Windows 7 Upgrade To Windows 10 With SCCM Fails On OEM Machines

I am attempting to upgrade Windows 7 Pro to Windows 10 Pro. It runs smoothly up to the point where it is about to upgrade the OS and then it fails with error "Error executing Task Sequence Manager service. Code 0x80004005". I have updated the distribution point a number of times, but it does not help. I have also provided contents of the log below. Please help.

Windows 7 upgrade to Windows 10 with SCCM fails on OEM machines

You need to customize your reference Windows Image in the Audit Mode. You can boot Windows to Audit Mode or OOBE by pressing Shift + Ctrl + F3 on the OOBE (out-of-box experience user experience), or the Windows Welcome screen. You can also enter Audit Mode using Sysprep. To do this, open the Sysprep folder with File Explorer, hold down Shift, right-click on an empty space and select the Open PowerShell windows here or Open in Windows Terminal option.

Hint. If you want to capture a Windows image running in a virtual machine, you can use the special Sysprep switch /mode:vm:C:\windows\system32\sysprep\sysprep.exe /generalize /oobe /mode:vm /shutdown /unattend:C:\ps\autounattend.xmlThis mode allows you to generalize the OS for deployment on other VMs. Virtual machine mode only works if you are running Sysprep on a Windows running in a virtual machine. Virtual machine mode generalizes a virtual hard disk (VHD) to be deployed as a VHD within the same virtual machine or hypervisor. The hypervisor and hardware profile must be identical to those on which the image was created.

Hello Thank you for those Steps !i have an issue :once we are in audit mode and after finalizing the customization of windows if i run the sysprep with Generalize its giving issue later on when the users login into the pc the profile loading is very slow average of 7 min .if i run sysprep without Generalize i lose all customization but when user login its work file , so look like generalize make issue with user profiles .do you know alternative solution plz

Mike, Thanks for the post. I have a question though. I would like to make this work without a TS just to see how it goes. I have a Dell Precision T3600 that has Win7 on it. BIOS is set to Legacy. This system is not encrypted or anything like that. I used SCCM to perform the Windows 10 in place upgrade and that was successful. Then I ran the MBR2GPT manually using a /validate switch and it passed OK. So I ran mbr2gpt /convert /allowFULLOS /Logs:C:\Windows\Temp and it said the conversion was completed successfully and to set the BIOS to UEFI. I rebooted into the BIOS and set it to UEFI. I noticed there was no windows boot manager. I clicked ok and rebooted but it cannot find a boot drive. In this manual process what am I missing? I just wanted to understand it better before trying to use a TS. Thanks

thanks for the comment Mike, I have the exact TS like yours and its failing on MBr2GPT step. So I ran it manually after upgarde. it fails too. too many partitions found. So before upgrade I have 3 partitions and after upgrade it is creating one, MBR2GPT works if there are 3 but I have 4. I am thing that is the reason. Any suggestions? I am banging my head with this past 2 months.thanks

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2.2 WDS OSs: In this case the WIA unattended install capabilities are fully controlled by two answer files (BIOS_Unattend.xml and UEFI_Unattend.xml) containing the Windows installation settings used during Windows Setup. The files contain differentiated settings used by BIOS-based and UEFI-based booting clients. Remember the answer file for UEFI targets must create two additional partitions; the UEFI System Partition (ESP) and the Microsoft Reserved Partition (MSR). The BIOS_Unattend.xml and UEFI_Unattend.xml files can be created with the "Windows System Image Manager" ImgMgr.exe (from WAIK/ADK) and conveniently placed under the corresponding WIA's \$OEM$\$Boot$\$1 directory. ServaPENet initial login to WIA_WDS_SHARE can be also automated by adding to both XML files the component "Microsoft-Windows-Setup" to the windowsPE pass with the following information:

