Network adapters are not started after Windows Server 2012 setup

Method 1a: Preinstall the hotfix into custom installation media on USB

Consider the following scenario:

• You plan to install a Windows operating system from a USB device.

• You have a Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012 operating system available on a different computer.

• You can use that computer to manipulate files on the USB device.

• You have Windows Server 2012 source files available.

To inject the hotfix into the installation media on USB, follow these steps:

1. Create the folder C:\Bin.

2. Create the folder C:\Bin\2782676.

3. Download the hotfix to C:\Bin\2782676.

4. Create the folder C:\Bin\Mount.

5. Create the folder C:\Bin\Scratch.

6. From the Windows Server 2012 installation media, locate the following file, and then copy the file to C:\Bin:
   
   \Sources\Install.wim

7. For Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012, right-click in the lower-left corner of the screen, and then select Command prompt (Admin).

8. Type CD \bin, and then press Enter.

9. Type dism /get-wiminfo /wimfile=install.wim, and then press Enter. A list of wim indexes is displayed.
   
   Note You will have to mount and inject the hotfix into the indexes that you plan to use. If you use more than one index, you will have to inject the hotfix into multiple indexes.

10. Mount the index into which you have to inject the hotfix by using the following dism command, and then press Enter. It will take several moments to complete:

    dism /mount-wim /wimfile=install.wim /index:2 /mountdir=Mount

11. If the hotfix is an executable file (.exe), you will have to run this to extract the files. Make sure that the files extract to C:\Bin\278676.

12. Rename Windows8-RT-KB2782676-x64.msu to Windows8-RT-KB2782676-x64.msu.cab.

13. Double-click Windows8-RT-KB2782676-x64.msu.cab, and then extract the file Windows8-RT-KB2782676-x64.cab to the C:\Bin\278676 folder. This is the file that we will inject.

14. Inject the hotfix into the mounted wim by using the following dism command, and then press Enter. It will take several moments to complete:

    dism /image:.\Mount /add-package /packagepath:c:\Bin\278676\Windows8-RT-KB2782676-x64.cab /scratchdir=scratch

15. You can confirm that the package is added by running the following dism commandand then looking at the output for the hotfix number that you just injected:

    dism /image=mount /get-packages

16. Unmount and commit the changes to the currently mounted WIM by running the following dism command, and then press Enter. It will take several moments to complete:

    dism /unmount-wim /mountdir=Mount /commit

17. Copy the updated Install.wim file to the USB drive that is currently being used for source media, and replace the existing Install.wim file in the \Sources folder.

Method 1b: Preinstall the hotfix into custom installation media on an ISO

Consider the following scenario:

• You plan to install a Windows operating system from a custom ISO or DVD.

• You have a Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012 operating system available on a different computer.

• You can use that computer to manipulate files.

• You have Windows Server 2012 source files available.

To inject the hotfix into the installation media on an ISO, follow these steps:

1. Locate, download, and install the Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) for Windows® 8. This will provide the tools to create an ISO that you can use to put install files on a DVD.

2. Follow steps 1-16 in the previous section. However, instead of copying the files to a USB device, copy the files to a single folder, C:\Bin\Media.
   
   Note This tool will be looking for the \Media folder.

3. Locate the following file:

   C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Deployment Tools\amd64\Oscdimg.exe

4. Use the "Deployment and imaging tools command prompt" that is installed together with the ADK installation, and run as an administrator.

5. For syntax for creating an ISO that will start on an amd64 (uEFI) computer and also legacy MBR computers, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   947024 How to create an ISO image for UEFI platforms for a Windows PE CD-ROM for Windows Server 2008

6. For more information, go to the following Microsoft TechNet website:

   Oscdimg Command-Line Options

Method 2: Include files through an answer file "unattend" script by using noncustomized media

Consider the following scenario:

• You plan to install a Windows operating system from a Microsoft-provided (unmodified) installation DVD.

• You have a Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012 operating system available on another computer.

• You can use that computer to manipulate files.

• You have a USB thumb drive available to which you can copy files.

