Vista Unattended

[lubinski]

I have looked through the various posts here and tried numerous things to get my generic unattended.xml working.

The problem:

It prompts me to create a user, name the computer, timezone, and protect my pc.

Everything else works fine.

What am I doing wrong?

I do have it creating a local account in the OOBE configuration pass from the windows shell setup_neutral component. It also sets the administrator password.

What am I missing? Help would be appreciated.

[anyweb]

what windows vista DVD are you using ? msdn/retail/volume license or OEM ?

it could be part of your problem

[lubinski]

Most likely its an OEM version. This is for testing purposes to help me with an exam. Is there a way to tell? The iso name is Vista_32_ultimate.

Edited February 12, 2008 by lubinski

[anyweb]

if you read this you'll see why I suggested it could be your media at fault

i'd be interested to know if this is correct

[lubinski]

Let me try. Could you explain this to me? In the AIK the new distribution share is selected in the upper left window. Will that change , the removing of the oem folder, change the unattended? Or will I have to remove the oem folder from the disk image?

Edited February 12, 2008 by lubinski

[anyweb]

Let me try. Could you explain this to me? In the AIK the new distribution share is selected in the upper left window. Will that change , the removing of the oem folder, change the unattended? Or will I have to remove the oem folder from the disk image?

remove the $oem$ folder from your BDD 2007 distribution share (EG: it's the one under 1 in this example), then try again (you can cut it and place it elsewhere while you test this...)

Edited February 12, 2008 by anyweb

[lubinski]

Ok its removed and the unattend is working, well see if it goes. It takes a while for it to go through its install.

[lubinski]

I did it, and it still pops up for the user. What are the reasons it doesnt skip the oobe parts?

Edited February 12, 2008 by lubinski

[anyweb]

I did it, and it still pops up for the user. What are the reasons it doesnt skip the oobe parts?

ok now you have to post your entire unattend.xml file

remove the sensitive bits if any

cheers

anyweb

[lubinski]

Ok

Edited February 13, 2008 by lubinski

[lubinski]

<?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-US</UILanguage>

</SetupUILanguage>

<InputLocale>en-US</InputLocale>

<UILanguage>en-US</UILanguage>

<UserLocale>en-US</UserLocale>

<SystemLocale>en-US</SystemLocale>

</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">

- <DiskConfiguration>

<WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>

- <Disk wcm:action="add">

- <CreatePartitions>

- <CreatePartition wcm:action="add">

<Order>1</Order>

<Size>20000</Size>

<Type>Primary</Type>

</CreatePartition>

</CreatePartitions>

- <ModifyPartitions>

- <ModifyPartition wcm:action="add">

<Active>true</Active>

<Extend>false</Extend>

<Format>NTFS</Format>

<Label>Primary</Label>

<Letter>C</Letter>

<Order>1</Order>

<PartitionID>1</PartitionID>

</ModifyPartition>

</ModifyPartitions>

<DiskID>0</DiskID>

<WillWipeDisk>true</WillWipeDisk>

</Disk>

</DiskConfiguration>

- <ImageInstall>

- <OSImage>

- <InstallTo>

<DiskID>0</DiskID>

<PartitionID>1</PartitionID>

</InstallTo>

</OSImage>

</ImageInstall>

- <UserData>

- <ProductKey>

<WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>

</ProductKey>

<AcceptEula>true</AcceptEula>

<FullName>User</FullName>

<Organization>Company</Organization>

</UserData>

</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">

- <UserAccounts>

- <DomainAccounts>

- <DomainAccountList wcm:action="add">

<Domain>cnsi</Domain>

- <DomainAccount wcm:action="add">

<Group>Administrators</Group>

<Name>cnsi</Name>

</DomainAccount>

</DomainAccountList>

</DomainAccounts>

- <AdministratorPassword>

<Value>####=</Value>

<PlainText>false</PlainText>

</AdministratorPassword>

</UserAccounts>

- <OOBE>

<HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage>

<SkipUserOOBE>true</SkipUserOOBE>

<NetworkLocation>Work</NetworkLocation>

<ProtectYourPC>3</ProtectYourPC>

</OOBE>

</component>

</settings>

<cpi:offlineImage cpi:source="wim:c:/install.wim#Windows Vista BUSINESS" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" />

</unattend>

[lubinski]

Check out this technet link here

1. The settings above outline a basic unattended installation; no user input is required during Windows Setup. When the installation is complete, the computer will reboot to audit mode. Windows Welcome does not run in audit mode

2. Microsoft-Windows-Deployment\Reseal

ForceShutdownNow = false

Mode = Audit

Any comments on whats there? I might give it a try but It would bypass the whole oobe and wouldnt be able to create users.

[lubinski]

Still not working, Could there be a problem with the image im using? If so what causes it?

[anyweb]

can you do a test with the MSDN dvd instead ?

[lubinski]

Yes, I think I will buy a copy anywayz. Wont hurt to have it around.