Because of the above sequence, we can see there is a strong relationship between pxeboot.n12, bootmgr.exe and the WIM file (i.e. winpe_64.wim). In the early days of the WIM file format it was pretty common having WIM files that were not compatible with some versions of pxeboot.n12/bootmgr.exe. Since 2013 the WIM file format is pretty stable and WIM files and matching pairs of pxeboot.n12/bootmgr.exe can be exchanged fairly easily. The bootmgr.exe performs the TFTP transfer of the WIM file which is about 150-200 Mb in size. This size is not small for a protocol like TFTP. Since Windows PE 2.1 bootmgr.exe is able to handle the TFTP negotiated variable windowsize (today RFC 7440) normally offering faster TFTP transfers on high quality networks. Serva's TFTP server module handles the windowsize variable; it always helps to use the "windowsize enabled" bootmgr.exe. If booting old WIMs you can check if your bootmgr.exe handles windowsize or not by opening the file with your favorite Hex editor and look for the word windowsize in plain ASCII.

Windows Server 2019 brings a lot of improvements, even though the changes are minimal. Thus, it is vital to put everything in order in preparation for the in-place upgrade. And sometimes, also though with very minimal chances, the upgrade may fail. Thus, before you start the Windows Server upgrade, it is recommended that you collect some specific information particular your devices, just for troubleshooting and diagnostic purposes. The collected data will only be used if the upgrade fails. Ensure that you store the collected information somewhere that you can get to it off of your device.