To include files through an answer file "unattend" script by using noncustomized media, follow these steps:

1. On a USB thumb drive, create the following folder structure:

   \$OEM$\$$\System32\OEM\2782676
   \$OEM$\$$\System32\OEM\Drivers

2. Download or obtain Windows hotfix KB2782676. If the hotfix is an executable file (.exe), you will have to run this to extract the files.

3. Rename "Windows8-RT-KB2782676-x64.msu" to "Windows8-RT-KB2782676-x64.msu.CAB."

   1. Double-click Windows8-RT-KB2782676-x64.msu.CAB to open it.

   2. In Windows8-RT-KB2782676-x64.msu.CAB, locate the Windows8-RT-KB2782676-x64.cab file, and then extract or copy this file to the \$OEM$\$$\System32\OEM\2782676\ folder on the USB.

4. In Notepad, copy the following code to a text document, and then save the document as <USBdriveletter>:\Autounattend.xml. This will include the hotfix in the installing operating system with few or no modifications. However, if you have to create your own Autounattend.xml file or include additional steps (to automate installation), include these steps in your process: To create a new Unattend.xml file, follow these steps:

   1. Install the Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) for Windows® 8.

   2. Open the Windows System Image Manager tool (WSIM) as an administrator.

   3. Make sure that the operating system is copied to read/write accessible media. (Typically, you should copy the Install.wim to a folder for identification.) For this example, copy Install.wim to C:\Win2012.

   4. On the File menu, click Select Windows Image to locate the C:\Win2012\Install.wim.

   5. Select an image in the Windows image file. For this example select Windows Server 2012 SERVERDATACENTER.

   6. If Create the catalog (.CLG) file if you are prompted do this..

   7. In the lower-left window of the WSIM tool, expand Components.

   8. Locate <architecture>_Microsoft-Windows-PnpCustomizationsNonWinPE_neutral. (In this example, you would locate amd64_Microsoft-Windows-PnpCustomizationsNonWinPE _6.2.9200.16384_neutral.

   9. Download and prepare the hotfix to be included in the installed image. To do this, follow these steps:

      1. If the hotfix is an executable (.exe), you have to run the executable to extract the files. Have the files extract to C:\Bin\278676.

      2. Rename Windows8-RT-KB2782676-x64.msu to Windows8-RT-KB2782676-x64.msu.cab," double-click Windows8-RT-KB2782676-x64.msu.cab, and then extract Windows8-RT-KB2782676-x64.cab to C:\Bin\278676. (This is the file that we will use.)

   10. In the Answer file window on the upper right, locate the Packages component, right-click Packages, and then select Insert Package(s).

   11. Locate the Windows8-RT-KB2782676-x64.cab file that was previously copied/extracted from Windows8-RT-KB2782676-x64.msu.cab, and then click to open the file. You should see this added under \Packages\Update\Windows8-RT-KB2782676-x64.cab.

   12. Click Tools, and then click Create configuration set.

   13. In the Select the target folder for the configuration set section, type the drive letter for the USB thumb drive, and then click OK. Files will be copied to the USB thumb drive, and Autounattend.xml will be created.

   14. Plug in the USB thumb drive along together with the Windows 2012 installation DVD, and then restart to the DVD. Or, copy the DVD files to root of the Fat32 active partition USB thumb drive that has these files.

The final product will resemble the following:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend">
    <servicing>
        <package action="install">
            <assemblyIdentity name="Package_for_KB2782676" version="6.2.1.0" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" />
            <source location="%configsetroot%\AutoUnattend_Files\2782676\Windows8-RT-KB2782676-x64.cab" />
        </package>
    </servicing>
    <settings pass="windowsPE">
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Setup" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
            <UseConfigurationSet>true</UseConfigurationSet>
        </component>
    </settings>
    <cpi:offlineImage cpi:source="catalog:C:/bin/win2012x64en/install_windows server 2012 serverdatacenter.clg" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" />
</unattend>

Note Any data files or folders that are located at the same level as the Autounattend.xml file will be copied to the target operating system in the <driveletter>:\Windows\Configsetroot folder.