My Windows 11 computer stuck on "this might take several minutes"

Question

After installing the OS, I can't get the login screen. My Windows 11 computer is stuck on "this might take several minutes", it keeps spinning and cannot proceed to the next step. Does anyone have any ideas?

Answer 1

Is this a question regarding OSD with ConfigMgr? If so, what do the logs say?

I suspect this is question isn't related to OSD, if not, you may need to submit your question in a different category; "Microsoft Configuration manager" likely isn't the correct topic area for your question.

Answer 2

Hi,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Q&A forum.

1,Are you using configuration manager to deploy Windows 11? If yes, you can try to add a reboot step after the "Setup Windows and Configuration Manager" step and set to reboot into OS.

2,You can also try to apply an Unattend.xml file to skip/customize OOBE during a task sequence. For more information, please refer to:

USE UNATTEND.XML TO SKIP WINDOWS 10 OOBE DURING AN SCCM TASK SEQUENCE

SCCM Customize Windows Out of Box Experience OOBE Using ConfigMgr

Thanks for your time. Have a nice day!

Best regards,

Simon

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