WinPE 3 - Unattend.xml works only once with SCCM
Hi,
I'm trying to use "unattend.xml" to enable remote control using DART 7 Remote Connection tool during WinPE
as demonstrated here:
http://www.deploymentresearch.com/Blog/tabid/62/EntryId/36/Software-Assurance-Pays-Off-Remote-Connection-to-WinPE-during-MDT-SCCM-deployments.aspx
The "unattend.xml" is residing in the root of the boot.wim - X:\Unattend.xml
The first time the machine boots in to WinPE from PXE it uses this Unattend.xml and everything works great.
However, if a step to restart the computer to the boot image assigned for the task sequence which is the same boot.wim then after the restart the original "Unattend.xml" will not be used, instead a different xml called "winpeunattend.xml" which is located at
"C:\_SMSTaskSequence\WinPE\WinPEUnattend.xml"
And that XML is being created "on the fly" or in runtime, when the TS is "Staging boot.wim"
and the SMSTS.log will log: "Creating WinPE Answer File" and "Successfully saved ... C:\_SMSTaskSequence\WinPE\WinPEUnattend.xml"
The task sequence is from SCCM 2007 R3 with SP2 and the Advertisement is Mandatory and configured as "Access content directly from Distribution Point".
Anyone know how can i control this process to use the root located unattend.xml every time when WinPE loads?
Update: surely someone stumbled on to this?
August 21st, 2012 10:38am