The table below lists any known issues we are tracking.IssueDetected date or versionFixed date or versionStatusDell has Discontinued Dell Command Update (Classic) and is now only providing the Universal installer. Please move to the Dell Command Update for Windows Universal product within Patch My PC, and republish the App/Update if detection issues are found. Patch My PC will automatically migrate customers using these products to a new "Dell Command Update for Windows Universal" product with the next major release, 2.1.11.0, of the Patch My PC Publisher in December.11/29/20222.1.11.0FixedDell Command Update GUI is a UWP application that doesn't get installed at all during OSD, or if there is not a user logged on if you do it post-OSD.Dell support are aware, however please contact them to increase attention and awareness until a fix is released.11/29/2022N/AKnown issueLatest version of Autodesk Revit 2023 unavailable due to size. The cab file format that WSUS utilizes for updates has a maximum size of 2GB, and the latest Revit 2023 update is over 3GB.Vote or share your feedback on this feature request: Support products larger than 2GB.11/4/2022N/AKnown issueErrors May Occur installing Adobe Acrobat updates in Intune.Republish the ConfigMgr App, Intune App, or Intune Update and Sync to fix this issue.10/12/202210/12/2022FixedErrors may occur when deleting Intune Apps/Updates or gathering Intune Deployment Statistics when on GCC High (System.ObjectDisposedException)N/A2.1.6.35FixedTeamViewer is randomizing part of the download binary on every download of their .exe, causing a hash mismatch. Patch My PC is investigating workarounds.8/22/2022TeamViewer has rolled back the change on 9/08/2022FixedCustomers with the Publisher installed on Windows Server 2012 R2 or older, certain products may fail to download. PatchMyPC.log and alerts report "The request was aborted: Could not create SSL/TLS secure channel." This is because These web servers only allow particular TLS ciphers that are not supported in IE components for Windows Server 2012 R2 and older. Currently Affected Products Include:TechSmith Products, Tableau Products, and Cisco WebExWorkaround: manually download the installer for Snagit or Camtasia, store it in your Local Content Repository, and enable the option to Check the local content repository for content files before attempting to download content files from the internet. Patch My PC recommends upgrading from Server 2012R2 to a newer Windows Server version if possible, as we are seeing a trend of vendors moving their downloads to ciphers unsupported on Windows Server 2012R2N/AN/AKnown issueAuto-publishing rules configured for WSUS/ConfigMgr updates, with any custom options set in the dropdown beside it, will produce continuous alerts and log entries in PatchMyPC.log to republish the updates meeting the auto-publishing rule threshold.Workaround: Apply custom actions at the All Products or vendor level in the Updates tab. This will apply the custom actions to all child items including those not yet enabled. These will still be applied to child items automatically enabled by auto-publishing.1.5.1 or 1.8.02.0.5.0FixedWhen adding a single right-click option (Pre/Post Script, MST File, etc.) on ConfigMgr Apps, the content will be updated but the command line may not be updated accordingly.2.0.0.02.0.0.1FixedThe Patch My PC Publisher may attempt to revise an update on every sync. This occurs when an update has been republished twice, the Publisher checks the wrong revision for changes and attempts to change it every sync2.0.0.02.0.3.0FixedTeamViewer update may fail if the "Prevent the end-user from opening an application while the application is updating" is selected under "Manage Conflicting Processes"2.0.1.0N/AFixedAuto-enable feature of Intune Scanning may cause duplicate Win32 apps to be published within Intune. This would occur if some applications were found in an Intune scan, and a ConfigMgr scan.2.0.0.0FixedMSP-based products do not support most right-click custom actions due to WSUS applicability.1.0.0.02.1.11.2FixedZoom Meetings may upgrade to the newly released 64-bit version when the 32-bit version was installed, which may cause settings to revert to defaults. From 3/29/2021 to 4/1/2021, Patch My PC offered the 64-bit version of Zoom Meetings 5.6.1 in place of the 32-bit version of Zoom Meetings. If this update was synced and deployed during this time, 32-bit versions of Zoom Meetings would be upgraded to 64-bit versions, this does not break the functionality of the application but my revert settings to default.The 4/1/2021 catalog release replaced the 64-bit update with the proper 32 and 64 bit updates for Zoom Meetings, these updates now detect the architecture of Zoom Meetings that is installed and will install the appropriate version as applicable.5.6.1 (3/29/2021)5.6.1 (4/1/2021)FixedBug when selecting scopes: If a user attempts to set scopes at the Vendor or All Products level in ConfigMgr, upon closing and reopening the publisher, the App tree will not show any applications at all.2.0.3.02.0.4.0FixedAn error occurred while testing TCP port.: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it :80 [[System.Net.Sockets.SocketException]]2.0.3.02.0.4.1FixedThe Publisher will Publish an Intune Application, or Intune Update if found during a scan, despite being marked to 'Exclude from auto-publishing'2.0.0.02.0.4.2FixedSoftware may be marked for revision during every sync of the Publisher. This would occur when PreventConflictingProcessRestart was in use and the KillProcess was set instead of Notify.2.0.1.02.0.4.2FixedThe '...delay the in-place application upgrade by...' does not respect all configuration options such as 'Retain up to # previously created applications'Various2.0.8.2FixedUser Based ConfigMgr Applications may default to System Type installation in ConfigMgr.2.0.7.02.0.8.0FixedInteraction with the Manage Conflicting Process pop-up may not be possible if "Do not allow user deferral" option is set in Manage Conflicting Processes2.0.8.02.0.8.1FixedIntune apps and updates do not use the specified temp directory for downloads1.7.0.02.0.8.2FixedWebhook Option to send to Slack may be reverted to Teams upon opening the Patch My PC Publisher GUIWorkaround: When opening the Publisher and using Slack Webhooks, reset the option to Slack before saving and closing the Publisher.2.0.8.02.0.8.2FixedManage Conflicting Processes may fail to enumerate the blocking processes causing the UI to close, and kill the blocking process unexpectedly. 