Re: Unable to name computer and join it to domain during post-deployment tasks

Thanks for the response.  This is how we added it:

Now we get the error: Windows could not parse or process unattend file for pass specialize.  The answer file is invalid.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend">

    <settings pass="oobeSystem">

        <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">

            <AutoLogon>

                <Password>

                    <Value>bQAzAGQANABkAG0AMQBuAFAAYQBzAHMAdwBvAHIAZAA=</Value>

                    <PlainText>false</PlainText>

                </Password>

                <Username>MDSupport</Username>

                <LogonCount>1</LogonCount>

                <Enabled>true</Enabled>

                <Domain>PDX</Domain>

            </AutoLogon>

            <OOBE>

                <HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage>

                <HideLocalAccountScreen>true</HideLocalAccountScreen>

                <HideOEMRegistrationScreen>true</HideOEMRegistrationScreen>

                <HideOnlineAccountScreens>true</HideOnlineAccountScreens>

                <NetworkLocation>Work</NetworkLocation>

                <SkipMachineOOBE>true</SkipMachineOOBE>

                <SkipUserOOBE>true</SkipUserOOBE>

                <UnattendEnableRetailDemo>false</UnattendEnableRetailDemo>

            </OOBE>

        </component>

    </settings> 

  -<settings pass="specialize">

-<component language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" processorArchitecture="AMD64" name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup">

<ComputerName>%ldHostname%</ComputerName>

</component>

-<component language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" processorArchitecture="AMD64" name="Microsoft-Windows-UnattendedJoin">

-<Identification>

-<Credentials>

<Domain/>

<Username/>

<Password/>

</Credentials>

<JoinWorkgroup>WORKGROUP</JoinWorkgroup>

</Identification>

</component>

</settings>

</unattend>