Joining Domain when Selecting Workgroup

Question

I haven't updated my base image in a while and wanted to do so with the latest version of Windows. I downloaded the ISO from VLSC and pointed MDT towards the install.wim. Upon booting this image I get stuck on "Getting Ready" for about 15 minutes. Then it does all I need, syspreps, but then instead of booting into PE it boots back into Windows where it again gets stuck on "Getting Ready" for another 15 minutes before just sitting at the desktop indefinitely. The part that makes no sense to me is that I'm telling it during setup to join a homegroup, not a domain.

This is my customsettings:

[Settings]  
Priority=Default  
Properties=MyCustomProperty  
  
[Default]  
_SMSTSOrgName=REDACTED Deployment  
OSInstall=Y  
SkipCapture=NO  
SkipAdminPassword=YES  
SkipProductKey=YES  
SkipComputerBackup=YES  
SkipBitLocker=YES  
SkipBDDWelcome=YES  
SkipTimeZone=YES  
SkipLocaleSelection=YES  
SkipUserData=YES  
  
JoinDomain=REDACTED.local  
DomainAdmin=REDACTED  
DomainAdminDomain=REDACTED.local  
MachineObjectOU=OU=CHANGE_ME,OU=REDACTED,DC=REDACTED,DC=local  

This is my bootstrap:

[Settings]  
Priority=Default  
  
[Default]  
DeployRoot=\\REDACTED\DeploymentShare$  
UserID=REDACTED  
UserDomain=REDACTED  
TimeZoneName=Central Standard Time  
SkipBDDWelcome=Yes  

The logs contain the following:

setupact in Panther

2022-07-22 15:17:11, Info [setup.exe] [Action Queue] : Executing command "C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DJOIN.EXE" specialize
2022-07-22 15:32:12, Info [setup.exe] [Action Queue] : process exit code = 0
2022-07-22 15:32:12, Info [setup.exe] [Action Queue] : Unattend action returned operation complete.

setuperr

2022-07-22 15:32:12, Error [DJOIN.EXE] Unattended Join: NetJoinDomain failed error code is [2695]
2022-07-22 15:32:12, Error [DJOIN.EXE] Unattended Join: Unable to join; gdwError = 0xa87

setupatc

2022-07-22 15:17:11, Info [DJOIN.EXE] Unattended Join: Begin
2022-07-22 15:17:11, Info [DJOIN.EXE] Unattended Join: Loading input parameters...
2022-07-22 15:17:11, Info [DJOIN.EXE] Unattended Join: AccountData = [NULL]
2022-07-22 15:17:11, Info [DJOIN.EXE] Unattended Join: UnsecureJoin = [NULL]
2022-07-22 15:17:11, Info [DJOIN.EXE] Unattended Join: MachinePassword = [secret not logged]
2022-07-22 15:17:11, Info [DJOIN.EXE] Unattended Join: JoinDomain = [NULL]
2022-07-22 15:17:11, Info [DJOIN.EXE] Unattended Join: JoinWorkgroup = [base072222]
2022-07-22 15:17:11, Info [DJOIN.EXE] Unattended Join: Domain = [NULL]
2022-07-22 15:17:11, Info [DJOIN.EXE] Unattended Join: Username = [NULL]
2022-07-22 15:17:11, Info [DJOIN.EXE] Unattended Join: Password = [secret not logged]
2022-07-22 15:17:11, Info [DJOIN.EXE] Unattended Join: MachineObjectOU = [NULL]
2022-07-22 15:17:11, Info [DJOIN.EXE] Unattended Join: DebugJoin = [NULL]
2022-07-22 15:17:11, Info [DJOIN.EXE] Unattended Join: DebugJoinOnlyOnThisError = [NULL]
2022-07-22 15:17:11, Info [DJOIN.EXE] Unattended Join: TimeoutPeriodInMinutes = [NULL]
2022-07-22 15:17:11, Info [DJOIN.EXE] Unattended Join: Checking that auto start services have started.
2022-07-22 15:17:11, Info [DJOIN.EXE] Unattended Join: Joining workgroup [base072222]...
2022-07-22 15:17:11, Warning [DJOIN.EXE] Unattended Join: NetJoinDomain attempt failed: 0xa87, will retry in 10 seconds...

15 minutes pass

2022-07-22 15:32:02, Warning [DJOIN.EXE] Unattended Join: NetJoinDomain attempt failed: 0xa87, will retry in 10 seconds...
2022-07-22 15:32:12, Error [DJOIN.EXE] Unattended Join: NetJoinDomain failed error code is [2695]
2022-07-22 15:32:12, Error [DJOIN.EXE] Unattended Join: Unable to join; gdwError = 0xa87
2022-07-22 15:32:12, Info [DJOIN.EXE] Unattended Join: Exit, returning 0x0

Things I have tried:

• Regular Windows 10 image that anyone can download
• cleaning disk
• Restarting Server
• Reinstalling ADKs and creating new boot images
• Recreating the Task Sequence
• Disabling Recover from Domain in Task Sequence
• Removing the following portion from customsettings
  • JoinDomain=REDACTED.local
  • DomainAdmin=REDACTED
  • DomainAdminDomain=REDACTED.local
  • MachineObjectOU=OU=CHANGE_ME,OU=REDACTED,DC=REDACTED,DC=local
• Creating new Deployment Share and leaving everything to defaults

Answer 1

Hi, @Rickel, Dakota

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Q&A forum.

You may try to add two task sequence variables at the top of your task sequence under initialization to see if it helps.

Task Sequence Variable: JoinDomain Value: FALSE

Task Sequence Variable: JoinWorkGroup Value: base072222

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