Get it to fail again and then get back to a command line. Run "dir /s setupact.*" from the root of the drive to search for the files. You may also need to look in the panther directory, which you can also find by using the search command.
Changed my life, finding dir /s On Wed, Mar 9, 2016 at 9:46 AM, Kevin Johnston < [email protected]> wrote: > Looks like I spoke to soon. Only 2 worked. I am still back to the imaging > being “stuck” on “Setup is applying system settings > > > > There is no setupact.log that I can find. > > > > Since I cannot do anything to get into the system, the only way to look at > the logs is by shutting it down, PXE boot into the machine, then do F8 and > look at the logs. > > > > I have deleted and reimported all the drivers (Dell Cabs) and still no go. > > > > KEVIN JOHNSTON > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Justin Chalfant > *Sent:* Friday, March 04, 2016 8:38 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [mssms] Dell E6540 seems to hang on "Setup is applying > system settings" > > > > Look at setupact.log > > > > > > > > -------- Original message -------- > > From: Kevin Johnston <[email protected]> > > Date: 3/4/2016 6:19 AM (GMT-07:00) > > To: "'[email protected]'" <[email protected]> > > Subject: [mssms] Dell E6540 seems to hang on "Setup is applying system > settings" > > > > After I upgraded our site to CM 1511 I seem to have some serious issues > imaging a Dell E6540. > > > > Other models look to have no issues, but this one model (straight out of > the box) just hangs on that message. > > Yesterday after 6 hours of being on that screen I gave up. > > > > After I shut down the machine, and pxe booted back into WinPE I used > cmtrace to get to the smsts.log still on the c drive. > > > > I do see that it downloaded the configuration manager client package, and > that it completed the action (Setup Windows and ConfigMgr) > > Then it looks like it reboots and that is all. No errors or anything. > > > > Not sure if anyone else has run into this before. Our systems are > installing Win7 x64. > > > > Before the upgrade, we had no issues with these models. > > > > KEVIN JOHNSTON > > > > > > > >
