korlean Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 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> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKiNNiEH Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
korlean Posted February 13, 2008 Author Share Posted February 13, 2008 (edited) 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 advanceedit 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.xmlif forgot the /generalize kinda weird that all the other settings did work ... Anyway : happy ! cya Edited February 13, 2008 by korlean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
music5_5 Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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