2.0.1.02.0.9.0FixedManage Role Scope tags will fail if a non-existent scope is associated with a ConfigMgr app.2.0.3.0FixedIntune assignment only allows a group to be specified once.1.7.0.02.1.6.35FixedThe 'Manage Conflicting Process' UI shows 'install' language instead of 'update' language when performing an Intune Update2.0.8.02.0.9.2FixedConfigMgr apps may have their content refreshed every sync if a PreCommandArg, UninstallPostCommandArg, or PostCommandArgUninstall are specified2.0.8.02.0.9.1FixedThe 'Prevent the end-user from opening an application while the application is updating' option when used with an Intune app or update may result in a 'Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file....' error message.2.0.5.02.0.9.2FixedConfigMgr application may revise every sync.2.0.9.12.0.9.2FixedSome products published to WSUS report as failed installation from the clients, however the software is actually updated successfully on the client. This currently impacts Adobe Digital Editions, Nextcloud, and Dell Command Update for Windows. This is because in the catalogue custom defined success exit codes failed to publish correct to WSUS using the Publisher. These products used non-standard successful exit codes.Various2.0.9.2FixedIf 'Delay in-place upgrade' and 'App retention' are enabled for ConfigMgr apps you may see duplicate applications created2.0.1.42.1.0.1Fixed'Recreate Detection Script' does not populate the correct registry hive for User based apps in ConfigMgr2.0.8.02.1.0.1FixedApplication uninstallation may report failure if the uninstall process creates a child process causes ScriptRunner to exit prior to uninstallation completing1.02.1.0.1FixedPublisher may fail to properly parse product parameters which contain nested quotes causing continuous revisions or errors when parsing argumentsVarious2.1.0.1FixedWhen you republish an Intune application the icon is not set.2.1.0.12.1.1.1FixedOrganization Name is not set properly for ConfigMgr applications.2.1.0.02.1.1.1FixedWhen 'override manual assignment changes' is checked for an Intune product, and you have an 'exclude' assignment the Publisher will fail to process all assignments. 2.0.5.02.1.1.1Fixed"Republish" does not compare the hash of scripts and files for ConfigMgr2.1.1.02.1.1.1Fixed"Republish" may cause multiple republish operations for the same product to happen if used across multiple tabs.2.1.1.02.1.1.2FixedRequired deployments, including task sequence installs, of ConfigMgr Application for Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Continuous (x64) fail with exit code 150201. Clicking "retry" and available deployments succeed.Workaround: set the user experience option on the deployment type to "Allow users to view and interact with the program installation". Note that this workaround may not work to fix the application installing in a Task SequenceAdobe Acrobat Reader DC Continuous (x64)N/AKnown issueRepublishing an Intune application or Update which has existing assignments may cause the assignment to be deleted. It will be recreated during the following sync.2.1.1.02.1.3.0FixedThe "Delay in-place upgrade" feature is used for ConfigMgr applications the delay may be off by one day if the server is configured with certain timezones.Various2.1.3.0FixedManage Conflicting Processes may fail to launch if the 'First notification delayed +...' setting is used and the client device has a culture with a short-date format that is not parsable by the en-US datetime parse methodVarious2.1.3.0FixedRepublishing a ConfigMgr application removes application supersedence relationships.2.1.0.12.1.3.0FixedRepublishing a ConfigMgr application breaks the Manage Conflicting Process option to use 'ConfigMgr app max run time'2.1.0.12.1.3.0FixedManage ESP (Enrollment Status Page) within the Publisher throws a 403 forbidden error. AllAllFixedPowerShell Requirement Script for Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Continuous (en-US) fails to code sign properly. We are aware of and working to resolve this encoding issue.All2.1.6.2FixedPatch My PC tries to publish to Intune even if it is not configured, returning a message in the log similar to "Syncing: %3CEnterTenantDomainHere%3E..."2.1.4.02.1.5.0FixedPause does not account for postponed binaries. If there is an exist postponed binary it will publish even if a pause is set.2.1.4.02.1.5.0FixedScriptrunner may fail to find the uninstall string in the registry for some products.2.1.4.02.1.5.0FixedScriptrunner may fail to validate an installation after the installer completes causing a 3 minute delay after installation completes. 2.1.4.02.1.5.0FixedVersion will not be appended to retained ConfigMgr applications when 'Update existing application's metadata...' is set2.1.5.02.1.6.0FixedConfigMgr applications will fail to install with error code 0x80070057.2.1.6.352.1.8.0FixedIf an existing product has a new Patch My PC defined pre/post script added the Publisher will edit the command line, but not add the file to the package.Various2.1.11.0Fixed