Ryu Connor wrote:In your instance setup has accessed the drive.
A copy of Windows PE should be able to reach the location (\Windows\Panther) or even using a Windows DVD, choosing to repair the install and selecting the Command Prompt.
OK. I used "start notepad setupact.log" to check the most common log file in the \Windows\Panther directory, and found this:
2012-10-02 12:08:12, Info [0x0f0080] SYSPRP LaunchDll:Found 'C:\Windows\system32\capisp.dll,CryptoSysPrep_Specialize'; executing it
2012-10-02 12:08:12, Info capisp.dll::CheckIFCryptoSysPrepSpecialized: returning 0
2012-10-02 12:08:12, Info capisp.dll::CryptoSysPrep_Specialize: assigned CAPI machine guid "b84907e0-9609-49e3-84d4-9c2becf8a1e6"
2012-10-02 12:08:12, Info capisp.dll::DisableAdministratorIfApplicable disabled the admin account.
2012-10-02 12:08:12, Info capisp.dll::CryptoSysPrep_Specialize: returning 5
2012-10-02 12:08:12, Error [0x0f0082] SYSPRP LaunchDll:Failure occurred while executing 'C:\Windows\system32\capisp.dll,CryptoSysPrep_Specialize', returned error code 5[gle=0x000003e5]
2012-10-02 12:08:12, Info IBS Callback_Specialize: Internal Providers Specialized Failed. System can't proceed to handle Internal Providers
2012-10-02 12:08:12, Info IBS Callback_Specialize: Specialize return: [5]
2012-10-02 12:08:12, Error [0x060435] IBS Callback_Specialize: An error occurred while either deciding if we need to specialize or while specializing; dwRet = 0x5
2012-10-02 12:08:12, Info [0x0640ae] IBSLIB PublishMessage: Publishing message [Windows Setup could not configure Windows to run on this computer's hardware.]
2012-10-02 12:32:14, Info [0x070042] DIAG CallBack_DiagnosticDataSend: Called with notification for Error published by ErrorHandler
2012-10-02 12:32:14, Info DIAG CallBack_DiagnosticDataSend: Setup was started from Phase 4. Disabling Diagnostics [DiagnosticDataSend] in this scenario
2012-10-02 12:32:14, Info [0x090095] PANTHR WdsExitImmediate called! Execution will stop, and the queue won't be saved.
2012-10-02 12:32:14, Info IBS Callback_Specialize: Exit.
2012-10-02 12:32:14, Info [0x09008c] PANTHR SeqExecute -- stopping, since WdsExitImmediate() was called
2012-10-02 12:32:14, Info [0x090086] PANTHR pWorkerThreadFunc -- Stopping
2012-10-02 12:32:14, Info [0x090086] PANTHR pWorkerThreadFunc -- Stopping
2012-10-02 12:32:14, Info [0x090086] PANTHR pWorkerThreadFunc -- Stopping
2012-10-02 12:32:14, Info PANTHR DeleteCriticalSection for pExecQueue->csLock;
2012-10-02 12:32:14, Info [0x0605a6] IBS Requested UI to hide the language and locale selection pages.
2012-10-02 12:32:14, Info [0x090081] PANTHR Destroying any unreferenced modules! (SEQ6)
2012-10-02 12:32:14, Info [0x0601d7] IBS InstallWindows:Error Type = 3211266
2012-10-02 12:32:14, Info [0x090009] PANTHR CBlackboard::Close: c:\windows\panther\setupinfo.
2012-10-02 15:39:25, Info [0x0601c1] IBS InstallWindows:Install Path = C:\Windows\system32\oobe
2012-10-02 15:39:25, Info [0x0601c2] IBS InstallWindows:Setup Phase = 4
2012-10-02 15:39:25, Info [setup.exe] OrchestrateUpdateImageState: Updating image state from [IMAGE_STATE_GENERALIZE_RESEAL_TO_OOBE] --> [IMAGE_STATE_UNDEPLOYABLE]
2012-10-02 15:39:25, Info [0x0601ee] IBS PrepareSetupForFirstBootPhase:Working directory is [C:\Windows\Panther]; we are continuing an installation
2012-10-02 15:39:25, Info IBS PrepareSetupForFirstBootPhase:Passed drive-letter assignment sanity check.
2012-10-02 15:39:25, Info [0x0601cb] IBS InstallWindows:Continuing Setup after completing WinPE phase. Working directory = C:\Windows\Panther
2012-10-02 15:39:25, Info [0x0601ce] IBS Setup has started phase 4 at 2012-10-02 15:39:25
2012-10-02 15:39:25, Info [0x0601cf] IBS Install source is C:\Windows\system32\oobe
2012-10-02 15:39:25, Info [0x0601d0] IBS Build version is 6.1.7600.16385 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
2012-10-02 15:39:25, Info [0x064041] IBSLIB CreateSetupBlackboard:Opening existing blackboard path is [C:\Windows\Panther\SetupInfo] Setup phase is [4]
2012-10-02 15:39:25, Info [0x090008] PANTHR CBlackboard::Open: C:\Windows\Panther\SetupInfo succeeded.
2012-10-02 15:39:25, Info [0x064043] IBSLIB CreateSetupBlackboard:Successfully created/opened Setup black board path is [C:\Windows\Panther\SetupInfo]
2012-10-02 15:39:25, Info IBS InstallWindows:No UI language from a previous boot was found on the blackboard. Using selected language [].
2012-10-02 15:39:25, Info IBS InstallWindows:Setup architecture is [x64]
2012-10-02 15:39:25, Info [0x0601d4] IBS InstallWindows:Restarting Queue. Setup Phase = 4
2012-10-02 15:39:25, Info PANTHR InitializedCriticalSection for pExecQueue->csLock;
2012-10-02 15:39:25, Info [0x09001c] PANTHR Couldn't find queue 'MainQueueOnline' in contents file
2012-10-02 15:39:25, Info [0x09002a] PANTHR Could not locate saved 'MainQueueOnline' in working directory
2012-10-02 15:39:25, Info PANTHR DeleteCriticalSection for pExecQueue->csLock;
2012-10-02 15:39:25, Info [0x090081] PANTHR Destroying any unreferenced modules! (SEQ6)
2012-10-02 15:39:25, Error [0x0601d6] IBS InstallWindows:WdsExecuteWorkQueue failed!!![gle=0x00000006]
2012-10-02 15:39:30, Info [0x090009] PANTHR CBlackboard::Close: c:\windows\panther\setupinfo.
researching it now...
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