[Bug]: Windows 11 25h2 - Nano11 not start

Open cerede2000 opened this issue 3 months ago • 4 comments

Operating system

Windows 11 25h2 - Nano11

Description

I've identified why Windows 11 Nano 11 isn't working.

It's based on Windows 11 25h2. In this build, Microsoft has removed wmic: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/windows-management-instrumentation-command-line-wmic-removal-from-windows-e9e83c7f-4992-477f-ba1d-96f694b8665d

In the Unattend file, you use wmic for certain actions. This is why Nano 11 and Windows 11 25h2 don't work.

Could you fix this?

cmd /C wmic useraccount where name="Docker" set PasswordExpires=false</CommandLine>

Thanks :)

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Sep 18 '25 18:09 cerede2000

I would need to find exact replacements for those commands, so it might take a while.

Sep 18 '25 19:09 kroese

Is it possible to override the unattend file? I'll run some tests.

Sep 18 '25 19:09 cerede2000

Yes... like this:

  volumes:
    - ./mymodified.xml:/custom.xml

Sep 18 '25 19:09 kroese

I replaced the WMIC command with a Powershell command, and Nano11 still failed to install.

Also when I set MANUAL: "Y" which totally skips the .XML and use manual installation without any changes to the .iso (except for adding drivers), it still fails at the same point.

So this means the reason for failing has nothing to do with the unattended .xml file

Sep 18 '25 20:09 kroese