfile" property="LoadProfile">false</variable> </defaultVarList> </step> -<step description="" name="Restart computer" continueOnError="false" disable="false"
successCodeList="0 3010" type="SMS_TaskSequence_RebootAction" runIn="WinPEandFullOS"> -<defaultVarList> <variable name="Message" property="Message"/> <variable name="MessageTimeout" property="MessageTimeout">60</variable> <variable
name="Target" property="Target"/> </defaultVarList> <action>smsboot.exe /target:WinPE</action> </step> -<step description="" name="Gather local only" continueOnError="false" disable="false" startIn="" successCodeList="0 3010"
type="BDD_Gather"> -<defaultVarList> <variable name="GatherLocalOnly" property="GatherLocalOnly">true</variable> <variable name="RulesFile" property="RulesFile"/> </defaultVarList> <action>cscript.exe "%SCRIPTROOT%\ZTIGather.wsf"</action>
</step> -<step description="" name="Create WIM" continueOnError="false" disable="false" startIn="" successCodeList="0 3010"> <action>cscript.exe "%SCRIPTROOT%\ZTIBackup.wsf"</action> -<defaultVarList> <variable name="RunAsUser"
property="RunAsUser">false</variable> <variable name="SMSTSRunCommandLineUserName" property="SMSTSRunCommandLineUserName"/> <variable name="SMSTSRunCommandLineUserPassword" property="SMSTSRunCommandLineUserPassword"/> <variable name="LoadProfile"
property="LoadProfile">false</variable> </defaultVarList> </step> </group> </group> </group> </sequence>

Macbook Pro will not boot from any source after upgrade

Hi,
I have a late 2011 Macbook Pro - standard issue other than more memory as I recall. It has a 750MB hard drive with more than half still free. All the checks given below are done with the computer stand-alone with no hardware attached - other than the power cord and of course WiFi.
2 weeks ago I upgraded to Yosemite having taken all the right precautions before upgrade - thanks to Take Control. It worked fine and I was getting a good experience until last Wednesday when I put it to sleep by closing the lid. Later in the day I opened it up again but only got a grey screen. After leaving it several minutes to see if it cleared I shut down by holding the on button for several seconds then tried to re-boot. The computer starts and gets as far as the grey screen then shuts down again after several minutes. Sometimes it will continue to restart after shut down and keeps doing this until I again hold the on button in until it finally shuts down for good.
I have two bootable drives - one is a cloned backup of the previous version and all the data, the other is an 8GB thumb drive with a bootable version of the Yosemite installer. For the record I also have a Time Machine backup and a second full clone backup and recovery drive on a Synology NAS device - I just haven't figured out how to boot from this device as yet.
I can get to the boot up selection screen (hold option key) and select an external drive to boot from but it makes no difference - I still get the same grey screen. Same thing if I use Command +R to boot from the Mac HD recovery partition.
I have also tried to boot into safe boot mode (hold the shift key down). This seems to slow everything down but ultimately has the same result - a grey screen.The only difference I can see is that this grey screen does not shut down after a time. Seems to just continue until I shut it down manually.
I can hold Command +V to remove the grey screen and see the action being written to the screen while logging on (white text on a blue screen) - up to a point. After some time I just get the same grey screen and it shuts down after more time. I can also use Option +D (I'm told it should be just hold the 'D' key to do this but that has never worked for me and Option +D does) to get to the hardware check and I have run this both before upgrading and after having the problem. Before upgrading I got one error - 4ETC/1/40000002. I looked this up on the Internet and could find nothing specific to identify the problem and the general consensus seemed to be it was nothing major. After upgrading and running the hardware check again (after this problem occurred) it returned no errors.
I have reset the PRAM with the same result as before - all I get is the is the Apple logo and a progress bar that increases to around 50%, then both disappear and I get just a grey screen. After a time the computer shuts down and then restarts again and goes through the same process.
I've done pretty much everything I can think of and find in books and on the Internet. Hoping that someone out there will find this problem interesting and help me to resolve it.
Tony

