SOLVED Boot Images are not working with ADK 10.1.26100.2454

[rjm2884]

I’ve recently upgraded Configuration Manager from 2309 to 2409, and now to 2530. After the upgrade, I realized my boot images were outdated, so I installed the latest Windows ADK 10.1.26100.2454 along with the matching WinPE add-on to support Windows 11 24H2 deployments.

However, I’m running into constant issues. Reloading the boot images using the new ADK fails every time. I’ve also tried using copype to create a fresh boot image and attempted to import the generated boot.wim into SCCM, but that fails too.

So far, I’ve:

• Uninstalled both ADK and WinPE
• Redownloaded and reinstalled them
• Rebooted the server
• Cleaned up old Installed Roots registry entries from previous ADK versions
• Verified all folder paths and permissions

Despite all this, I’m still unable to reload or import a boot image using ADK 10.1.26100.2454. I need to begin deploying Windows 11 24H2 in my environment, and being stuck with outdated boot images is becoming a blocker.

Has anyone successfully gotten 26100.2454 working with ConfigMgr 2530? Any advice or ideas would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!

 

[Stanley Road]

Thanks for the reply. So currently I'm unable to image my machines with anything above 23H2. When I attempt to image machines with 24H2 or 25H2 OS, the task sequence just hangs after about 8 applications, every time without fail. I've put this down to the boot image in SCCM not updating to the latest ADK

So here's what i'd do next. Make a copy of your TS and disable the apps and see if the TS completes.
If it completes then create a TS with just the apps and deploy it to Software Center as Available.
Run the TS from SC and see what happens because it sounds more like the app is waiting for user input, because at this stage the image would have been loaded and the pc restarted into the Operating System rather than into PE, right?

You could also make a copy of the TS and deploy it in debugging mode and watch it in real time step by step.

 

[mbaldwin]

So here's what i'd do next. Make a copy of your TS and disable the apps and see if the TS completes.
If it completes then create a TS with just the apps and deploy it to Software Center as Available.
Run the TS from SC and see what happens because it sounds more like the app is waiting for user input, because at this stage the image would have been loaded and the pc restarted into the Operating System rather than into PE, right?

You could also make a copy of the TS and deploy it in debugging mode and watch it in real time step by step.

Thank you for this suggestion.
If I deploy the same task sequence with the same apps, but using a 23h2 OS, it deploys fine and does not hang during the app deployment. Soon as I introduce a later OS, 24h2 or 25h2, it hangs. But yes, it had successfully loaded the image and restarted with no issues.
I am running the same TS now but with debug enabled. Hoping this will shed some light on the matter.

 

[mbaldwin]

Thank you for this suggestion.
If I deploy the same task sequence with the same apps, but using a 23h2 OS, it deploys fine and does not hang during the app deployment. Soon as I introduce a later OS, 24h2 or 25h2, it hangs. But yes, it had successfully loaded the image and restarted with no issues.
I am running the same TS now but with debug enabled. Hoping this will shed some light on the matter.

So here's what i'd do next. Make a copy of your TS and disable the apps and see if the TS completes.
If it completes then create a TS with just the apps and deploy it to Software Center as Available.
Run the TS from SC and see what happens because it sounds more like the app is waiting for user input, because at this stage the image would have been loaded and the pc restarted into the Operating System rather than into PE, right?

You could also make a copy of the TS and deploy it in debugging mode and watch it in real time step by step.

So it's hanging on the task which installs Office 365 (ver. 16.0.18324.20168) apps installer. Unfortunately the mouse is inoperable and I cannot keyboard tab to select the log button in the debug GUI, so I'm unable to get any more details on the hang. The Office installer was downloaded Jan this year, maybe it's too old for 25h2?
On the plus side, I'm able to deploy a TS with 25h2 that contains no apps, so I'm assuming the boot image is just fine.

 

[mbaldwin]

So it's hanging on the task which installs Office 365 (ver. 16.0.18324.20168) apps installer. Unfortunately the mouse is inoperable and I cannot keyboard tab to select the log button in the debug GUI, so I'm unable to get any more details on the hang. The Office installer was downloaded Jan this year, maybe it's too old for 25h2?
On the plus side, I'm able to deploy a TS with 25h2 that contains no apps, so I'm assuming the boot image is just fine.

Update: Another imaging test showed the TS hanging on a different app. Seems there is some TS instability here where installing apps on 24h2 or 25h2 is concerned. Next to try is installing apps after the initial imaging phase.

 

[Stanley Road]

Update: Another imaging test showed the TS hanging on a different app. Seems there is some TS instability here where installing apps on 24h2 or 25h2 is concerned. Next to try is installing apps after the initial imaging phase.

Ok you need to deploy these apps to SC on a 25H2 machine and see what happens