Figured it's time to make a thread about this after failing to nail down what issue on my own. Hopefully someone here has some insight to share.
The March update for NTLite brought some neat changes. And since Windows came out with its March updates, I decided to remake an image with the latest updates built-in. The exact same presets for the prior images were used for the new one. The new ISO was completed without issue. Rufus copied it to a flash drive and into a test PC it went.
First couple of attempts, the post-setup script was not executing. Once booted to the desktop, I could manually find and execute the script under "C:\Windows\Setup." I attempted remaking the ISO again. This time the installation would not complete because of an issue with the boot configuration, meaning something went wrong with the unattended file.
I want to reiterate that I am using the exact same presets as before. These presets worked fine before. For added context, my workflow is broken into several steps. Perhaps a bit overkill, but it helps narrow down issues.
1) Fresh Windows ISO. Add latest updates and save a new ISO for use as a base.
2) Remove components. I just remove junk apps like Get Help and Calendar. No system components or anything of the sort.
3) Add drivers.
4) Add settings and registry files that change settings.
5) Post-setup. Couple of MSI files, a few commands and a Wifi profile. Nothing too crazy.
6) Unattended setup and final ISO creation. I have not changed these settings in months and they have worked just fine.. until now apparently.
7) Use Rufus to copy the image onto a flash drive.
And this was all after I was figuring out why NTLite was crashing on the post-setup screen. It turns out some hot-fixes came out shortly after the main March update. Crashes have stopped for now. The program is currently on the latest stable update. Any ideas as to what the issue could be?
The March update for NTLite brought some neat changes. And since Windows came out with its March updates, I decided to remake an image with the latest updates built-in. The exact same presets for the prior images were used for the new one. The new ISO was completed without issue. Rufus copied it to a flash drive and into a test PC it went.
First couple of attempts, the post-setup script was not executing. Once booted to the desktop, I could manually find and execute the script under "C:\Windows\Setup." I attempted remaking the ISO again. This time the installation would not complete because of an issue with the boot configuration, meaning something went wrong with the unattended file.
I want to reiterate that I am using the exact same presets as before. These presets worked fine before. For added context, my workflow is broken into several steps. Perhaps a bit overkill, but it helps narrow down issues.
1) Fresh Windows ISO. Add latest updates and save a new ISO for use as a base.
2) Remove components. I just remove junk apps like Get Help and Calendar. No system components or anything of the sort.
3) Add drivers.
4) Add settings and registry files that change settings.
5) Post-setup. Couple of MSI files, a few commands and a Wifi profile. Nothing too crazy.
6) Unattended setup and final ISO creation. I have not changed these settings in months and they have worked just fine.. until now apparently.
7) Use Rufus to copy the image onto a flash drive.
And this was all after I was figuring out why NTLite was crashing on the post-setup screen. It turns out some hot-fixes came out shortly after the main March update. Crashes have stopped for now. The program is currently on the latest stable update. Any ideas as to what the issue could be?