Problem resolved. I took the machine into an authorized repair facility where, for around $30, I had it checked and the logic board replaced. Picked it up yesterday and seems to be working OK. No cost to replace the logic board even though the machine is over 3 years old. There seems to be some sort of dispute with Apple over a class action that has worked in my favour. Great. I'm happy.
Tony

MDT 2013 Boot Image Crashes When Moved To New Server

I tested an MDT 2013 installed on a Windows 7 laptop and it works.
So now I am trying to move it to a Server 2008 R2 server so we can put it into production and the same workstation crashes in Win PE with a generic IRL not equal error.
I installed the same ADK version 8.100.26629 and MDT 2013 6.2.5019.0 on the server along with the.net framework 4.5 and Windows Management Framework 3.0. Both are showing the same PowerShell version 3 0 -1 -1
I updated the deployment share to point to the new paths and regenerated the boot image and copied it into WDS.
When I boot the laptop and try to run it from the server, it crashes in Win PE before the deployment task ever starts.
The same workstation still boots fine when I boot with the old boot image that points to the test laptop. So it does not seem to be a problem with the laptop.
Since I copied the entire deployment share over, I assume it must be using all the same drivers.
What could be causing this problem?

Doesn't make sense since the hardware works 100% of the time when the deployment share is hosted from a Windows 7 laptop.
Simply copying the deployment share to a Server 2008 R2 server, updating bootini, customsettingsini, the shares and regenerating the boot image and the same deployment fails 100% of the time. Same laptop and same drivers used both times.

Can't boot from Ubuntu partition after upgrading to Yosemite

When i go to Disk Utility the Ubuntu partition appears as it always have, i had installed since Mavericks refind to boot from any partition. Now refind doesn't work and the alt/option key doesn't work either. Does anyone know a way to fix this?

A extensive report already written is in the Ubuntu stacks as
Dual boot Linux and Yosemite
Basically you need to follow http://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/yosemite.html
wherein it explains that Yosemite is using a new LVM bootup from within the Recovery Partitions 10.10.
This messes up REFIT/REFIND tools which have previously installed Partition 1.S
See my current Table below , wherein << are my comments
Current GPT partition table:
#      Start LBA      End LBA Type
1             40       409639 EFI System (FAT)    << old preferred site for REFIT/REFIND tools
2         409640    154061023 Mac OS X HFS+ << main Mac partition
3      154061024    155330559 Mac OS X Boot << Recovery 10.10 , installed by Yosemite update, used to start MAC boot. BUT is not shown by Disk Utility, to prevent its naive deletion which would kill the MAC boot.
4      155330560    156598271 Mac OS X HFS+ << old Recovery 10.9, simply retained
5      157869786    228772129 Unknown << My Ubuntu partition
6      228772130    236765969 Linux Swap << which was shortened by 200 MB to make room for 7)
7      236765970    236974814 Mac OS X HFS+ << installation site of REFIND. Though 4) could have been used, there is a possibility that Apple might have future plans for this small 4) partition.
With 7) created (see detail below), my REFIND install command under MAC, within Downloads/refind-bin-0.8.3/ was:
sudo ./install.sh --alldrivers --ownhfs /dev/disk0s7
There was still required the edit if refind.conf.sample specified in Yosemite.html, which I named refind.conf.edit1
This was copied with:
sudo cp refind.conf.edit1 /Volumes/macefi/System/Library/CoreServices/refind.conf
macefi is my name for the MAC /dev/disk0s7 mount point, equivalent to /dev/sda7 under Linux
CAREFULLY do read Yosemite.html, as the instructions here are too terse by themselves!!!!
There are 2 routes to boot Ubuntu, and then creat 7) with GPARTED
a) If you can access the GRUB shell under an old REFIT/REFIND installation, partitions will be shown by:
grub> ls
Presence of a Linux file system can be confirmed by a command like:
grub> ls (hd0,gpt5)/
Output of
grub > ls (hd0,gpt5)/boot/grub/
should include a grub.cfg file. Then you can boot as usual with
grub > configfile (hd0,gpt5)/boot/grub/grub.cfg
After boot up, start GPARTED
b) Alternatively boot with the Ubuntu install disk, and choose the Demo option
Open a text console, and get admin proviledge with:
$ sudo su
# gparted
Using GPARTED, unmount if necessary any terminal SWAP partition, such as my 6) above
Then shrink the SWAP partition end by a trivial 200 MB,
Create a HFS+ partition in like my 7) for a coming REFIND installation
Note, that a file /etc/fstab contains a SWAP partition specification, which should be edited for automated SWAP start.
# sudo blkid /dev/sda7
will report the SWAP space specs LONG uuid code. This can be copied into memory by dragging the mouse over the uuid
Then SHIFT-CONTROL-C will copy it into memory.   Start an edit with:
$ sudo nano /etc/fstab
delete the old swap uuid, and paste in the replacement with
SHIFT-CONTROl-V
and swap should mount upon reboot, or with:
$ sudo swapon -a
Check with:
$ free
which should report none-zero swap space.

