Sysprep Windows 8 Pro x64 image deployment hanging on "Finalizing your settings"
I have built a sysprep'd Windows 8 Pro x64 image that deploys fine until you add postinstall tasks. Once you add even one postinstall task, the deployment will hang at "Finalizing your settings". Any thoughts? I know the postinstall tasks are compatible with Windows 8, and I know that the deployment by itself is fine (first thing I did was remove the postinstall tasks and redeploy the image, which worked fine).
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I've had this happen to me. Check C:\Windows\Setup\Scripts and see if there is a file there prior to sysprepping called SetupComplete.cmd. If there is, delete it, then sysprep and capture. The K2 creates this file for postinstalls during imaging, and for some reason if it's already there it does exactly what you describe, hanging at "Finalizing your settings". Very strange reason for it to hang, but it fixed the issue for me.
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Or, you could mount your image and try deleting it without recapturing. Haven't tried that before but it should work the same since the file gets created after the imaging phase I believe. - nheyne 10 years ago
