Gelob

Is there a mirror for the guide? The URLs in the OP no longer work and just re-direct to pop-up spam.

AndyE, You are correct and it will work on all 2008 R2 Versions, I do it daily . <settings pass="offlineServicing"> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-LUA-Settings" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <EnableLUA>false</EnableLUA> </component> </settings> Also if you want to do this in 2008 the Microsoft-Windows-LUA-Settings is not available as this is new to 2008 R2. You need to do the following. <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Deployment" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <RunSynchronous> <RunSynchronousCommand wcm:action="add"> <Order>1</Order> <Path>cmd /c reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v EnableLUA /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f</Path> <Description>Disable EnableLUA</Description> </RunSynchronousCommand> <RunSynchronousCommand wcm:action="add"> <Order>2</Order> <Path>cmd /c reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f</Path> <Description>ConsentPromptBehaviorAdmin</Description> </RunSynchronousCommand> </RunSynchronous> </component>

Just a tip, if your running WDS on 2008 R2 and using the 2008 R2 boot image you can inject drivers just by right clicking on the Boot Image and choosing Add Driver. Gosh I love 2008 R2

To enable Remote Desktop <component name="Microsoft-Windows-TerminalServices-LocalSessionManager" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <fDenyTSConnections>false</fDenyTSConnections> </component> To allow Remote Desktop through the Windows Firewall <component name="Networking-MPSSVC-Svc" processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"> <FirewallGroups> <FirewallGroup wcm:action="add" wcm:keyValue="RDP"> <Active>true</Active> <Group>Remote Desktop</Group> <Profile>all</Profile> </FirewallGroup> </FirewallGroups> </component> I don't think you can specify Computer Description in the unattended XML, it might pull that the OEM Information or something. If its anywhere its probably in Microsoft-Winodws-Shell-Setup.

I specify our MAK or KMS keys in both the WinPE and Specialize passes, under Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup <ProductKey></ProductKey> and Microsoft-Windows-Setup <Key></Key>. Windows will automatically activate within a few days using the key provided during install.