t0mNight

As I said before, the perfect solution would be simply skip this step. I wonder if it's possible via AutoIT, however I don't even know how to run something in that phase. Another way is to place generic key as MAVERICS and auto activate the system later via some kind of scripting. That second option should be easier becouse: - key is possible to extract by: - and may be placed into: slmgr.vbs -ipk <key> Somebody have idea to make it unattended?

It would be great, but using key in my case creates 2 more problems: - if the hardware have OEM key in BIOS... which key will be installed (form bios or from file) ? - how to store 2 keys (for core and pro) in one XML? The best way would be bypassing the whoole OOBE stage ( http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff716280.aspx ), but it's deprecated in Win8. (... but works great in Win7 )

Hello! I'm trying to make autounattend.xml file for auto win8 install. Everyting works great, but after restart install process stops at product key enter screen. My autounattend.xml file: <?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"> <InputLocale>pl-PL</InputLocale> <SystemLocale>pl-PL</SystemLocale> <UILanguage>pl-PL</UILanguage> <UILanguageFallback>pl-PL</UILanguageFallback> <UserLocale>pl-PL</UserLocale> </component> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-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"> <UpgradeData> <Upgrade>false</Upgrade> <WillShowUI>Never</WillShowUI> </UpgradeData> <UserData> <AcceptEula>true</AcceptEula> </UserData> </component> </settings> <settings pass="specialize"> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Security-SPP-UX" 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"> <SkipAutoActivation>true</SkipAutoActivation> </component> <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"> <ComputerName>PC</ComputerName> </component> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-SQMApi" 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"> <CEIPEnabled>0</CEIPEnabled> </component> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-ErrorReportingCore" 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"> <DisableWER>1</DisableWER> <DefaultConsent>1</DefaultConsent> </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"> <FirstLogonCommands> <SynchronousCommand wcm:action="add"> <CommandLine>cmd /C wmic useraccount where "name='user'" set PasswordExpires=FALSE</CommandLine> <Order>1</Order> </SynchronousCommand> </FirstLogonCommands> <OOBE> <HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage> <HideLocalAccountScreen>true</HideLocalAccountScreen> <HideOnlineAccountScreens>true</HideOnlineAccountScreens> <HideWirelessSetupInOOBE>true</HideWirelessSetupInOOBE> <NetworkLocation>Other</NetworkLocation> <HideOEMRegistrationScreen>true</HideOEMRegistrationScreen> <ProtectYourPC>1</ProtectYourPC> </OOBE> <UserAccounts> <LocalAccounts> <LocalAccount wcm:action="add"> <Password> <Value>UABhAHMAcwB3AG8AcgBkAA==</Value> <PlainText>false</PlainText> </Password> <Name>user</Name> <DisplayName>user</DisplayName> <Group>Administrators</Group> </LocalAccount> </LocalAccounts> </UserAccounts> <RegisteredOwner>xxx</RegisteredOwner> <RegisteredOrganization>xxx</RegisteredOrganization> <TimeZone>Central European Standard Time</TimeZone> </component> <component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core" 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"> <InputLocale>pl-PL</InputLocale> <SystemLocale>pl-PL</SystemLocale> <UILanguage>pl-PL</UILanguage> <UILanguageFallback>pl-PL</UILanguageFallback> <UserLocale>pl-PL</UserLocale> </component> </settings></unattend>Please help, the target is to skip it at install time