MBA 2013 shut down without reason after upgrade MAVERICKS

Hi there ,
I have a new MBA 2013 , till the upgrade to Mavericks (for free) no worries , but today after the upgrade he shutted down unexpectedly twice !!! What's happening here ? Am I the only one having this kind of issue?
HELP ME
THX by advance
Raph from Brussels

nana4design,
some 15-inch Mid 2010 MacBook Pros are known to have a defective NVIDIA GPU. Since you’re getting GPU panics, yours might be one with the defect. Apple had a gratis servicing program for this model’s defect that lasted for three years from the date of the MacBook Pro’s purchase; they still offer the servicing program, but it is no longer guaranteed to be gratis. I’d recommend making an appointment at your nearest Apple store, to have them run their Video System Test on your MacBook Pro to confirm whether or not its NVIDIA GPU has this defect.

Why is booting up so slow after 'upgrading' to iCloud???

I updated/upgraded to icloud. Now my macbook takes more than 5 minuts to boot up and is painfully slow to use when it does...help?

(A) Reset iPad
Hold down the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button at the same time for at least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears
Note: Data will not be affected.
(B) Reset all settings
Settings>General>Reset>Reset all settings
Note: Data will not be affected but settings will be reset.

MDT 2013 - boot manager has been blocked

Purchased a new dell inspiron m531r with window 8 installed. I am trying to install window 7 pro, after applying the image from mdt2013, upon reboot I get "Windows Boot Manager has been blocked by the current security policies". How do I resolve
this?

Disable Secure Boot in the BIOS.

PowerBook G4 1.33 wont boot from DVD drive after upgrade

Can anyone offer some assitance. I just upgraded my PowerBook G4 1.33 from a Combo Drive to a Panasonic SuperDrive. Also upgraded to a 250GB harddrive. Got a tree error on HD and when I went to boot up Diskwarrior I could not boot from the DVD drive. It does not come up as a bootable drive. Tried Holding down "C" key "Option Key" nothing works. Can anyone tell me what's wrong? All other drive functions work perfectly.

Hi chubbs899, and a warm welcome to the forums & Macdom!
i have read says you can go in through disk utility and partition the drive but i still have yet to see anything that says something about disk utility.
1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
*Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.*
How to format your disks...
http://www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/partitioningtiger.html
Thanks to Pondini, Formatting, Partitioning, Verifying, and Repairing Disks...
http://web.me.com/pondini/AppleTips/DU.html
it gives you the option of doing "journal" format or "case sensitive, journal" format.
Don't use Case Sensitive, confuses many Apps.
i suspected jumper settings but when i read through the manual on the WD website it didnt seem to say anything about doing something specifically for apple. it had a jumper for slower transfer rate 1.5Gb/s
Yes, it needs that jumper on pins 5&6.

Safe Boot no longer works after upgrade to 10.5.2 - ideas?

So now when I bootup with the shift key down, I get the grey pinwheel and it takes longer like it normally does in safe boot, but all of a sudden the Mac just restarts by itself.
Any ideas?

Thanks, I have done Pram Zap, Reset Firmware, repaired permissions, repaired with Disk Warrior. No fix for the problem.
So I did an Archive and Install, updated to 10.5.2, installed all updates except for the Security Update and the no-safeboot problems remains.
It must have something to do with my setup as a RAID. I used Apple's 10.5 Disk Utility to create the RAID.

