{"id":5100,"date":"2021-05-28T03:17:03","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T03:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/?p=5100"},"modified":"2021-05-28T03:17:03","modified_gmt":"2021-05-28T03:17:03","slug":"trying-to-deploy-mdt-image-to-microsoft-surface-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/random\/trying-to-deploy-mdt-image-to-microsoft-surface-machine","title":{"rendered":"Trying to deploy MDT image to Microsoft Surface Machine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Upon loading the WIM file , copying the operating system and restarting it comes up with a Parse Error for the answer file<\/p>

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The best way to find the cause of this is to press Shift and F10 ( with the function key on a surface ) and open c:\\Windows\\Panther\\unattend.xml<\/p>

Viewing this I saw the OSD computer name was 16 Characters due to the Serial number being 12 Characters and our company name being 4 XXX- which made it 16 which goes over the 15 Character limit, you can trim the computer name!\u00a0<\/p>

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Add this to customsettings.ini<\/strong><\/p>

Properties=ComputerSerialNumber\r\n<\/pre>
ComputerSerialNumber=XXX-#Left(“%SerialNumber%”,10)#<\/p>
Change OSDComputerName<\/strong><\/p>
OSDComputerName=%ComputerSerialNumber%<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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