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Thank you. Will include GVLK keys and try..

Thank you. Actually, i dont want to give any product key in answer file and want to activate it later. There are two ISO's present in msdn subscriber download for windows 2012 R2. When i use en_windows_server_2012_r2_x64_dvd_2707946.iso, there is no skip option in Activation screen. And when i use en_windows_server_2012_r2_vl_x64_dvd_2979250.iso, skip Activation is present. Same answer file is used in both cases. Any idea what is the difference between both ISOs? thanks..

Hi, I downloaded windows 2012 ISO from technet. When I use this ISO and try unattended installation, it is asking for key for activation. There is no skip activation option available in Activation screen. Do we need to have anything added in autounattend.xml to have skip option present? I didnt face this issue with i tried with 9200.16384.WIN8_RTM.120725-1247_X64FRE_SERVER_EVAL_EN-US-HRM_SSS_X64FREE_EN-US_DV5.iso. Any information on this? thanks..

Thank you. Let me frame my question properly. I want to install without activation key and activate it later. Skip activation option is not available when i try to install windows 2012 R2. Is this expected behavior ? Will skip activation be available in final customer release? Screenshot attached.

When installing windows sever 2012 R2, It always asks to enter product key to activate windows. There is no skip option in this screen, like other windows sever installations. Is this always a must that we need to enter Product key or the final release of OS will have skip option enabled too? Thanks..

Please find attached the answerfile used. thanks.. AutoUnattend.xml The same answer file works fine with windows 2008.

Hi, Unattended windows 8 installation, is failing with error " windows cannot read the <productkey> setting from the unattend answer file" on a physical server installation. Any pointers on how to so solve it. thanks in advance..

Thanks for the reply.. I want to automate audit mode (audit system and audit user) and want assign administrator password. To assign administrator password i have run oobe pass. And if i assing mode=audit in oobe pass, then it will not run oobe pass. How to run all the three passes, audit system, audit user and oobe pass? thanks..

Hi, I had used following but i want it to oobe mode also.. Below reseal setting doesnot run OOBE, so what values should is use for reseal to run all the passes. <settings pass="auditSystem"> <Reseal> <Mode>Audit</Mode> </Reseal> </setting> <settings pass="auditUser"> <Reseal> <Mode>OOBE</Mode> </Reseal> </setting> <settings pass="oobeSystem"> <Reseal> <Mode>Audit</Mode> </Reseal> </setting>

Hi, what should be the values set to Reseal so that it runs aduitsystem, aduituser and oobe passes. thanks in advance..

Hi, How to provide administrator password in autounattend.xml. I provided in oobe phase but still it was prompting to change password. <UserAccounts> <AdministratorPassword> <Value>abcABC123</Value> <PlainText>true</PlainText> </AdministratorPassword> </UserAccounts> Any idea of how to give the password? Thanks in advance..

thanks for the reply.. question is that, i already have a partition which is formatted and copied winpe on it and it boots through that partition. Now i want to install os on the partition from which it has booted, without specifying the diskID or partitionID in autounattend.xml. thanks..

Hi, how to install windows onto disk from which it is booting. <InstallTo> <DiskID>0</DiskID> <PartitionID>1</PartitionID> </InstallTo> I am doing an unattended installation. I copied boot.wim on particular disk and will boot from that disk. after booting the unattended installation starts. In answer file we need to specify the disk and partition on which OS gets installed. Is there any way to default option to install on the booted partition instead of providing diskid and partitionid in answer file. thanks...

hi, thanks for the reply. I injected the driver provided by manufacturer into install.wim but still encountered the same error. Is this is what you were mentioning. thanks..

Hi, I am facing issue with one NIC driver that comes with Windows 2008 R2. It is failing with error message "The computer restarted unexpectedly or encountered an unexpected error. Please restart installation." This message is thrown after the first reboot when installing using a OS DVD media (after the winpe phase). Installation goes fine if i remove the device and insert it after the installation and then provide the driver. It fails even when i give the device driver during the partition screen (in winpe). Any pointers to solve this issue. thank you. regards..

hi, When trying to install Broadcom NIC driver during auditUser phase, i am getting error say "ipcon.exe has stopped working". Any specific reason for this error? Thanks..

