Hi
Maybe some here can help me as I am in need of some urgent advice. I have built a Windows 8.1 x64 Enterprise Base image With Office 2013 x64 .
1. I have installed the programs and did all customizations as local administrator
2. I have customized the start screen as well as pinned some apps to it as well as grouped some apps on the start menu.
3. I will post my answer file. It has copy profile=true.
When i seal the image using the following command C:\Windows\System32\sysprep\sysprep.exe /generalize /oobe /shutdown /unattend:"C:\Windows\System32\sysprep\sysprep64-81-std.xml"
and capture it and then deploy to stations the start menu is blank, all customizations are gone, no desktop back ground etc, it seems that the copy profile is not working. What am I missing here.
here is a copy of my xml answer file.
?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend"><settings pass="oobeSystem"><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>en-US</InputLocale><SystemLocale>en-US</SystemLocale><UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage><UserLocale>en-US</UserLocale></component><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"><OOBE><HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage><NetworkLocation>Work</NetworkLocation><ProtectYourPC>1</ProtectYourPC></OOBE><UserAccounts><AdministratorPassword><PlainText>false</PlainText><Value>aABjAG0AaABwACEAQQBkAG0AaQBuAGkAcwB0AHIAYQB0AG8AcgBQAGEAcwBzAHcAbwByAGgh</Value></AdministratorPassword><LocalAccounts><LocalAccount wcm:action="add"><Password><Value>aABjAG0AaABwACEAUABhAHMAcwB3AG8AcgBkAA==</Value><PlainText>false</PlainText></Password><Description>Local Administrator</Description><DisplayName>Administrator</DisplayName><Group>Administrators</Group><Name>Administrator</Name></LocalAccount></LocalAccounts></UserAccounts><RegisteredOrganization>daw</RegisteredOrganization><RegisteredOwner>DC</RegisteredOwner><TimeZone>Eastern Standard Time</TimeZone><AutoLogon><Password><Value>aABjAG0AaABwACEAUABhAHMAcwB3AG8AcgBkAAgh</Value><PlainText>false</PlainText></Password><Enabled>true</Enabled><LogonCount>5</LogonCount><Username>administrator</Username></AutoLogon></component></settings><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"><CopyProfile>true</CopyProfile><TimeZone>Eastern Standard Time</TimeZone><ComputerName>*</ComputerName><RegisteredOrganization>Dawson College</RegisteredOrganization><RegisteredOwner>DC</RegisteredOwner></component><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 wcm:action="add"><Order>1</Order><Path>net use administrator /active:yes</Path></RunSynchronousCommand></RunSynchronous></component><component name="Microsoft-Windows-Security-SPP-UX" 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"><SkipAutoActivation>true</SkipAutoActivation></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><JoinWorkgroup>WORKGROUP</JoinWorkgroup></Identification></component></settings><settings pass="generalize"><component name="Microsoft-Windows-Security-SPP" 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"><SkipRearm>1</SkipRearm></component></settings><cpi:offlineImage cpi:source="wim://myserver/osimages/windows%208.1%20x64%20enterprise%20cd/sources/install.wim#Windows 8.1 Enterprise" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" /></unattend>
Thanks for any advice as this is urgent,