Can't parse Unattend.xml in Specialize pass

David Trimboli

I'm using Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2008 and Windows Deployment
Services. I create a distribution point using Windows Vista as the
operating system and use a more or less unaltered standard client task
sequence. I add the Lite Touch wim this created to WDS. I boot a
computer to WDS and start the Lite Touch WinPE. This lets me select the
task sequence and install Windows, capturing the resulting installation.
Then I add the captured image as an installation image to WDS. So far so
good.

When a machine PXE-boots to WDS and runs setup, selecting the captured
image to install, it copies the files and reboots after a while, then
stops with this error message:

Windows could not parse or process unattend answer file
[C:\Windows\Panther\unattend.xml] for pass [specialize].

It will not continue; the machine reboots, then returns to this error
message.

What am I doing wrong? (And, if necessary, which answer files do you
want me to post for analysis?)

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David
Stardate 8484.0