Hey all, got a problem with Windows Vista and sysprep. I manually installed a Vista Buisiness on a pc, performed some things tweaks/installers so the pc fits me and my co-workers need.

Now, i want to sysprep it with a unattend file so that the oobe is fully automatic, well it almosts works , it just keeps asking one thing , and that's the computername...

I tried several things , like setting "computername" to * or leave it blank... it doesn't matter. Even when i set a fixed name like "testname" it still asks me for the computername during the oobe... Here is a paste of my xml file (as you'll see it's very very basic, cause the only thing i really want is a automatic oobe ...) Anyone got a clue ?

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend">

<settings pass="auditUser">

<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Deployment" 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">

<RunSynchronous>

<RunSynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">

<Order>10</Order>

<Path>%WINDIR%\system32\sysprep\sysprep.exe /generalize /quiet /oobe /reboot</Path>

</RunSynchronousCommand>

</RunSynchronous>

</component>

</settings>

<settings pass="generalize">

<component name="Microsoft-Windows-PnpSysprep" 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">

<PersistAllDeviceInstalls>true</PersistAllDeviceInstalls>

</component>

</settings>

<settings pass="specialize">

<component name="Microsoft-Windows-Security-Licensing-SLC-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">

<CopyProfile>true</CopyProfile>

<ComputerName>*</ComputerName>

<RegisteredOrganization>test</RegisteredOrganization>

<RegisteredOwner>New Stuff</RegisteredOwner>

<TimeZone>Romance Standard Time</TimeZone>

</component>

</settings>

<settings pass="oobeSystem">

<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>0813:00000813</InputLocale>

<SystemLocale>NL-NL</SystemLocale>

<UILanguage>NL-NL</UILanguage>

<UserLocale>NL-NL</UserLocale>

</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">

<UserAccounts>

<LocalAccounts>

<LocalAccount wcm:action="add">

<Password>

<Value>egBlAGIAUABhAHMAcwB3AG8AcgBkAA==</Value>

<PlainText>false</PlainText>

</Password>

<Description>user</Description>

<DisplayName>user</DisplayName>

<Group>Administrators</Group>

<Name>user</Name>

</LocalAccount>

</LocalAccounts>

</UserAccounts>

<Display>

<ColorDepth>16</ColorDepth>

<HorizontalResolution>1024</HorizontalResolution>

<RefreshRate>60</RefreshRate>

<VerticalResolution>768</VerticalResolution>

</Display>

<OOBE>

<HideEULAPage>true</HideEULAPage>

<NetworkLocation>Home</NetworkLocation>

<ProtectYourPC>1</ProtectYourPC>

<SkipUserOOBE>true</SkipUserOOBE>

</OOBE>

<AutoLogon>

<Password>

<Value>UABhAHMAcwB3AG8AcgBkAA==</Value>

<PlainText>false</PlainText>

</Password>

<Enabled>true</Enabled>

<Username>user</Username>

</AutoLogon>

<TimeZone>Romance Standard Time</TimeZone>

</component>

</settings>

<settings pass="windowsPE">

<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">

<UseConfigurationSet>true</UseConfigurationSet>

</component>

</settings>

<cpi:offlineImage cpi:source="wim:p:/workspace/slipstreamer/dvd/vista%20buisiness/sources/install.wim#Windows Vista BUSINESS" xmlns:cpi="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:cpi" />

</unattend>

If you are running a manual sysprep, then you don't need this in your script:

<RunSynchronous>

<RunSynchronousCommand wcm:action="add">

<Order>10</Order>

<Path>%WINDIR%\system32\sysprep\sysprep.exe /generalize /quiet /oobe /reboot</Path>

</RunSynchronousCommand>

</RunSynchronous>

It might be have a bad effect on your sysprep process to have it in there again, i think.

Ok , i'll remove that section and try again...

i'll edit this post with my testfindings...

*fingers crossed*

edit : no, still no luck It's very weird, cause all the other settings do work (like the timezone, and language options) , just the computername doesn't work :/" (it does also gives me the Vista logo and a "Start" button, like when all the settings are done, don't know if that is of any importance)

Anyone more suggestions ? thanx in advance

edit 2 : Ok i found it ! , and it's a stupid user error (offcourse), when i manually sysprepped i did ,

%WINDIR%\system32\sysprep\sysprep.exe /oobe /shutdown /unattend:c:\windows\temp\settings.xml

if forgot the /generalize kinda weird that all the other settings did work ...

Anyway : happy !

cya

Edited February 13, 200818 yr by korlean

Have you tried setting SkipMachineOOBE settings to true and tried? Because I have similar problem with my autounattended which would not let me enter my comuter name but everything else seems to be working fine. In my xml file i have set true for both (SkipMachineOOBE, SkipUserOOBE) of the settings and it works for me.