Windows cannot read the productkey error. [Autounattend]

• Thursday, December 13, 2012 7:25 PM

   

   
  

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  I added the Autounattend.xml to my root folder of my flash drive and when I go install I get the error below even though the key works when I manually type it in. I'm trying to install Server 2012 Standard and I used Windows System Image manager 6.2.9200.16384 to make the file.

  "Windows cannot read the productkey setting from the unattend answer file."
  

  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
  <unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend">
      <settings pass="windowsPE">
          <component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core-WinPE" 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">
              <SetupUILanguage>
                  <UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage>
              </SetupUILanguage>
              <InputLocale>en-US</InputLocale>
              <SystemLocale>en-US</SystemLocale>
              <UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage>
              <UserLocale>en-US</UserLocale>
          </component>
          <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Setup" 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">
              <ImageInstall>
                  <OSImage>
                      <InstallTo>
                          <DiskID>0</DiskID>
                          <PartitionID>1</PartitionID>
                      </InstallTo>
                      <WillShowUI>Always</WillShowUI>
                  </OSImage>
              </ImageInstall>
              <EnableFirewall>false</EnableFirewall>
          </component>
      </settings>
      <settings pass="specialize">
          <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" 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">
              <OEMInformation>
                  <HelpCustomized>false</HelpCustomized>
              </OEMInformation>
              <ComputerName>UTInstall1</ComputerName>
              <ProductKey>[key]</ProductKey>
          </component>
          <component name="Microsoft-Windows-TerminalServices-LocalSessionManager" 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">
              <fDenyTSConnections>false</fDenyTSConnections>
          </component>
          <component name="Networking-MPSSVC-Svc" 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">
              <FirewallGroups>
                  <FirewallGroup wcm:action="add" wcm:keyValue="rd1">
                      <Active>true</Active>
                      <Group>Remote Desktop</Group>
                      <Profile>all</Profile>
                  </FirewallGroup>
              </FirewallGroups>
          </component>
      </settings>
      <settings pass="auditSystem">
          <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" 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">
              <UserAccounts>
                  <AdministratorPassword>
                      <Value>[password]</Value>
                  </AdministratorPassword>
              </UserAccounts>
          </component>
      </settings>
      <settings pass="oobeSystem">
          <component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core" 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">
              <InputLocale>en-US</InputLocale>
              <SystemLocale>en-US</SystemLocale>
              <UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage>
              <UILanguageFallback>en-US</UILanguageFallback>
              <UserLocale>en-US</UserLocale>
          </component>
          <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" 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">
              <OOBE>
                  <HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage>
                  <HideOEMRegistrationScreen>true</HideOEMRegistrationScreen>
                  <HideOnlineAccountScreens>true</HideOnlineAccountScreens>
                  <HideWirelessSetupInOOBE>true</HideWirelessSetupInOOBE>
                  <ProtectYourPC>1</ProtectYourPC>
              </OOBE>
              <UserAccounts>
                  <AdministratorPassword>
                      <Value>[password]</Value>
                  </AdministratorPassword>
              </UserAccounts>
              <TimeZone>Central Standard Time</TimeZone>
          </component>
      </settings>
      <cpi:offlineImage cpi:source="wim:h:/sources/install.wim#Windows Server 2012 SERVERSTANDARD" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" />
  </unattend>

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