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No, I also need the computer to automatically join a domain (which it doesnt) so i wont have to create any user account because they will get created on log-in. Looking at my code can anyone see any reason for Windows not joining the domain and how can i skip the user creation step during setup?

You don't necessarily need to skip creation of a user. I recommend you still add the LocalAccount, but then you can also specify AutoLogon afterwards to log into the PC as a different account than the one you created. I have already created one on the reference PC I've captured.

Thanks for that. But how can I get setup to skip creating a new local user?

Yes it does validate. XML file attached. Unattend.xml

Hi Could anyone help me? Using SIM I've created my own answer file which sort of works but when installing windows it still asks to confirm the language(which i want to be able to skip, create a new local user (which I want to be able to skip), The computer name(which is fine as I want to be able to trype that in) But also it's not automatically joining the domain. Is there something missing from my code? <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> - <unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend"> - <settings pass="windowsPE"> - <component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core-WinPE" 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"> - <SetupUILanguage> <UILanguage>en-UK</UILanguage> </SetupUILanguage> <InputLocale>en-UK</InputLocale> <SystemLocale>en-UK</SystemLocale> <UILanguage>en-UK</UILanguage> <UserLocale>en-UK</UserLocale> </component> </settings> - <settings pass="oobeSystem"> - <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-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"> - <OOBE> <HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage> <NetworkLocation>Work</NetworkLocation> <ProtectYourPC>1</ProtectYourPC> <SkipUserOOBE>true</SkipUserOOBE> </OOBE> + <Themes> <CustomDefaultThemeFile>c:\Haslers.theme</CustomDefaultThemeFile> <DefaultThemesOff>false</DefaultThemesOff> </Themes> <TimeZone>GMT Standard Time</TimeZone> </component> </settings> - <settings pass="specialize"> - <component name="Microsoft-Windows-UnattendedJoin" 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"> - <Identification> - <Credentials> <Domain>Haslers</Domain> <Password>**</Password> <Username>Haslers\administrator</Username> </Credentials> <JoinDomain>Haslers.com</JoinDomain> <UnsecureJoin>true</UnsecureJoin> </Identification> </component> </settings> <cpi:offlineImage cpi:source="wim:c:/vista_installation/install.wim#Windows Vista BUSINESS" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" /> </unattend> Your help would be much appreciated Jason