I have two sets of Dell Laptops that I'm trying to install Windows 7 x64 on. I downloaded the driver packs from Dell's Enterprise site, and slipstreamed them into my install.wim file. On one notebook, it works perfectly fine, and I can enter Audit mode. On the other, I press Ctrl+Shift+F3, and am presented with a black screen with the mouse cursor. Nothing happens, I can't bring up any tools (i.e. Task Manager, UtilMan, etc). All I can do is restart.
I tried to kill the OOBE on the reboot, but then I was left without an account to use to log in. If I use the UtilMan-CMD hack, I can use the Administrator profile, but sysprep.exe will not load - It claims Windows Updates are requiring a reboot, and to try again. Even after rebooting, no change.
How can I get into Audit Mode on this second model? I have tried waiting over an hour to see if it will do its automatic reboot to enter Audit mode, but it never does.
Core issue unknown, but it's solved.
After attempting to log in to Audit mode, I tried rebooting into Safe Mode. It brought up the message that you can't complete setup in Safe Mode, then it restarted in Audit Mode automatically after rebooting.
If anyone knows why this would happen, please feel free to edit.