Joshua5526, When you run setup on the original installation media, the installation process applies the unaltered image file install.wim to the computer. When the CopyProfile setting is configured in an answer file and then processed during the Specialize pass of Windows Setup, the Administrator user profile is copied to the Default user profile. Configuring an answer file with the CopyProfile setting for use when you install from the original installation media has no benefit, since in the install.wim file no customizations have been made to the Administrator user profile. To customize the Default user profile for deployed systems, an image must be generated from a reference system with the Administrator profile configured. One way to access the Administrator profile easily is to press Ctrl+Shift+F3 during Windows Welcome, which will reboot the computer into Audit Mode with the Administrator account active and ready for customization. The Windows Welcome screen is the screen during installation where you are asked for a username and computer name in the Window labeled Set Up Windows. It is important to enter Audit Mode here, before an additional user account has been created, to ensure that the image generated from the reference system does not include existing user accounts. More information can be found on the Customize Windows in Audit Mode page. Both the unattend.xml and autounattend.xml files used in the guidance you have already found are answer files. These answer files can use specific names and locations to be automatically discovered by Sysprep and Windows Setup, or they can be explicitly defined with the commands for Sysprep and Windows Setup. The Methods for Running Windows Setup page includes a list of the locations where Sysprep and Windows Setup will look for answer files and the commands which are used to instruct Sysprep or Windows Setup to use an answer file explicitly. Mike Windows Outreach Team – IT Pro Windows for IT Pros on TechNet