Media Keys stopped working after upgrading to Yosemite. Tried several things, what to do?

I have a Late 2013 Mac Book Pro. After upgrading to Yosemite, my media keys (F7-F12) seemed to be working funny. They worked sometimes but not during others. A simple web search seems to indicate that Chrome is the culprit which I believe is the case. However, the instructions to disable Chrome from messing with the media keys does not seem to work (as my version of Chrome does not seem to have preferences to allow me to turn off its access to the function keys). The make things weirder, when System Preferences > Keyboard has the "Function Keys" option turned on, the media keys do not work (in fact F11 clears the screen to show the desktop). And when the option is turned off, the media keys work normally as though they are turned on. Additionally, when F11 and F12 are pressed (to lower/raise the volume), it no longer plays "test sound clicks" to indicate the changed volume. I have tried a PRAM reset to no avail.
Any help is appriciated.

For my hard drive that doesn't show up at all, the problem is not Yosemite per se. It's the USB3 driver incompatibility. Try using a USB2 cable (micro USB just like an android charger cable that plugs in half of the slot on your hard drive) and it will work. Or try connecting it to an older computer that has USB2 ports on it (with the original USB3 cable) and it will work BOTH on Yosemite and Mavericks. Of course it will transfer data at USB2 speeds. Apple screwed up the drivers again so we have to wait for them to 1. receive thousands of complaints 2. wait for eternity to acknowledge there's an issue. 3. take their sweet time fixing the USB3 drivers. Until then you can get by with USB2 cables. I hope this helps!

Task sequence fails after upgrading to 2012 R2 and MDT 2013

After upgrading to 2012 R2, my task sequence fails after the Setup Windows and ConfigMGR & Restart Computer. Instead of continuing to run the task sequence and load up the MDT Toolkit Package, it just stops at the Windows 7 login screen.
Do I need to create new toolkit & settings packages with MDT 2013 settings? Or do I just need to create a new task sequence?
I can't figure out what log to look at on the VM that I am imaging. If someone can point it out maybe there's some useful information. Thanks.
My task sequence

It sounds a lot like that it could be failing at the client installation. Please take a look at the client installation logs.
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Here are the log files from c:\windows\ccmsetup\logs .. I took a glance and things run with success 0 which should mean no error right? The system also has the client installed with the CU2 patch.
Client Logs
Searched a bit online and people are saying it's due to the incorrect boot image. I was using a WinPE 5.0 I created on this TS but I'm going to make another and see where it goes.
This was the solution.

Since upgrade to MDT 2013, can't capture Windows 7 image.

Hi fellas,
I use Virtual Box to create a 32- and 64-bit reference Windows 7 VM, which I then capture using an MDT Sysprep & Capture TS. This worked without a hitch using MDT 2012.
I recently upgraded to MDT 2013. Since then, after the VM syspreps and reboots, I get a boot manager error saying Windows failed to start. Status: 0xc0000260.
Not sure where to look for any logs. What I've done so far:
- Upgraded to latest version of Virtual Box (4.3.18)
- Rebuilt both VMs from scratch.
- Deleted and recreated the deployment share and Sysprep & Capture task sequences.
Stumped for the time being, although I could always just boot to my Win PE disc and manually capture with imagex. But c'mon.

Thanks for your input, but this is indeed a configuration issue, and it makes sense.
Vbox VMs are configured according to the guest OS installed on them. For my Windows 7 x64 VM, it's configured of course to run as Windows 7 x64. In the MDT 2012 environment, the Windows PE version
was 3.0, which is based on Windows 7, and hence the VM could boot to it since it was configured for it.
But MDT 2013 uses PE 5.0, based on 8.1. The VM crashes or throws an error when trying to boot the PE 5.0 boot image. I went into the VM's settings and changed the Guest OS to 8.1 x64, and it booted successfully to Windows PE and captured the
image according to the Sysprep & Capture sequence.
Sorry for the wild goose chase fellas. This should've been the first thing I checked.

