SysPrep Problem - Hangs on first boot

[John]

I have a Windows XP Pro computer that I have been working on imaging for
several weeks. I have gone through many iterations of SysPrep, image,
reboot over the weeks. More iterations that I would like to think about.
I have not had any problems... until Friday.

Suddenly on the first reboot after doing a SysPrep it hangs on the blue
screen that says the computer is being setup, followed by the dots... It
locks up right there after the 9th dot displays. I let it sit for an hour
and nothing happens.

If I power down and restart a second time it seems to go through the process
but all my local user profiles are corrupted, showing in the list as
'unknown.' When I log in as one of those users it creates a new profile,
but this time the folder in the "Documents and Settings" tree shows the user
name plus a period plus the computer name. It did not name it that way
before. And of course I get the default user configuration which doesn't do
me much good.

All I am doing is running SysPrep, checking the mini-setup check box and
clicking reseal. Then I reboot. I am using the same inf file as before and
I have no idea why this problem just started to happen.

Why did this suddenly start to happen? Please help!!



Windows XP Pro
Volume License Key that does not require activation
Latest version of SysPrep


;SetupMgrTag
[Unattended]
OemSkipEula=Yes
InstallFilesPath=C:\sysprep\i386
TargetPath=\WINDOWS
OemPnPDriversPath=
DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore
UpdateInstalledDrivers=Yes
OEMPreinstall=Yes

[GuiUnattended]
AdminPassword="*****"
EncryptedAdminPassword=NO
OEMSkipRegional=1
TimeZone=35
OemSkipWelcome=1

[UserData]
ProductKey=******
FullName="Workstation"
OrgName="Company Name"
ComputerName=*

[Display]
Xresolution=800
YResolution=600

[TapiLocation]
CountryCode=1
Dialing=Tone
AreaCode=301
LongDistanceAccess="9,"

[Identification]
JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUPNAME

[Networking]
InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

[Branding]
BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes

[Proxy]
Proxy_Enable=0
Use_Same_Proxy=0

[SetupMgr]
DistFolder=C:\sysprep\i386
DistShare=windist

 

[John]

Repost - sure would like to know why this is happening. I have tried
everything to fix it. I am going to plan B now, which is to use Ghost
Walker to set my computer's SID and name.

 

[Ian]

I have olso had this problem in the past. It turned out to be a
driver issue. Conflict between 2 intel of the same video driver but
for 2 different manufactures, dell and ibm. I ended up deleting all
the oem??.inf and oem??.pnf files (?? = 01, or 02 0r 03, and so on).
Infact you can delete all the pnf files. c:\>del *.pnf /s. All they
are is pointers to where it found the driver. open one and read it,
you will see. Around the EOF you will see c:\drivers\dell\video, etc.
MAke sure you delete all the oem??.inf files, not only the ones in
c:\windows\inf. The system backs them up in multiple areas. Also,
delete the infcache file out of all your drivers folder and the
windows\inf folder. Then I searched for all the files related to the
video driver, which you can get from driver details, except the ones
that you have on c:\drivers\dell\;c:\drivers\ibm\;etc (the only thing
that you want to delete out of c:\drivers\...etc would be the infcache
and *.pnf files.

Hope this all makes sense. open the oem01.inf and oem01.pnf file, you
will see how they work together.

Repost - sure would like to know why this is happening. I have tried
everything to fix it. I am going to plan B now, which is to use Ghost
Walker to set my computer's SID and name.

I have a Windows XP Pro computer that I have been working on imaging for
several weeks. I have gone through many iterations of SysPrep, image,
reboot over the weeks. More iterations that I would like to think about.
I have not had any problems... until Friday.

Suddenly on the first reboot after doing a SysPrep it hangs on the blue
screen that says the computer is being setup, followed by the dots... It
locks up right there after the 9th dot displays. I let it sit for an hour
and nothing happens.

If I power down and restart a second time it seems to go through the process
but all my local user profiles are corrupted, showing in the list as
'unknown.' When I log in as one of those users it creates a new profile,
but this time the folder in the "Documents and Settings" tree shows the user
name plus a period plus the computer name. It did not name it that way
before. And of course I get the default user configuration which doesn't do
me much good.

All I am doing is running SysPrep, checking the mini-setup check box and
clicking reseal. Then I reboot. I am using the same inf file as before and
I have no idea why this problem just started to happen.

Why did this suddenly start to happen? Please help!!



Windows XP Pro
Volume License Key that does not require activation
Latest version of SysPrep


;SetupMgrTag
[Unattended]
OemSkipEula=Yes
InstallFilesPath=C:\sysprep\i386
TargetPath=\WINDOWS
OemPnPDriversPath=
DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore
UpdateInstalledDrivers=Yes
OEMPreinstall=Yes

[GuiUnattended]
AdminPassword="*****"
EncryptedAdminPassword=NO
OEMSkipRegional=1
TimeZone=35
OemSkipWelcome=1

[UserData]
ProductKey=******
FullName="Workstation"
OrgName="Company Name"
ComputerName=*

[Display]
Xresolution=800
YResolution=600

[TapiLocation]
CountryCode=1
Dialing=Tone
AreaCode=301
LongDistanceAccess="9,"

[Identification]
JoinWorkgroup=WORKGROUPNAME

[Networking]
InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

[Branding]
BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes

[Proxy]
Proxy_Enable=0
Use_Same_Proxy=0

[SetupMgr]
DistFolder=C:\sysprep\i386
DistShare=windist