I'm deploying a new image via MDT 2013. I created a new Task Sequence using an existing image and tested it on a VM. I ended up getting the "Unattend.xml Error - Could not parse or process for pass [specialize]..." error. I went in and checked, and the "IEWelcomeMsg" is not set to write the value. I double checked in the Control folder and the Unattend XML file doesn't have that value:
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-IE-InternetExplorer" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<Home_Page>about:blank</Home_Page>
<DisableWelcomePage>true</DisableWelcomePage>
<DisableFirstRunWizard>false</DisableFirstRunWizard>
</component>
But when I look at the client, I'm seeing some old settings:
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-IE-InternetExplorer" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<Home_Page>about:blank</Home_Page>
<IEWelcomeMsg>false</IEWelcomeMsg>
<DisableWelcomePage>true</DisableWelcomePage>
</component>
Any idea why it isn't picking up the new unattend.xml settings? Just to be clear, I did rebuild the deployment share after making any changes.
For some added confusion, I tried deleting the C:\Windows\Panther\Unattend.xml to make sure a new one was used. When I did that, it picked up my new settings (DisableFirstRunWizard for instance), but kept the IEWelcomeMsg that doesn't exist in the server XML file. Here is what the client has in the XML now:
<component name="Microsoft-Windows-IE-InternetExplorer" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<Home_Page>about:blank</Home_Page>
<IEWelcomeMsg>false</IEWelcomeMsg>
<DisableWelcomePage>true</DisableWelcomePage>
<DisableFirstRunWizard>false</DisableFirstRunWizard>
</component>