Unable to capture images since upgrade to MDT 2013

I recently updated MDT 2012 to MDT 2013 to enable support for Windows 8.1. Under MDT 2012 I was able to both capture and deploy images without an issue. Since upgrading to MDT 2013 I've had nothing but grief. When I launch my Sysprep and Capture task I am
returned with the following error:
Error creating an image of drive D:, rc=2ZTI ERROR -Non-zero return code by ZTIBackup, rc=2Litetouch deployment failed, Return Code = -2147467259 0x80004005
Failed to run the action: Create WIM.
The system cannot find the file specified. (Error: 00000002; Source: Windows)
The execution of the group (Capture Image) has failed and the execution has been aborted.
An action failed.
Operation aborted (Error: 80004004; Source Windows)
Failed to run the last action Create WIM. Execution of task sequence failed.
The system cannot find the file specified. (Error 00000002; Source: Windows)
Task Sequence Engine Failed! Code: enExecutionFail
Task sequence execution failed with error code 80004005
Error TAsk Sequence Manager failed to execute task sequence. Code 0x80004005
Once the machine boots up again I check the BDD log located in C:\Windows\Temp\DeploymentLogs and notice the following error:
<![LOG[ Console > Error opening file [\\rmh-vm-mdt2012\DeploymentShare$\Captures\WINDOWS.8.1.REF.wim].]LOG]!><time="10:23:55.000+000" date="02-06-2014" component="ZTIBackup" context="" type="1"
thread="" file="ZTIBackup">
<![LOG[ Console > Access is denied. ]LOG]!><time="10:23:55.000+000" date="02-06-2014" component="ZTIBackup" context="" type="1" thread="" file="ZTIBackup">
My issue appears to be a permissions problem. For troubleshooting purposes I've given Everyone full access to \DeploymentShare$ however the problem continues to persist.
I'm not sure where to go from here. Hoping someone can help.
Thanks.

Additionally, ensure that the share itself is marked R/W access.
As a test, boot to WinPE and try to create a file, any file on the share.
However, Lordy86 may have the correct solution :^).
Keith Garner - keithga.wordpress.com

