PENDING Language prompt keeps appearing during task sequence

[Mo Ghani]

Hi all

For some strange reason whilst deploying Windows 7 Enterprise x64 to machines via task sequence, a language prompt appears towards the end of the deployment with the title 'Set Up Windows. I have not changed the image or language in anyway with the exception of injecting Windows Updates. Previously, I have been running deployments fine without an unattend.xml file and never received the language prompt. I have created an unattend.xml file to try and overcome the issue to no success. The contents of the unattend file has been listed below:

<?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-GB</UILanguage>
<WillShowUI>Never</WillShowUI>
</SetupUILanguage>
<InputLocale>en-GB</InputLocale>
<SystemLocale>en-GB</SystemLocale>
<UILanguage>en-GB</UILanguage>
<UILanguageFallback>en-GB</UILanguageFallback>
<UserLocale>en-GB</UserLocale>
</component>
</settings>
<cpifflineImage cpi:source="wim://svr-sccm-01/sources/operating%20systems/capture/10_02_2017_win_7_ent_64/10_02_2017_win_7_ent_64.wim#2" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" />
</unattend>

Thanks in advance!

Mo

 

[Prajwal Desai]

That's strange, the system and user locale are required during setup and they are already in unattended.xml. Can you try creating a new unattended.xml and see if that works ?.

 

[Mo Ghani]

I will try and create another another unattend.xml file and let you know how it goes.

I just want to make sure that I have added the unattend.xml file correctly. I will list the steps below:

-Copied the unattend.xml to a share on the SCCM server
-Went into software library > packages > create package
-Entered name/description > language: en-GB,
-Ticked 'This package contains source files' and browsed to the directory where the unattend.xml is (UNC Path)
Choose program path: Standard program
-Command line: Unattend.XML > Startup folder: empty > run: normal > program can run: whether or not a user is logged on > drive mode: runs with UNC name
-Requirements: None