Sysprep Error

Hello,

I have created a sysprep XML answer file for Windows Vista and when I tested
this answer file on my test network everything was fine. I then went to run
the same answer file on a computer I was going to use as a master image,
which was configured the same as the testing computer, and when I ran the
answer file I get the following error:

"Sysprep can't parse the answer file sysprep.xml because the file does not
exist."

The file does exist though it is where it belongs in:
C:\windows\system32\sysprep

Has anyone else had this error I'm using the correct command line:

sysprep /generalize /oobe /shutdown /unattend:sysprep.xml

I even tried renaming the file.

As I said before this all worked perfect in testing. Any ideas???

Thanks,
Rich

"Rich Martinez (RRCC)" <> wrote
....
> I have created a sysprep XML answer file for Windows Vista and when I
> tested
> this answer file on my test network everything was fine. I then went to
> run
> the same answer file on a computer I was going to use as a master image,
> which was configured the same as the testing computer, and when I ran the
> answer file I get the following error:
>
> "Sysprep can't parse the answer file sysprep.xml because the file does not
> exist."

Hi Rich,

I have seen this error before, but I don't remember what the solution was.
In any case, I think it's a pretty generic error - lots of Sysprep error
conditions can result in the same error text. You may get better results by
asking in over in microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup. The
folks there work fulltime on setup and deployment issues.

Hope it helps a little bit,
--
Andrew McLaren
amclar (at) optusnet dot com dot au