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Did that work for you? Since you have an EN-US source, I thought you needed to add the English InputLanguage ID in the XML as well, but in your case you could leave it default=false.

There are always more appropriate places to speak your true feelings.

I would design the image to deploy in Audit Mode, deploy the image to the PC and then QC it. The final part of the QC process would be to sysprep the machine. I have seen various computer manufacturing methods and that is typically the process that those facilities have used. I have actually seen one place that did a pre-QC but they said it was extra work they had to do to maintain some sort of "standard" (like ISO or something, I forget what exactly) they had to adhere to.

I personally would mount the boot.wim and inject the driver with DISM and then reburn the DVD. Did you mean some other method that allowed you to use the existing media?

You should still QC the PC. You can't accept the Windows EULA for the customer either. I am unfamiliar with the particulars of the Refurbisher Program, but I would imagine that your company would have some sort of Rep assigned to their account at Microsoft. I would recommend that you contact that person to see if they have any documents such as a Best Practices or Policy Requirements.

Supposedly, Microsoft is saying the Xbox One has an MTBF of 10 years. http://kotaku.com/the-xbox-one-is-apparently-designed-to-stay-on-for-ten-995116212

The unattend file doesn't make prompts (or pages as they are known) appear, but only surpresses them. You can specify the time zone in the answer file but not make OOBE prompt for it.

Only to call the command to launch the intl.cpl during FirstLogonCommands. As I said I couldn't get it to work reliably otherwise. Also, Windows 8 has new language codes too. control intl.cpl,, /f:"c:\folder\lang.xml" And a better looking xml <gs:GlobalizationServices xmlns:gs="urn:longhornGlobalizationUnattend"> <gs:UserList> <gs:User UserID="Current" CopySettingsToDefaultUserAcct="true" CopySettingsToSystemAcct="true"/> </gs:UserList> <gs:InputPreferences> <gs:InputLanguageID Action="add" ID="0409:00000409" Default="true"/> <!--Chinese Simplified Microsoft Pinyin ABC Input Style--> <gs:InputLanguageID Action="add" ID="0804:{81D4E9C9-1D3B-41BC-9E6C-4B40BF79E35E}{FCA121D2-8C6D-41FB-B2DE-A2AD110D4820}" Default="false"/> <!--Chinese Traditional New ChangJie--> <gs:InputLanguageID Action="add" ID="0404:{531FDEBF-9B4C-4A43-A2AA-960E8FCDC732}{F3BA907A-6C7E-11D4-97FA-0080C882687E}" Default="false"/> <!--English Australia US--> <gs:InputLanguageID Action="add" ID="0c09:00000409" Default="false"/> <!--English UK UK--> <gs:InputLanguageID Action="add" ID="0809:00000809" Default="false"/> <!--French CA CA FR--> <gs:InputLanguageID Action="add" ID="0c0c:00001009" Default="false"/> <!--French France French--> <gs:InputLanguageID Action="add" ID="040c:0000040c" Default="false"/> <!--Germany German--> <gs:InputLanguageID Action="add" ID="0407:00000407" Default="false"/> <!--Hindi India Traditional--> <gs:InputLanguageID Action="add" ID="0439:00010439" Default="false"/> <!--Japanese Japan Microsoft IME--> <gs:InputLanguageID Action="add" ID="0411:{03B5835F-F03C-411B-9CE2-AA23E1171E36}{A76C93D9-5523-4E90-AAFA-4DB112F9AC76}" Default="false"/> <!--Kannada India Kannada--> <gs:InputLanguageID Action="add" ID="044b:0000044b" Default="false"/> <!--Spanish Mexico Latin American--> <gs:InputLanguageID Action="add" ID="080a:0000080a" Default="false"/> <!--Spanish International Sort Spanish--> <gs:InputLanguageID Action="add" ID="0c0a:0000040a" Default="false"/> </gs:InputPreferences> </gs:GlobalizationServices>

That's a totally different thing than tracking Imagex. For installing an MSI file you need to look at msiexec.exe but you'll notice that process stays active for up to 10 minutes after completing the installation of the MSI file.

I never got it to work by adding multiple locales in the XML file. I always use the intl.cpl and XML file. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-ie/goglobal/bb964650%28en-us%29.aspx What is the default language of the OS you are installing? I mean, is it the En-US ISO?

It sounds like something might be on a delayed start on your PC that is causing the problem. From your description it sounds like you experience this: Turn on PC, open browser. Go to HTTPS site and it works. Wait some minutes, try again and it doesn't work. But I wonder if this scenario would also happen: Turn on PC. Wait like 20 minutes. Go to https site and it doesn't work.

I wouldn't have any idea what the real number is. I could guess maybe its at least 80% (or I could wager it might be something like 95%!) Even with my own projects, I had written the deployment system to count a Downgrade as a Windows 8 system. But we are in a time period where people can still buy Windows 7 without using the Downgrade program. They aren't forced into doing a downgrade to get Windows 7 yet, but I haven't heard when that time is. You can expect that once Windows 7 technically enters "downgrade only" phase, there will be a news update saying Windows 8 sales went up.

I know you put in the tag "all browsers" but you didn't bring it up in your post. According to your signature I presume this means you primarily use Chrome. Have you tried both the Desktop IE10 and the Metro Modern IE10?

That's "new technology" for you. This version of the forum uses a bunch of Javascript. So I guess that explains some of these "walls of text" people have been posting lately.

Windows 8.1 is a problem when it comes to "planning" deployments. Already got a look at the "new" policies and they are pretty much the same as Windows 8. So I am really hoping that I don't have to do much planning other than just doing it the same as Windows 8. So the problem comes in where I can't do any actual testing because how the Preview works. In the two installation paths (through the store or the ISO) they both require (or prefer) connecting to the internet. So its just a waiting game but I doubt there would be some mass scramble to get it rolling. I've heard that most of the Windows 8 licenses being sold are through the Downgrade Rights program anyways.

If you are going to stick with this board, you should probably try to get matching sets of memory.

We need a shush emoticon, I thought we had one. Oh well.

I am not entirely familiar with the name, but Kevin Mitnick did tweet about him last week.

I split these posts out of the suggestion thread.

If you mean something like this: The industry term is the "Mickey Mouse plug"

Hey I just remembered. You couldn't see the PNG files I had put in the alignment thread... I think maybe that's where the problem is! http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/163491-align-bbcodes-modification-installed/

Does it look like this? Do you have this problem with both the Quick Reply (the reply at the bottom of a thread page) and also the regular Reply (or the More Reply Options button)? There is a button that makes the toolbar turn into that. It looks like a gear. The purpose of that button, I do not know. Anyways, if you click it, maybe the labels show up. I found the gear picture: Also, speaking of the labels. The GUI uses that method of having all the images in one physical PNG file and using coordinates to determine which to display. I do not know the name of this method as I've never learned it! But whatever this method is, maybe it is not supported by your browser as it is a fairly recent "development" I've seen on Websites. The images for the Reply Editor are used from one of these links: http://www.msfn.org/board/public/js/3rd_party/ckeditor/skins/ips/icons.png http://www.msfn.org/board/public/style_images/shift/editor/icons.png

Not to send the guy on a wild goose chase.... WAIK term stopped at Windows 7 SP1. Windows 8 has one called this: Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) for Windows® 8 I personally prefer the WAIK, I think the ADK adds a bunch of stuff into the bundle that I wouldn't ever use.

I missed it at first. OP put the software name in a thread tag: Paragon Partition Manager 12.

Well if you take a look at our users, OS death date means nothing. Windows 98 and 2000 are still going strong here!