Thanks a lot for the info.

Hi, Can someone let me know the difference between "DNSDoman" in "Microsoft-Windows-DNS-Client" component and "Domain" in "Microsoft-Windows-UnattendJoin". When to use what? Do they both mean the same? Thanks in adavance..

Hi, I want to run all the configuration pass. As per my knowledge, if after specialize pass, it boots into OOBE. If no reseal value is set. Then it runs all FirstLogonCommands and OS comes up. But if we set reseal to Audit in OOBE, it doesnt run anything in OOBE mode boots into Auditsystem -> AuditUser. My requirement is to run OOBE (as i do HTTP configuration and run some batch files) and then run Auditsystem and audituser. Is this possible? Thanks in advance..

Hi, I am trying to set Static IP using Autounattend.xml. Below it the XML snippet. But it IP is not getting set. I have a query. We are trying to set IP is specialization pass but the drivers for the ethernet device are provided during auditsystem pass. So during specialization pass no driver is present for the ethernet device but we are still trying to assign static IP. Is this failing as device is not detected? Any solution to this problem? <component name="Microsoft-Windows-TCPIP" processorArchitecture="amd64" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <Interfaces> <Interface wcm:action="add"> <UnicastIpAddresses> <IpAddress wcm:action="add" wcm:keyValue="30">10.1.1.1/25</IpAddress> </UnicastIpAddresses> <Ipv4Settings> <DhcpEnabled>false</DhcpEnabled> </Ipv4Settings> <Identifier>68-ef-bd-f6-72-18</Identifier> <Routes> <Route wcm:action="add"> <Identifier>35</Identifier> <Prefix>0.0.0.0/0</Prefix> <NextHopAddress>10.10.10.10</NextHopAddress> </Route> </Routes> </Interface> <Interface wcm:action="add"> <UnicastIpAddresses> <IpAddress wcm:action="add" wcm:keyValue="31">20.2.2.2/25</IpAddress> </UnicastIpAddresses> <Ipv4Settings> <DhcpEnabled>false</DhcpEnabled> </Ipv4Settings> <Identifier>68-ef-bd-f6-72-19</Identifier> <Routes> <Route wcm:action="add"> <Identifier>36</Identifier> <Prefix>0.0.0.0/0</Prefix> <NextHopAddress>20.20.20.20</NextHopAddress> </Route> </Routes> </Interface> </Interfaces> </component> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-DNS-Client" processorArchitecture="amd64" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <Interfaces> <Interface wcm:action="add"> <DNSServerSearchOrder> <IpAddress wcm:action="add" wcm:keyValue="40">1.1.1.1</IpAddress> <IpAddress wcm:action="add" /> </DNSServerSearchOrder> <Identifier>68-ef-bd-f6-72-18</Identifier> </Interface> <Interface wcm:action="add"> <DNSServerSearchOrder> <IpAddress wcm:action="add" wcm:keyValue="41">2.2.2.2</IpAddress> </DNSServerSearchOrder> <Identifier>68-ef-bd-f6-72-19</Identifier> </Interface> </Interfaces> </component>

HI, I want to set HTTP Proxy using "Microsoft-Windows-IE-ClientNetworkProtocolImplementation". It needs HKLMSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\InternetSettings registry key ProxySettingsPerUser as a REG DWORD with the value set to 0. How to set ProxySettingsPerUser value to 0 using autounattend.xml? Thanks in advance..

TechNet How to set ProxySettingsPerUser to 0 through autounattend.xml?

Hi, Is there any way to assign Static IP to a network adapter based on MAC ID? i have MAC ID, i need to assign Static IP with reference to MAC ID. Thanks and regards..

Thank you.. Please find attached the XML i used. I am not able to configure Proxy and Static IP using this xml.... regards..

Thanks for the reply john.. I boot through winpe (already copied to HD) and start the windows setup from DVD. I can copy files only after winpe boots. That time there is no directory structure %WINDIR%\Setup\Scripts\SetupComplete.cmd . Can i make this directory structure after winpe boots and update the setupcomplete.cmd? Will this way work or any other place that i can copy setupcomplete.cmd. regards..