MDT 2013 won't capture 8.1 image, does not boot to PE to capture

I am doing this with Server 2012 R2 and MDT 2013, and the reference machines are VMs
I initially created a deployment share for creating windows 7 and windows 8.1 reference images and capturing and deployment worked ok. After getting into some more details i customized the deployment share customsettings to make things easier and created
a separate capture share for capturing new reference images. I updated permissions on the share so my service account has access to it.
In this share i imported the windows 8.1 os files and copied the sysprep and capture task sequence i used to capture my first reference image [from the original deployment share], but when running the task sequence it reboots and just goes back into windows,
instead of windows PE to capture the image.
I copied a windows 7 capture sequence to the capture share, imported the windows 7 files and updated the task, and it rebooted into PE without a problem and copied an image. so I don't believe I have any permissions/customsettings problems with the new share.
Im not seeing any errors jump out at me in the bdd.log but I'm new-ish to going over the logs and using MDT to start with so I may be missing the obvious. I am using SMS trace and dont see any red/yellow highlites either.
In windows 7 i did have the vm in audit mode when i mapped the share as an admin and started the task sequence. In windows 8.1 i am not in audit mode [after doing some research and learning more about using MDT it did not seem necessary]
After comparing a run of the windows 7 task to windows 8 i see the boot.wim copied to the win 7 vm, but i dont see it on the win 8 vm. There is a partition created, i cant see data in it when i show hidden files.
rules for the capture share
[Settings]
Priority=Default
Properties=MyCustomProperty
[Default]
OSInstall=Y
SkipAppsOnUpgrade=YES
SkipCapture=NO
SkipAdminPassword=YES
SkipProductKey=YES
Heres the last part of bdd.log. New here so I can't post a link yet, didnt know if i should post the whole thing here or not to start with.
<![LOG[LTI initiating task sequence-requested reboot.]LOG]!><time="08:29:38.000+000" date="03-19-2014" component="LiteTouch" context="" type="1" thread="" file="LiteTouch">
<![LOG[Property PHASE is now = CUSTOM]LOG]!><time="08:29:38.000+000" date="03-19-2014" component="LiteTouch" context="" type="1" thread="" file="LiteTouch">
<![LOG[Microsoft Deployment Toolkit version: 6.2.5019.0]LOG]!><time="08:29:43.000+000" date="03-19-2014" component="LTICopyScripts" context="" type="1" thread="" file="LTICopyScripts">
<![LOG[--------- Script Start ---------]LOG]!><time="08:29:43.000+000" date="03-19-2014" component="LTICopyScripts" context="" type="1" thread="" file="LTICopyScripts">
<![LOG[LTICopyScripts processing completed successfully.]LOG]!><time="08:29:43.000+000" date="03-19-2014" component="LTICopyScripts" context="" type="1" thread="" file="LTICopyScripts">
<![LOG[Creating startup folder item to run LiteTouch.wsf once the shell is loaded.]LOG]!><time="08:29:43.000+000" date="03-19-2014" component="LiteTouch" context="" type="1" thread="" file="LiteTouch">
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Thanks for your reply.
The pc is not in the domain when i run litetouch. It was joined after install, then i run some local gpos/scripts against it, install all of the shared printers from servers, then i put it back in a workgroup, login as the local administrator, delete the
domain profiles and guids in the registry, briefly connected back to a domain server [not with a mapped drive] to copy a couple of files, rebooted into the local admin account an ran litetouch.
After running litetouch.wsf the first time in the windows 8.1 pro vm [no changes, but manual connection] it rebooted without sysprepping or taking an image
I deleted the task sequence and created another one with "sysprep and capture" as the sequence. i made no changes to the task sequence. did all of the above, ran litetouch, and it just reboots. sysprep does not run and windows pe does not load.
if i run sysprep and boot into audit mode [as a test, since my windows 7 vm snapshot was in audit mode when it runs litetouch.wsf], then run litetouch, sysprep works, then it DID capture an image, but after that image was capture and the VM rebooted, i got
this error when loading windows 8
"windows could not complete the installation. To install windows on this computer, restart the installation" and if i hit ok it will reboot and error out again.
Haven't had any issues with that VM until now.
I reverted to my snapshot and just ran sysprep oobe w/ generalize to see how it would react
it failed, setuperr.log shows SYSPRP failed to remove apps for the current user. some searching gives me information on that and makes me think its related to adding/deleting user profiles? i dont actually use or update the apps at all, i have a deploy task
that removed most of them and customizes the start screen and those seem to work without issue.
found this as my reference: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2769827/en-nz
Sysprep has an additional provider that is added in Windows 8 to clean appx packages and generalize the image. The provider will only work if the Appx package is a per-user package or an all-user provisioned package.
and
Resolution
The correct way of removing the package is to remove the package for the user running sysprep and also remove the provisioning. This can be done using the following Powershell cmdlets:
Import-Module Appx
Import-Module Dism
Get-AppxPackage -AllUser | Where PublisherId -eq 8wekyb3d8bbwe | Format-List -Property PackageFullName,PackageUserInformation
if i run that i get a lot of
[unknown user]: installed
Do I just need to revise my process and start from scratch? or at least just never actually join the domain and user other profiles? thats a convenience thing so its not a big deal, really.
I have an image made in a similar way that works, but doesnt have quite all the updates/changes i wanted. It captured [at the time] fine and installs without issue
Heres an overview of what I do [i am open to some revisions on this]
-deploy windows 8 base install from MDT
-join domain, login with service account [just makes getting to some things easier]
-install office 2010 pro plus w/ sp2 [i do understand that these can be set as an MDT app but the install takes a while and i dont like waiting on it if i dont have to]
-install windows updates [no WSUs server currently, on my future to-do list, not my decision right now and i do understand the benefits of having one]
-connect to servers and install all network printers [we have so many that i dont want to wait on the drivers when we do a big roll out soon]
-install oracle software [i can get it to automate in windows 7, not 8, so i dont want to manually deal with it post-install]
-install adobe reader/java [i do understand that these can be set as an MDT app]
-leave domain, reboot, login as local admin
-clean domain profiles/registry guids
-make some local gpoedits [we dont have 8.1 enterprise and just want the start screen locked down]
-install our AV network agent
-lite touch.
any advice is appreciated

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