Thank you for your reply! Hopefully answering your questions will provide further input! I did look over the article you linked but that is the same procedure I followed except I receive the error after the ADK is installed and I click on the Start button
which says it is "Customizing WinPE Images..."
1. This is a Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials installation from the Essentials media. It is not a role added to another edition of Windows Server 2012 R2.
2. Yes, I have rebooted many times and the problem still persists.
3. Yes, the WinPE-Setup.cab file does exist!
4. I am copying an excerpt from the log that pretains to the error!
Log:
[13336] 140705.213958.2249: GenBmr: Copying "C:\Windows\system32\en-US\dmdskres.dll.mui" to "C:\Windows\TEMP\c32700c9-7391-4caf-9a7e-af420e96d327\Windows\System32\en-US\dmdskres.dll.mui".
[13336] 140705.213958.2249: GenBmr: Copying "C:\Windows\system32\en-US\dmdskres2.dll.mui" to "C:\Windows\TEMP\c32700c9-7391-4caf-9a7e-af420e96d327\Windows\System32\en-US\dmdskres2.dll.mui".
[13336] 140705.213958.2249: GenBmr: Copying "C:\Windows\system32\en-US\dmocx.dll.mui" to "C:\Windows\TEMP\c32700c9-7391-4caf-9a7e-af420e96d327\Windows\System32\en-US\dmocx.dll.mui".
[13336] 140705.213958.2249: GenBmr: Copying "C:\Windows\system32\en-US\dmutil.dll.mui" to "C:\Windows\TEMP\c32700c9-7391-4caf-9a7e-af420e96d327\Windows\System32\en-US\mmc.dll.mui".
[13336] 140705.213958.2249: GenBmr: Copying "C:\Windows\system32\en-US\dmutil.dll.mui" to "C:\Windows\TEMP\c32700c9-7391-4caf-9a7e-af420e96d327\Windows\System32\en-US\mmc.dll.mui".
[13336] 140705.213958.2249: GenBmr: Copying "C:\Windows\en-US\hh.exe.mui" to "C:\Windows\TEMP\c32700c9-7391-4caf-9a7e-af420e96d327\Windows\System32\en-US\hh.exe.mui".
[13336] 140705.213958.2249: GenBmr: Copying "C:\Windows\system32\en-US\iepeers.dll.mui" to "C:\Windows\TEMP\c32700c9-7391-4caf-9a7e-af420e96d327\Windows\System32\en-US\iepeers.dll.mui".
[13336] 140705.213958.2249: GenBmr: Copying "C:\Windows\system32\en-US\dwwin.exe.mui" to "C:\Windows\TEMP\c32700c9-7391-4caf-9a7e-af420e96d327\Windows\System32\en-US\dwwin.exe.mui".
[13336] 140705.213958.2249: GenBmr: Copying "C:\Windows\system32\en-US\diskmgmt.msc" to "C:\Windows\TEMP\c32700c9-7391-4caf-9a7e-af420e96d327\Windows\System32\en-US\diskmgmt.msc".
[13336] 140705.213958.2405: GenBmr: Copying "C:\Program Files\Windows Server\Bin\ClientRestore\en-US\RestoreWizardResources.dll.mui" to "C:\Windows\TEMP\c32700c9-7391-4caf-9a7e-af420e96d327\Windows\System32\en-US\RestoreWizardResources.dll.mui".
[13336] 140705.213958.2405: GenBmr: Copying "C:\Program Files\Windows Server\Bin\ClientRestore\en-US\WSSDriverSetupResources.dll.mui" to "C:\Windows\TEMP\c32700c9-7391-4caf-9a7e-af420e96d327\Windows\System32\en-US\WSSDriverSetupResources.dll.mui".
[13336] 140705.213958.2405: GenBmr: Applying cabs.
[13336] 140705.213958.3499: GenBmr: Applying "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Windows Preinstallation Environment\Amd64\WinPE_OCs\WinPE-Setup.cab".
[13336] 140705.213959.9281: GenBmr: Customize WinPE failed: System.Management.Automation.CmdletInvocationException: The specified image file did not contain a resource section.
---> System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException: The specified image file did not contain a resource section.
at System.Management.Automation.MshCommandRuntime.ThrowTerminatingError(ErrorRecord errorRecord)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.PipelineBase.Invoke(IEnumerable input)
at Microsoft.WindowsServerSolutions.PowerShell.PSRuntime.ExecuteCommandPrivate(String command, PSParameterList parameterList)
at Microsoft.WindowsServerSolutions.PowerShell.PSRuntime.ExecuteCommand(String command, PSParameterList parameterList)
at Microsoft.WindowsServerSolutions.DataProtection.PCBackup.BackupUtil.GenBmr.Tasks.CustomizeWinPETask.ApplyCabsInternal(IEnumerable`1 cabsToApply, FilePathSubstituter substituter, String mountPath, PSRuntime psRunTime, Boolean multiLang)
at Microsoft.WindowsServerSolutions.DataProtection.PCBackup.BackupUtil.GenBmr.Tasks.CustomizeWinPETask.ApplyCabs(String mountPath, ImageKind imageKind, IEnumerable`1 serverLanguages)
at Microsoft.WindowsServerSolutions.DataProtection.PCBackup.BackupUtil.GenBmr.Tasks.CustomizeWinPETask.CustomizeImage(ImageKind imageKind)
[13336] 140705.213959.9281: Task: In Task CustomizeWinPE:
[13336] 140705.213959.9281: TaskManagement: In TaskScheduler.ReportStatus(): Task("CustomizeWinPE") requested the engine stop processing Tasks! Completed=True, Success=False
[13336] 140705.213959.9281: GenBmr: Unmounting the image discarding changes.